Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Ashby State School
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
VA 4799
Description area
Dates of existence
1875 - current
History
Geelong West began under the name of Ashby in the year 1875 as the result of overcrowding of classes being conducted by Church organisations. The first School Committee was officially elected in 1911. In 1968 Ashby was a Special Class school.