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Mandurang South State School No. 1628
Location86 Mandurang South Road, MANDURANG SOUTH VIC 3551 - Property No 186556 LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Mandurang South State School no. 1628, including all the fabric of the 1875 weatherboard building and attached two-roomed teacher's residence, is significant. The Mandurang South State School is of local historic, architectural, aesthetic and social significance for the City of Greater Bendigo. The Mandurang South State School site is historically significant for its association with the provision of early educational facilities, which had an important role in the developing community. The school is of social significance for the Mandurang South community as a site of continuous education from 1875 until it closed 2000. Criterion A, Criterion G The school is architecturally significant as one of the most intact schools in the region, and the 30' x 18' classroom is comparable to the Emu Creek School in design in demonstrating the architectural style favoured by the Education Department prior to 1883. The school is aesthetically significant for its demonstration of the Gothic Revival style as applied to school buildings soon after the Education Act of 1873. It is also significant as one of the most intact schools in the region and a good example of the large one class room school. Criterion D, Criterion E
Group
Education
Category
School - State (public)