Australind State School Plaque Historic Site

The Australind State School was built by residents George and Joseph Rodgers, and George Pearce and opened in 1905 with nine boys and eight girls.

Before that time, schooling was undertaken within private homes and for some years within the small timber building which is now St Nicholas Anglican Church.

Kate Herrick of Donnybrook was the first teacher.

It finally closed in 1948 when the number of children in the district declined and was demolished a few years later. The pine trees and lemon-scented gum tree on the site were planted by students on Arbour Day in the 1930s.

In 1992, former students erected a plaque to commemorate the site.