Matthew Flinders High School
15 Myers Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 216613
City East Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCEThe former Flinders national School was erected in 1857 to the design of celebrated Geelong firm of architects Backhouse and Reynolds. Styled in the innovative Italianate mode and constructed with a dominant central tower, this cement rendered masonry structure has significant associations with early development of education in Geelong. The second headmaster, G. P. Morrison later established the Geelong College. Matthew Flinders Girls School survives as an important work of Backhouse and Reynolds and one of the finest of the early national Schools in Victoria, although the original building has been concealed by subsequent sympathetic alterations.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register.
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.
Historic Buildings Council Register.
REFERENCES
Australian Builder - 7th August, 1856, selection of Backhouse and Reynolds as architects.
Geelong Advertiser - 19th August, 1856, tender notice
28th August, 1857, description of buildings recently completed.
5th May, 1864 - Advertisement
5th May, 1877 - 18th February, 1878, 9th July, 1879, 12th July, 1879, 23rd July, 1879, 16th August, 1879, tender notices and notes regarding the condition of the building.
Hooper, Anne - The Story of Flinders School, Geelong, 1856-1956, Mercer, Geelong 1956.
Huddle, Lorraine - Architects in Geelong in the 1840's and 1850's "Humanities Research Essay, Department of Architecture and Building University of Melbourne 1979. - for details of works of Bakhouse and Reynolds
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volume 4(a)
Author: Helen Lardner
Year: 1995
Grading: A
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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