Our History
OUR BEGINNINGS
With a proud legacy spanning 115 years, Black Rock Primary School stands testament to resilience, dedication and community spirit.
Before 1851 there were few formal education facilities in what was called the Port Phillip District. Some schools did exist but in many wealthy families children were taught by private tutors. A dual system of education operated in Victoria from 1851 until the 1862 Common Schools Act combined the National and the Denominational Boards that had been responsible for schools throughout the State.
Ten years later the 1872 Act stated that the education of children in Victoria was to be “free, compulsory and secular”. The implementation of this Act from January 1873 began a new era of education in our State, but this new era had to build on and expand the Common Schools that were already in existence.
Three settlements near Black Rock that had established schools during the 19th century- Sandringham (1855), Cheltenham (1855) and Mentone (1889).
