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Keysborough Common School opened in temporary accommodation in 1869. The Education Act was passed in 1872, and State School 1466 moved into a new brick school-room at 170 Chapel Road in 1874. It remained a small, rural school for much of its history. The school was closed in 1993 and sold in 1994 ($181,250). The school building lives on amidst a housing estate, and is now a private residence (15/170 Chapel Road). The former school should not be confused with the current Keysborough Primary, which was created in 2010 through a merger of Keysborough Park Primary and Coomoora Primary.

Then

Keysborough Primary School then

Now

Keysborough Primary School now

Furthermore

The former school sat derelict until 2014, leading to complaints from local residents. But a new housing estate was not far away, incorporating the old school building. 15/170 Chapel Road sold for $680,000 in 2017.

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City of Greater Dandenong Heritage Study and Heritage Places, 2003 – pages 43-45