Historical information

COPIES OF DISPLAY PANELS DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CLUNES BY THE HUGH WILLIAMSON FOUNDATION.

Physical description

INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY PANEL DEPICTING HISTORY OF SCHOOL DAYS IN CLUNES. WOODEN DISPLAY PANEL AND LAMINATED COPY.

Inscriptions & markings

SCHOOL DAYS
CHILDREN OF EARLY GOLDFIELD TOWNS WERE TAUGHT IN TENT SCHOOLS.THESE SCHOOLS WERE EASILY MOVED TO THE SITE OF THE LATEST GOLDRUSH.
WITH GREATER COMMUNITY STABILITY PERMANENT SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED.

CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 WAS OPENED IN JULY 1875 ON LAND DONATED BY RIVETT H. BLAND, MANAGER OF THE PORT PHILIP GOLD MINING CO.
SHORTLY BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE, THIS SCHOOL BECAME VICTORIA,S THIRD HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TODAY IT IS STILL USED TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF CLUNES

STATE SCHOOL NO. 136 WAS BUILT IN 1881 ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER TEMPORARY SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1857. THE DESIGN WAS FIRST USED AT HORSHAM. AND INCLUDES
AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A LARGE SCHOOL VERANDAH. IN 1892 THIS SCHOOL AMALGAMATED WITH STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 AND WAS USED AS THE INFANT SCHOOL. IT CLOSED ITS
DOORS IN 1922 AND WAS LATER USED AS A MILL FOR THE CLUNES KNITTING AND MAUFACTURING CO. LTD.
IT NOW HOUSES THE CLUNES BOTTLE MUSEUM

THE CLUNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL OPENED IN 1875 AND CLOSED IN 1926

THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL ASSET AT CLUNES IS A CAMPUS OF WESLEY COLLEGE. BLENDINGHISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE CAMPUS IS SITUATED IN
SERVICE STREET