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Albion Primary School No 4265

Location

61 Adelaide Street, ALBION VIC 3020 - Property No 121

File Number

1685

Level

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1685 - Brimbank City Council
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Site 121 - Albion Primary

Statement of Significance

As the oldest surviving state school in the City of Brimbank, and the first substantial school to be built in the Sunshine area, Albion Primary School is of historical significance to the City of Brimbank. Most of the district's early schools were opened in the latter half of the 19th century, but none of these have survived. The new suburb of Albion was very much part of H.V. McKay's Sunshine. The site reflects the development of the Sunshine and Albion area following the establishment of the Sunshine Harvester Works and the other industries which concentrated around the Albion railway station, and also the effect of post-war immigration on the district. The school has a direct connection with the fortunes of the Harvester Works, as the land was sold to the Education Department by H.V. McKay, and many of the school's pupils and parents were employed there or at one of the associated factories in the district.

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