OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Dunns Road House 1st Osborne State School

DATE1980s

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERJoan Downward

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1305

HISTORY

The building was used as the first Osborne School - Osborne Common School - in 1872, then became a Free School in 1873, the head teacher Charles Downward being able to inform the Education Department that the school had an average attendance of 20 pupils, and qualified for funding as “free, secular and compulsory” as required by the Education Act of 1872.
Enrolments increased, a “Work Mistress” Miss Sophia Olley was employed, and in 1885 Osborne State School was opened a mile south, corner of Dunn’s and Craigie Roads, its present site.

DESCRIPTION

Small house with white/cream painted walls, possibly brick and fibro, red corrugated iron gable roof, with skillion roof on small section at back. External red brick chimney on side wall, wire door at front. There are brown wood straps at intervals on gable ends, and a white trellis fence across back of block. Tall weeds are growing on nature strip.

SUBJECTS

Historic buildings, Schools

KEYWORDS

Downward, Charles, Historic buildings, Olley, Sophia, Osborne, Osborne State School, Schools