South Preston School 824 is believed to be the oldest continuously functioning State School in Victoria. Originally established as Gowerville State School in 1865 in a small wooden building on land lent by a local farmer near the corner of Albert and Raglan streets, the school moved to its permanent location in Hotham Street in […]
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South Preston State School : Memories
Updated : 1 July, 2015 The old school building, parts of which possibly dating back to 1878 was sadly almost totally destroyed by fire in 2008, but like the proverbial Phoenix from the Ashes has risen again. Regardless of the survival of bricks and mortar, one thing that cannot be erased except by a final […]
Gowerville Theatre (later Melody Theatre)
The Gowerville Theatre at 175-77 Plenty Road just south of Bell Street opened on 5 June, 1926 to seemingly provide some competition for the Star on the corner of High and Gower streets; in reality, the backers were the same group that built the Star. The theatre at that time provided seating for around 970 […]