Waverley – Mulgrave – Monash City : Schools
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(Much of this information was drawn from Vision and Realisation published by the Victorian Education Department in 1973.)
| SCHOOL | No. | MELWAY | NOTES |
| STATE PRIMARY | |||
| Albany Rise Primary | 5028 | 80E3 | Opened as Northvale Primary in 1972. Renamed in 1994. |
| Amsleigh Park Primary | 70A7 | Opened as East Oakleigh Primary school on 30 Oct 1929 with 12 classrooms. It absorbed Amstel Primary in 1994. | |
| Amstel Primary | 4801 | 70D7 | Opened 24 Mar 1958 with 100 pupils in 6 classrooms. Closed in 1993 and combined with Oakleigh East. Site redeveloped with houses on Crown Crt and Kings Crt. |
| Ashwood Primary | 4698 | 60J10 | Opened 3 Feb 1953 with 323 pupils in 6 aluminium prefabricated rooms. Extra rooms were added by 1956 and it became a training school attached to Burwood Teachers College. Closed 1993. The site was redeveloped in conjunction with the closure of Jordanville Technical school. |
| Bayview Primary | 4752 | 61B2 | Opened 16 Apr 1956 with 6 classrooms. |
| Brandon Park Primary | 5071 | 71E11 | Opened 1971. Absorbed Wellington Primary in the mid 1990s. |
| Camelot Rise Primary | 62H10 | Opened 1976 | |
| Clayton North Primary | 734 | 79E2 | Opened 6 Nov 1865 as Mulgrave Common School with 50 pupils. A new brick and stone building was erected and opened on 22 Apr 1872 with 72 pupils. In 1901 the name was changed to Clayton Primary then Clayton North Primary (in 1956?). |
| Clayton Primary | 70D11 | Opened 1956. Closed Dec 2010 with only 61 students. | |
| Cooinda Primary | 71A7 | Opened 1972 with 7 classrooms and 2 portables. Closed 1994. School site replaced by The Quadrangle and houses. | |
| East Oakleigh | |||
| Essex Heights Primary | 4903 | 61B9 | Opened 16 July 1962 with 190 pupils and 6 classrooms. Name changed April 2016 to avoid confusion with Mt Waverley Heights Primary. |
| Glendal Primary | 5010 | 62B10 | Opened 1971 with ?? pupils. |
| Glen Waverley Primary | 2219 | 71C4 | Opened in 1880 as the Black Flat School in one room for 80 pupils. In 1921 it was officially known as Glen Waverley. |
| Glen Waverley South Primary = | 71D7 | Opened 1995 with the merger of Brentwood with the recently closed Cooinda. | |
| Brentwood Primary = | 4984 | 71D7 | Opened on 4 Feb 1969 with 320 pupils. |
| Glen Waverley Heights Primary | 4836 | 71D1 | Opened 25 July 1960 with 352 pupils in 8 classrooms |
| Highvale Primary | 4986 | 62E10 | Opened in Aug 1969. The Education Department purchased the land in Aug 1966. The school commenced in the grounds of Glen Waverley Heights school in early 1969 and on 7 May 1968 the 159 pupils moved into the new school building of 10 classrooms in Ashton St. |
| Jells Park Primary | 71K8 | Opened 1979 | |
| Jordanville South Primary | 4678 | 69J2 | Opened on 10 July 1953 with 510 pupils. Closed about 1993??? School site replaced by houses on Brindalee Mews. |
| Mimosa Primary | 5052 | 71G2 | Opened initially in 1973 at Mount View Primary (for 3 months). Moved to final site in July with the formal opening on Sat. 27.10.1973. Closed 22.12.1994. School site replaced by houses on Silverwood Way. The name Silverwood derives from the Silver Pine and Silver Birch trees on the original property. |
| Monash Primary | 4591 | 70J9 | Opened 1975 Off Rusden Rd. Closed 2005 |
| Mount View Primary | 4923 | 71F3 | Opened 11 Oct 1965 at Cnr of Shepherd and Gallaghers Rds with 8 classrooms. |
| Mt Waverley Primary | 3432 | 70D2 | Opened 24 Apr 1906 with 35 pupils on land donated by the Peggie family. In 1912 another room was added. Renovated in 2009 (all but two buildings demolished), with library, computer lab, 16 new classrooms and administration wing. |
