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MATTHEW FLINDERS SCHOOL NO.8022
Location15 MYERS STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY Google Maps and Google StreetviewVictorian Heritage Register (VHR) NumberH1645 Heritage Overlay NumberHO195 Level of SignificanceRegistered |
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION As Executive Director for the purpose of the Heritage Act 1995, I give notice under section 46 that the Victorian Heritage Register is amended ... more |
Statement of Significance
The Matthew Flinders School was built as the Flinders National Grammar School in Little Ryrie Street, Geelong in 1856-7. The initiative of a group of prominent citizens of Geelong in 1854 to provide non-secular education for children resulted in its construction, at a time when the majority of existing schools were either privately owned or specifically denominational. The Government granted the land, and money was raised for the construction of a National School by ... more
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