Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Wodonga Primary School NO 37, Sesquicenentary Celebrations, 2007
... Wodonga Primary School. Primary School No 37...Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc Hut 97, Bonegilla Migrant Experience, 132 Bonegilla Road Bonegilla the-murray This booklet is significant because it was produced for celebration of the 150th anniversary of Wodonga Primary School. Wodonga Primary School. Primary School No 37 Education Wodonga Wodonga township’s first school was conducted in a small rented wooden cottage from September 1857. ...
Wodonga township’s first school was conducted in a small rented wooden cottage from September 1857. It was called the Belvoir National School. The building of a new schoolhouse, No. 378, began in October the same year near the corner of High and South Streets. In 1872 it changed to No. 37 Wodonga. The name was changed to Wodonga State School in 1875. This name remained until which remained until 1938 when it became a Higher Elementary School. In 1951 the Victorian Education Department purchased 12 acres of land in Ariel Street for the purpose of re-siting the State School. At this stage there were 600 pupils attending the school of which 170 were in the secondary section. Initially the Infant department moved into pre-fabricated classroom on the new site and by 1954 the whole primary school had been transferred.
This booklet was created for the celebration of the school's 150th anniversary in 2007.
A small booklet of 24 pages including images, text and lists of student names attending Wodonga Primary School in 2007.Wodonga township’s first school was conducted in a small rented wooden cottage from September 1857. It was called the Belvoir National School. The building of a new schoolhouse, No. 378, began in October the same year near the corner of High and South Streets. In 1872 it changed to No. 37 Wodonga. The name was changed to Wodonga State School in 1875. This name remained until which remained until 1938 when it became a Higher Elementary School. In 1951 the Victorian Education Department purchased 12 acres of land in Ariel Street for the purpose of re-siting the State School. At this stage there were 600 pupils attending the school of which 170 were in the secondary section. Initially the Infant department moved into pre-fabricated classroom on the new site and by 1954 the whole primary school had been transferred.
This booklet was created for the celebration of the school's 150th anniversary in 2007.wodonga primary school. primary school no 37, education wodonga
