Photos from Victorian schools
A selection of archival images that represent the history of Victorian schools.
On this page
- Students and their school buildings
- Students learning
- Teachers through the years
- Sport and other extra curricular activities
- Record books
All photos on this page are in the public domain and may be used freely without permission or attribution.
Students and their school buildings
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### Camberwell Primary School 1890
Camberwell Primary School in 1890. Source: State Library of Victoria
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### Golden Point Infant class (an adjunct of Chewton State School) 1895
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### Buninyong Primary School 1900
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### Dartmoor State School 1901
Dartmoor Primary School building in 1901 when it was called Dartmoor State School. (Source: Dartmoor Primary School)
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### Timor Primary School 1910
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### Yeodene State School 1911
Yeodene State School in 1911 (Source: Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria)
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### Chelsea Primary School circa 1914
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### Wandin North School 1919
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### Bealiba Primary School 1920s
Bealiba Primary School building ca. 1920 - 1930. Source: P.W Smith and State Library of Victoria
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### Tecoma Primary School 1921
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Students learning
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### Murchison Primary School 1906
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### Camberwell Primary School - exercise - circa 1913
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### Gardening at Beaconsfield Primary - 1920s
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### Castlemaine Primary School 1921
Students during class at Castlemaine Primary School in 1921 when it was called Castlemaine State School
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### Mount Macedon Primary School - first radio circa 1925
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Teachers through the years
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### Beechworth Primary Staff circa 1887
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### Essendon Primary School teacher 1889
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### Headmaster - Sunbury State School 1889
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### Buninyong Primary School staff 1896
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### Maldon Primary School staff circa 1905
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### Ascot Vale Primary School staff 1910
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### Yarram Primary School teachers - 1920
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### Cavendish Primary School teachers - 1923
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### Balwyn Primary School staff 1923
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Sport and other extra curricular activities
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### Carlton North School Football Team 1884
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### Camberwell Primary Tennis Club 1890
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### Camberwell Primary cadets circa 1895
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### Dana Street (Ballarat) cricket team 1907
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### Beaconsfield School Picnic circa 1918
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### Balwyn Primary Swim Class circa 1920
Swim class at Glenferrie Baths in 1920 or 1921
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### Balwyn Primary Grade 4 picnic circa 1920
Picnic at Hampton beach in 1920 or 1921
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Record books
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### Cover of Camberwell Primary School Pupil Register 1925-1949
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### Page of the Camberwell Primary School Pupil Register 1925-1949
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### Maryborough Technical College enrolment card 1921
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### Open page of Tarranginnie School’s pupil register
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### Student enrolment record
A list of names in a school’s student register from 1914
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### Sanford Primary School Inspector’s Report Book Cover 1914 to 1925
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### Sanford Primary School Inspectors Report Book page 26 from 1917
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