Historical information

The former Sebastopol State School is located in Yarrowee Street, Sebastopol. The building was constructed of locally made bricks by Llewellyn Edwards and Co for £3,395 19s 6d. it was opened on January 1875, with an enrollment of 762 children. Enrollment lrose to over 1,000 and included a staff of sixteen teachers. By 1930 enrollment had fallen to 137, and in the 1940s their was 80 pupils and three teachers. After World War Two the local population increased and enrollments grew resulting in the second floor being reconditions and used again as classrooms. in June 1969 the attendance was 305 with ten teachers.

Former alumni include: James Harris, W.F. Gates, Farold Jolley, Harold Hagelthorn, George Ellingsen

(From Visions and Realisation, Vol 2)

Physical description

A double storey brick school building in Yarrowee Street Sebastopol, Victoria.