Murchison Primary School No 1126
The earliest records of education in the Murchison district show that in 1842 there was a school
attached to the Goulburn Aboriginal Protectorate Station, which had been moved in that year from
Mitchellstown down river to a 1 square mile site at Murchison. The Protectorate of the Goulburn
tribes was abandoned in 1850. Murchison’s importance as a crossing over the Goulburn was
increased by the gold-rushes in the Waranga district, and later in the Ovens Valley. As well as a punt
and stores, a number of farms and grazing paddocks were established along the river near
Murchison. The township had been officially surveyed. In November 1859, the Rev. A. McNicol, a
Presbyterian minister, established a day school with slab walls and shingle roof, with his daughter
Agnes as teacher. In November 1860 this school received a grant of
￡100 from the Board, andbecame a State-aided Presbyterian School. In September 1862, it became
Common School No. 420, and was transferred from its site near the Church to a slab building on the
SW corner of Roderick Square. When, in December 1870, this building blew over in a gale, the trustees
arranged to transfer the school to the Board of Education. Local people raised￡90, and with an equivalent
grant, a new building was erected near the Black Bridge, and opened on 1st of November 1871 with
Thomas Meagher as HT. At this stage, there were 66 children in the area served by the school. This school
became No. 1126 Murchison, with Thomas Meagher, who had been HM of the old No. 420 since 1864
remaining in charge until 1877. The Waranga Shire SecretaryG.H. Geyle forwarded a request for a new school
in 1896, and in August 1901 land was purchased for￡150, and the present brick school erected. The
Director of Education, Frank Tate, opened the school in September, 1906, the old school at Black
Bridge becoming a sloyd and cookery centre. Attractive memorial gates were erected in 1949. To
meet increased attendance over recent years the school from Mitchellstown was moved to
Murchison as an additional classroom. To meet the need for secondary education facilities, a
subsidised bus service began operating to Shepparton in 1939. During 1958 extensive renovations
were carried out at the school and residence.
https://www.murchps.vic.edu.au/
attached to the Goulburn Aboriginal Protectorate Station, which had been moved in that year from
Mitchellstown down river to a 1 square mile site at Murchison. The Protectorate of the Goulburn
tribes was abandoned in 1850. Murchison’s importance as a crossing over the Goulburn was
increased by the gold-rushes in the Waranga district, and later in the Ovens Valley. As well as a punt
and stores, a number of farms and grazing paddocks were established along the river near
Murchison. The township had been officially surveyed. In November 1859, the Rev. A. McNicol, a
Presbyterian minister, established a day school with slab walls and shingle roof, with his daughter
Agnes as teacher. In November 1860 this school received a grant of
￡100 from the Board, andbecame a State-aided Presbyterian School. In September 1862, it became
Common School No. 420, and was transferred from its site near the Church to a slab building on the
SW corner of Roderick Square. When, in December 1870, this building blew over in a gale, the trustees
arranged to transfer the school to the Board of Education. Local people raised￡90, and with an equivalent
grant, a new building was erected near the Black Bridge, and opened on 1st of November 1871 with
Thomas Meagher as HT. At this stage, there were 66 children in the area served by the school. This school
became No. 1126 Murchison, with Thomas Meagher, who had been HM of the old No. 420 since 1864
remaining in charge until 1877. The Waranga Shire SecretaryG.H. Geyle forwarded a request for a new school
in 1896, and in August 1901 land was purchased for￡150, and the present brick school erected. The
Director of Education, Frank Tate, opened the school in September, 1906, the old school at Black
Bridge becoming a sloyd and cookery centre. Attractive memorial gates were erected in 1949. To
meet increased attendance over recent years the school from Mitchellstown was moved to
Murchison as an additional classroom. To meet the need for secondary education facilities, a
subsidised bus service began operating to Shepparton in 1939. During 1958 extensive renovations
were carried out at the school and residence.
https://www.murchps.vic.edu.au/
