Historical information

Bogong State School opened in 1941 to provide an education for the employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. The school had up to date equipment and received glowing reports from School inspectors. It closed c1986.

Significance

Historical: The Bogong State School was opened for the children of S.E.C.V. workers who lived at Bogong in a remote part of north east Victoria. The nearest school would have been 14 miles away and over mountain roads subject to heavy construction traffic and extremes of climatic conditions.

Physical description

Metal sign painted white with thin red border and black block capital letters and numbers. There is a hole in the middle top and middle bottom of the sign.

Inscriptions & markings

"State School / No. 4590"