Mandurang South State School No. 1628
86 Mandurang South Road, MANDURANG SOUTH VIC 3551 - Property No 186556
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Statement of Significance
The Mandurang South State School no. 1628, including all the fabric of the 1875 weatherboard building and attached two-roomed teacher's residence, is significant.
How is it significant?The Mandurang South State School is of local historic, architectural, aesthetic and social significance for the City of Greater Bendigo.
Why is it significant?The Mandurang South State School site is historically significant for its association with the provision of early educational facilities, which had an important role in the developing community. The school is of social significance for the Mandurang South community as a site of continuous education from 1875 until it closed 2000. Criterion A, Criterion G
The school is architecturally significant as one of the most intact schools in the region, and the 30' x 18' classroom is comparable to the Emu Creek School in design in demonstrating the architectural style favoured by the Education Department prior to 1883. The school is aesthetically significant for its demonstration of the Gothic Revival style as applied to school buildings soon after the Education Act of 1873. It is also significant as one of the most intact schools in the region and a good example of the large one class room school. Criterion D, Criterion E
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Mandurang South State School No. 1628 - Physical Description 1
The Mandurang South School is a weatherboard school with attached residence constructed in 1875. It appears to be similar to the design for Emu Creek School that had one class room of 30' x 18' and a two room residence for the teacher. The entrance to the classroom was through the porch and the entrance to the residence was at the end of the other gable. Additional rooms were added to the rear of the school which were later removed to allow for the attached under cover play area. There are two shelter sheds at some distance away from the school.
The school building is designed with intersecting gable roofs in the Gothic Revival style. The gable ends have barge boards and finials, and the roof space is ventilated by a timber slatted vent to the front elevation, and a row of roof ventilators.
The former Mandurang South School is one of the most intact in the study area despite having the windows boarded over.Mandurang South State School No. 1628 - Physical Conditions
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Mandurang South State School No. 1628 - Integrity
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Mandurang South State School No. 1628 - Historical Australian Themes
8 Building community life
8.2 Educating people
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Former Shires of McIvor and Strathfieldsaye Heritage Study
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2008
Grading: Local
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