| Mulgrave Common (Primary) School | 685 | 80B1 | Opened 1861 on Wellington Rd at Garnett Rd. It operated under a denominational board. It received its number 685 in 1863. Closed in 1875. |
| Mulgrave Primary | 2172 | 80A2 | Opened 1 Sep 1879 with 35 pupils and was called Leased School 2172. In Jan 1881 a new school building was opened. In 1898 the building was relocated to SS 3265 Dandenong Forest Village Settlement and the site remained vacant until Jan 1902 with the opening of a new building. In 1926 a further room was added and was in use until 1969. |
| Northvale Primary | 5028 | 80E3 | See Albany Rise. |
| Notting Hill Primary | 4305 | 70G8 | Opened May 1927 with 50 pupils and under the influence of the Young Farmers Clubs concentrated on horticultural and agriculture pursuits in addition to the 3’R”s. By 1958 the YFC had disbanded and the school dropped the agricultural theme. In 1954 a new 2 room school was opened for 87 pupils. In 1965 Monash High school opened in portable rooms placed in the school grounds. |
| Parkhill Primary | 60K9 | Opened ? | |
| Pinewood Primary | 4874 | 70H5 | Opened 27 Sep 1961 with 149 pupils and 4 staff in 6 classrooms. |
| St Stephens | 833 | 61D11 | Opened in 1866 as a Common School with 22 pupils. Closed 1867. |
| Sussex Heights Primary (Renamed Mt Waverley Heights Primary 2016) |
4832 | 70A4 | Opened 7 Feb 1967 with 211 pupils. |
| Syndal North Primary | 4946 | 61H11 | Opened 2 Oct 1967. In 1993 it absorbed Waverley North primary and was renamed Mount Waverley Primary. (see Waverley North entry below) |
| Syndal Primary | 4714 | 61K12 | Opened in the Horticultural Hall High Street Rd on 13 Apr 1953 then moved to the present site in 1954 and formally opened on 26 Feb 1955 |
| Syndal South Primary | 4924 | 70H2 | Opened 1 Sep 1964 with 8 classrooms (built at a cost of £34062 by R F Hosie) |
| Waverley Golf Links Primary | 71H5 | Never opened although the site was shown as proposed in the Melway Directory for a number of years. | |
| Waverley Meadows Primary | 71G11 | Opened 1975. | |
| Waverley North Primary | 4884 | 61F11 | Opened 6 Feb 1962 with 294 pupils. Later in 1992/3 it was amalgamated with Syndal Nth and the resultant school at the Syndal north site was renamed Mount Waverley North. |
| Wellington Primary | 4947 | 80D1 | Opened 27 May 1968 on Shaftsbury Drive. Closed mid 1990s and absorbed into Brandon Park Primary |
| Wheelers Hill Primary | 71F8 | Opened 1976? (pupils from Brentwood primary) | |
| STATE SECONDARY | |||
| Ashwood High / Ashwood College | – | 60K10 | Opened in Feb 1958 with 170 pupils in temporary premises adjoining Ashburton railway station. The new school building in Vannam Drive opened in 1958. |
| Brandon Park Secondary | 5038 | 71D7 | Opened 1971 at Brandon Park Technical school with 10 classrooms and 189 pupils. Technical curriculum ceased in ??? and the school changed to a High School which then closed in 2003. |
| Brentwood Secondary | – | 71D7 | Opened ? |
| Glen Waverley Secondary | – | 71C1 | Established in 1960 in the Railway buildings in Ashburton in with 90 pupils. Moved to the new buildings in Glen Waverley on 1.9.1961. Stage 3 completed in 1963. |
| Highvale Secondary | 62F10 | Opened 1982 with 117 pupils (as per the Principal’s year book) | |
| Monash High Secondary | – | 70J10 | Opened Feb/Mar 1965 in Notting Hill Primary school grounds with about 60-70 students. It moved to a new building in Duerdin St in 1966. |
| Mt Waverley Secondary College | – | 61E10 | Opened in rooms at Glen Waverley in 1964 then moved to the Mt Waverley Lechte Rd site in 1966. Renamed Mt Waverley College 1991. Waverley North Primary site (on the west of Stephensons Rd ) was then incorporated as the Junior Campus in 1993. |
| Oakleigh High Secondary | – | 70A8 | Opened ? |
