Newtown 平均房價House 價格比去年下降8% .
周邊地區Newtown Median RentThe House rent is 下降1% .
| | A149 Scarsdale-Pitfield Road, Newtown | | 距離: | 115.9 公里 to CBD; 21.4 公里 to Wendouree Station [公共交通] |
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| 地圖位置 | 街景 | 周邊成交價 | | 改建申請曆史: | | | 被市政府指定為 Victorian heritage | What is Significant?
In August 1869, a site was proclaimed for a Common School to be established between the settlements of the Scarsdale and Newtown, addressing the Pitfield Road. This school was to replace several private and denomination schools, operating on Browne's Diggins (now Scarsdale) in the 1850s. Although it was the initial gold rush to Browne's Diggings which established the town of Scarsdale in 1855, the consolidation of later finds towards the south triggered the extension of the town towards Pitfield and development of the settlement of Newtown. After much fund raising and public rallying, the Scarsdale Common School No. 980 openedon 30 January 1871 with Mr. John Lamont as head teacher and a recorded attendance of 542 pupils. The timber building was of standard design for a large rural school, featuring a central classroom with two projecting wings. The school remained the focus of community life into the turn of the century, with the inaugural 'Scarsdale Old Boys Reunion' taking place on 6 September 1906. The success of this event inspired further reunions and the Old Boys and Girls association continued to meet annually into the mid twentieth century. In 1919, the timber common school building was demolished and replaced by a new state school complex in 1920. Following World WarOne the school became an important site for community reflection and in 1918 an avenue of honour was established along the Scarsdale-Pitfield Road. A memorial plaque was erected outside the school to honour those who had fought and died in World War One. Later, in October 1922, the Old Boys and Girls association unveiled a set of elaborate memorial gates at the front of the school, commemorating the supreme sacrifice made by past student of the Scarsdale State School in World War One. A small memorial drinking fountain is also located in the school grounds. Today, a complex of modern classrooms, which are not considered to be of cultural significance, occupies the site of the former 1869 common school and later the 1920s state school. A large rectangular weatherboard schoolroom, located at the rear of the complex, survives from the late nineteenth century. The school grounds include many mature trees, both native and exotic, but of significance are the stand of Ulmus procera (English Elm), Cedrus deodara (Deodar Cedar) and Cedrus atlantica forma Glauca (Blue Atlantic Cedar) at the front of the school. The school is now a campus of the larger Woady Yaloak Primary School group, which includes the Snake Valley, Smythesdale and Ross Creek schools.
How is it significant?
The site of the Scarsdale State School, including the Scarsdale Old Boys memorial gates, the 1918 avenue of honor memorial plaque is of historical and social significance to the twin townships of Scarsdale-Newtown and the Golden Plains Shire.
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