Cover image for Glenorchy Primary School
Agency:
Glenorchy Primary School
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1839
Description:
The school was first known as O'Brien's Bridge and opened in 1839 on the corner of Tolosa Street and Main Road. At some later date it moved to Tilyard Street where it remained until 1926. In 1879 the school was renamed Glenorchy School.;;;;In 1925 a block of land was purchased on the corner of Kensington Street and Main Road and one year later the Glenorchy Primary School was erected. The school opened on the new site in 1927.;;;;
Information Sources:
TAHO: AE909/1/1 - Board of Education Annual Reports.;;'Glimpses of the Glenorchy School 1839 - 1976' (ref. TL.P 372.9946 GLE)
Functions Performed:
Education and training
Controlling Agencies:
Education Department (TA63)01 Jan 188617 Jul 1989
Previous Agencies:
Merton State School (TA1253)01 Jan 190531 Dec 1926
Series Created By Agency:
ED306/1 Admission Registers.01 Jan 194801 Dec 1993

ED306/2 Record Book, Infant School.01 Jan 195131 Dec 1954

AG7 Photographs01 Jan 197417 Nov 1976

AG8 School Jubilee01 Jan 197631 Dec 1976