| Syndal High Secondary | 62B10 | Opened 1967 in two portables at Mt Waverley High School which later were moved to the Syndal site . Downsized to years 7 and 8 in 1995 and operated as a feeder to Glen Waverley High and finally closed later 1996. The area was subdivided into Knightsbridge Crt and Nottingham St | |
| Waverley High | – | 69K3 | Opened in 1956 in Railway buildings at Ashburton. In 1956 it occupied the corner of Waverley and Huntingdale Rds and was known initially as Holmesglen High then Jordanville High then Waverley High School. By 2006 the School site was replaced with houses on new streets: Illawarra Close, Savannah Place, Yambie Lane. |
| Wellington Secondary | – | 80D4 | Opened ? |
| Wheelers Hill Secondary | – | 71G10 | Opened 1980. |
| STATE TECHNICAL | |||
| Brandon Park Technical | 5038? | 71C10 | Opened ??? Technical curriculum ceased in 200?? and the school became Brandon Park High School which subsequently closed in 2003. |
| Jordanville Technical | – | 60J10 | Opened in temporary quarters in Ashburton in 1954. The new school in Vannam Drive opened in 1955 with 450 pupils. Evening classes commenced in the last term. Closed 1993. School replaced with houses on Beechwood Terrace, Scenic Drive, Clearview Close. |
| Syndal Technical | – | 70G1 | Opened in Feb 1958, 65 pupils were enrolled and accommodated at Burwood Technical School one year later 150 pupils moved into the Lawrence Rd building. Closed 1993 ?? Some school buildings were retained but much of the area was redeveloped with houses on new Huntingtower Crescent, Clarke Place, Yvette Court and Dorrington Drive. Glen Waverley Secondary School used the buildings for 1 year. |
| PRIVATE PRIMARY – SECONDARY | |||
| Avila College Catholic Girls Secondary | – | 70F1 | Opened initially in the grounds of St Leonards School, Glen Waverley in 1965 and moved to Charles St, Mt Waverley in 1966 |
| Caulfield Grammar Primary / Secondary | – | 71K8 | Opened 1981 |
| Christ Holy Redeemer Catholic | – | 69K6 | Opened 1957, 1961 Auspices of Brigidine Sisters |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Primary | – | 71C10 | Opened 1967 initially at St Leonards then later that year to present site in Academy Ave |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary | – | 70D2 | Opened 1957 Planned to cater for 600 students. Auspices of Presentation Sisters |
| Huntingtower Primary / Secondary | – | 70G1 | Opened originally in Huntingtower Rd, Malvern in 1927. It moved to the present campus in Mt Waverley in 1954. |
| Mazenod Catholic Secondary | – | 71C11 | Opened 1967 at St Josephs primary school with 79 pupils. In 1968 it moved to Kernot Ave, Mulgrave. |
| Oakleigh Adventist Primary | – | 70H12 | Opened ? |
| Salesian College Boys Catholic | – | 69J3 | Opened in 1957 with 61 pupils in 3 classrooms. |
| St Christophers Catholic Primary. | 61K12 | Opened 1960 | |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary | – | 80B4 | Opened 1960, Auspices of Brigidine Sisters in 1962 |
| St Justins Catholic Primary / Secondary | – | 71J12 | Opened 1984 (June) expanded 1992 |
| St Leonards Catholic Primary | – | 71C4 | Opened 1959 with 130 pupils. 1982 School rebuilt with new library and administration block. |
| St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary | – | 69J2 | Opened 1954 |
| St Peters Catholic Primary | – | 79C2 | Opened 1955 Auspices of the Brigidine Sisters |
| Wesley College Primary / Secondary | – | 71A1 | Opened 1966 ( land purchase in 1955) |
| Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College | – | 69D6 | Opened 1983 as a primary school with 91 pupils. In 2000 the secondary college was opened providing co-educational classes from prep to year 12. Renamed Oakleigh Grammar in 2013. |
| Oakleigh Grammar | – | 69D6 | See above |
| TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS | |||
