A township at Sale (formally known as Flooding Creek) was first
surveyed in 1848 and the first sale of township allotments took
place in 1850. The first school, the forerunner, to the Sale Primary
School was established in Sale in 1853, as a result of a public
meeting.
This
school was situated in Raymond Street where a 'bark and slab structure'
was erected. From this humble beginning the school went through
several redevelopments on the Raymond St site, and the school
developed to become known as a National School, then later a Common
School.
Free
secular education was introduced into Victoria in 1872, with the
passing of the Education Act, which also created the Education
Department of Victoria. All Common Schools then became government
funded State Schools. Each state school was allocated a school
number based upon their alphabetical listing, thus creating the
school's number, Sale State School No 545, in 1873.
Despite
continuing new brick classrooms erected in 1873, the school was
significantly overcrowded with over 600 children attending.
In
1881, following a public meeting and several approaches to the
Victorian Government by members of the school board The Minister
for Education, immediately issued an Order for the erection of
a new building to accommodate 750 children on a new school site.
The
Sale State School No 545 was relocated to its present site in
March 1883.
