This school was one of the earliest in St Kilda. The 1842 plan of Crown Lands that were sold to establish what became the village of St Kilda reserved an area on Acland Street for the 'Church of England and School'. Christ Church was constructed on the site in 1854-57. A school had started before then but was closed for about a year after the Head Teacher abandoned his students in search of gold. A sign on the door read 'This school is closed in consequence of the master having gone to the diggings'. The school was re-opened in 1853, with only two pupils on the first day. The new Headmaster was John Hadfield, a teacher who had recently arrived in Melbourne from Wiltshire, England. He stayed on as Headmaster for the next 22 years. Free secular compulsory education was introduced in Victoria from 1873. Until a permanent State school could be built in the area, the Government used the St Kilda Town Hall for this purpose, and the students from Christ Church school were transferred there. The Brighton Road State School was opened in January 1875, with John Hadfield was its first Headmaster. The Government then leased the old Christ Church schoolroom and established a second school there. The Headmaster was James A Ure. The school continued until the 1940s. The building was burnt down in 1977.The building burnt down in 1977.Framed and mounted original photograph, black and white. First state school room in Victoria.st kilda, christ church, acland street, st kilda schools, john hadfield, james a ure, christ church school, christ church college

absent - Mr L A Adamson, Dr R L McAdam, Mr A Marden, Mr F Scarlettblack and white photograph, good conditionFramed, mounted original photograph. Canon Sadlier MA, Captain Mason Cox, Dr Iredell, Frank Grey Smith, Mr Bennett, Mr Cameron, Mr Colville, Mr Cordner, Mr Haines, Mr Molesworth, Mr Pinnell, Mr Unitt

Pesented to Councillor William Ford, by the Borough Council of St Kilda, 21st November 1866framed colour certificate in gilded folder

A McCracken., A Yuille, C Robertson, C Sandford, C Winter Irving, Cornish, F Atherton, J McCracken, J Smith, K Ducket, L Langdon, M Cave, P McCracken, R Adam, S Dalrymple, W MacGregor, W Molesworth, W Sawers

sepia photograph

mounted and framed sepia photograph

Middle back row is J R Hallsepia photograph

Prahran & St Kilda United Fiendly Societies Dispensary & Medical Associationmounted and framed black and white photograph

Clarke died 17 Aug 1962 aged 87

lithograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)mounted sepia photograph

mounted and framed black and white photograph

sepia photograph

sepia photograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)mounted and framed photograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)framed and mounted photograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)mounted and framed photograph

mounted and framed black and white photograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)framed colour print

mounted and framed photograph

Photograph taken in garden of Ripponlea, home of Mr B Nathan in summer of 1914 (donated by M Vivian)Black and white photograph, very good condition.Original mounted, framed photograph. A Rowley, G Darling, G M Mitton, H Greenwell, H M Knox. H Bunn, H McQuade, J E LeGriffon, J H O Myers, J King, J Vivian, Sep. Wilson, V Kelly, W H Mills, W J Bayley

framed black and white photograph

In honour of peaceframed black and white photographwwi peace celebrations

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)framed and mounted sepia photograph

(deaccessioned to CoPP June 2015)mounted and framed sepia photograph

Donated to the St Kilda Historical Society by Mrs ??? 1977framed watercolour

painted in 1876Colour lithograph, mounted and framed. Brunning house in foreground with the hothouses on the RHS and sheds to the rear, House depicted as single storey with verandah across the front and southern side. Brighton Road carriageway in foreground. Railway line with train to the rear.

The church was opened and dedicated on 7/12/1884, and completed in 1922. http://skhs.org.au/SKHSchurches/Sacred%20Heart%20Church.htmThe church is of architectural significance due to its Italian Renaissance Baroque Style, with red bricks, cement dressings and a slate roof. It indicated the abandonment of the Gothic Revival style favoured by Victoria's Roman Catholics and set the new style for subsequent Roman Catholic churches in Victoria. It was designed by Reed, Henderson & Smart.Black and white photograph, unmountedst kilda, sacred heart church, sacred heart catholic church, grey street, catholic churches