| Church of Christ Theological College | – | 80K3 | Opened 1989 at the current site. In 2011 name changed to Stirling Theological college |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Seminary | – | 70D9 | Opened 1973 |
| Monash University | – | 70F10 | Created in 1958 by an Act of Parliament and established on 100 hectares of the former Talbot Epileptic Colony. The University opened in 1961 with about 347-363 students |
| Deakin University | 70H9 | Opened 1990 in the merger with Victoria College Rusden campus | |
| GippsTAFE | – | 69G3 | Opened originally as the State Electricity Commission Training School. |
| Rusden Teachers’ College | – | 70H9 | The State College of Victoria at Rusden was formed in 1973 by the merger of Larnook Teachers’ College and Monash Teachers’ College. On December 23 1981 the State College of Victoria at Rusden merged with the State College of Victoria at Burwood, The State College of Victoria at Toorak and the Prahran College of Advanced Education and became Victoria College. |
| Holmesglen TAFE | – | 71A3 | Opened ?? The site was originally the State Schools’ Nursery. |
| SPECIAL | |||
| Ashwood Special | – | 60K8 | Opened 1976 |
| Berengarra Special | – | 71B8 | Opened 1988, following relocation from Box Hill. The GW school was closed in 2010 and the school moved back to Box Hill area. |
| Cheshire Special | 1743 | 71B8 | Opened 1987 by Frank W Cheshire (Originally created from the Burwood Boys Home) |
| Dando’s Sports Academy | – | 61A10 | Opened 1980 (Boys 7 to 16) |
| Glen Waverley Handicapped | – | 71B4 | Opened ? |
| Glenallen Special (note 5) | – | 71B4 | Opened 3.6.80 by Norman Lacy (Assistant Education Minister) students admitted 1979. |
| Hillside Special | 4841 | 71H8 | Opened 26 May 1959 with 22 male pupils. |
| Monash Special | – | 79H1 | Opened ? |
| Monash Special Primary | – | 70H12 | Opened ? |
| 30 | 5 | 10 | 55 |
Notes:
- State secondary schools in Waverley/Monash have been relatively stable, although Technical schools had become Secondary Colleges (ie. High Schools) by 1995. By 2006 both Syndal Tech. (became a campus of Glen Waverley High School) and Brandon Park Tech. had disappeared. (Syndal Tech’s. Clarke Hall on Lawrence Rd. was demolished but the Gymnasium is still in use as the Waverley Gymnastics Centre.)
- Many State Primary Schools in Waverley/ Monash disappeared in the “Kennet Purge” of ’92-’94, their land sold to developers to raise State Government Revenue and portable classrooms taken to expanding suburbs further out. (One can guess the adverse effect on ex pupils’ feelings of loyalty and stability.) Most land became high density developments with double storey housing and narrow access roads typically called ‘Close’ or ‘Crt’.
- Perhaps the most confusing example of the State Primary policy is the case of Syndal Nth. Primary [61H10] that by 1995 had absorbed children from Waverley Nth. S.S. (now a junior campus of Mt. Waverley Secondary College) and Syndal S.S. (land sold) and changed its name to Mt.Waverley North S.S. in the process.
- Some State Schools have managed to survive: in particular Mt.Waverley S.S. that celebrated its centenary in 2006. Others have undergone name changes only. These are indicated in the list.
- Special Schools for children with a disability have also been volatile, with moves in the late 80s and the 90s to move children into State schools, with a helper. Glenallen Special School [71B4] is one that has survived since Melway No4, including sharing its land with two other special schools viz. Carronbank Special School and Glen Waverley Physically Handicapped P.S. [This lasted from Melway 4 to Melway 27, at least. Melway 33 and 35 lists only Glenallen School and Scope.]
- Private schools such as Wesley and Huntingtower and Catholic primary schools and secondary colleges have not been subject to change.