| House | $654,300  |
| Land | $175,000 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Haddon | $783,500 |
| Ross Creek | $965,000  |
| Scarsdale | $693,200 |
| Smythes Creek | $733,500 |
| House | $431 |
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| Map | Street view | Nearby property price |
| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| What is Significant? The Smythesdale State School No 978 is situated on Allotment 1, Section 40, township of Smythesdale. It was constructed in 1871 as a vested Common School, replacing an earlier Church of England School, established in the early 1850s. The township of Smythesdale (formally Smythe's Creek) is named after Captain John James Barlow Smythe, an early pastoralist who took up a lease comprising 10,440 acres on Smythe's Creek, 8 miles south of Ballarat. Although Smythesdale had an early pastoral history, it is principally known as a gold mining district. Gold was discovered on 7 August 1852 by Herbert Swindells, who was sent out by the Geelong Gold Exploration Committee in charge of a party to prospect in the Woady Yaloak area. According to one account, 'a diggers' township quickly developed, which came to be known as 'Smythe's Creek. Several private and denominational schools operated in Smythesdale during the 1850s. The Church of England School No. 571 was established in 1856, with 88 pupils enrolled by 1858. In 1866 a site for a vested common school was reserved, however this was cancelled and a site proclaimed in 1870, on land used as a farmers market in Becker Street. Smythedale Common School No.978 opened on the 1 August 1871, with an attendance of 257 pupils. The di-chromatic brick school is of standard design, featuring three wings and a gabled slate roof. It is designed in a loosely picturesque Scholastic Gothic style, drawing on distant associations with mediaeval buildings. With the introduction of free, compulsory and secular education under the Victorian Education Act 1872 the attendance rapidly grew and a two-room extension was commissioned. By 1874 when the brick extension was complete, the attendance was recorded at 499 pupils. In 1911 the school building was remodeled and the preset multi-pane double hung sash windows were introduced into the projecting wings. Today the school is now a campus of the larger Woady Yaloak Primary School group, which includes the Scarsdale, Snake Valley and Ross Creek schools. The school complex includes additional modern buildings which are not significant and is surrounded by perimeter and inter plantings of native shrubs and small trees. The Smythesdale School is largely intact, is in good condition and retains a high degree of integrity. How is it significant? The Smythesdale State School is of historical, social and architectural significance to the township of Smythesdale and the Golden Plains Shire. Why is it significant? The Smythesdale State School is of historical significance as a large rural school, established under the Common School system in 1871 . It is an enduring example of the many schools established to provide education to the children of the Smythesdale area following the discovery of gold and the development of the township. The school is o |
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