A picture of the Beechworth Higher Elementary School students in uniform, taken in 1917, likely out the front of the school now called Beechworth Primary.This picture contains an early image of the students from Beechworth Elementary school from the early history of the town. It depicts this generation of young people from Beechworth, demonstrating their ways of dressing. Sepia rectangular postcard printed on card Reverse: Higher Elementary School/ Beechworth/ 1917/ Lorna Healrow (later Andrews), 2nd back row, 5th from left./ Dorrie Birtles (" "), front row, 9th from left.beechworth, beechworth elementary school, beechworth primary school, students, education, mixed school, burke museum

This photograph depicts a large and crowded classroom at Beechworth Primary School, taken sometime in the 1930s. By that time, primary education in Victoria for children aged 6 to 15 years had been free, secular and compulsory since the Education Act of 1872. Among the students is the owner of the photograph, Jack Schofield. The Beechworth Primary School itself is a reflection of Beechworth's growth from a goldfields town in the 1850s to an administrative centre of northeast Victoria by the 1920s, supported by the presence of courts, hospital, prison and asylums. This photograph has historical significance as it illustrates a typical classroom in 1930s Beechworth. It gives a glimpse of classroom arrangements and student life during this period and also reflects the emphasis placed on public education in regional Victoria. Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: 7699.1beechworth primary school, beechworth elementary school, school, students, education, 1930s classroom

The events of the afternoon included lunch for the bandsmen at the Memorial Hall, a street march to the Park, and performances at the Park, concluding with a massed march back to town. 10 bands from the surrounding districts participated. The donor was teaching at the Rutherglen Higher Elementary School at the time of this event, and boarded at the Star Hotel.Program for a massed bands display, held by the Rutherglen & District Brass Band, on December 1939. Also included is a letter from the donor.bands, rutherglen town band, wangaratta town band, mooroopna town band, corowa town band, albury town band, goulburn valley pipe band, yarrawonga brass band, finley district citizens band, beechworth town band, benalla citizens band, rutherglen higher elementary school, star hotel