History
In 1870 the miners in Hoddles Creek built a slab hut with a bark roof, and paid one shilling each to pay an educated Englishman to teach the local children.
In 1880 the school moved to a new site higher up the valley due to the shift in population. After a decline in population the school closed in July 1892.
In 1912 the school reopened in the Church of England hall situated close to the former school site. In 1916 the school moved over the road to a new location on its current site. It was then a single room with 31 students.
Although the entrance has been relocated and some addition made to the western side, much of the original building remains.
The school of 1978 - 1984 consisted of three classroom, all separate from the main building which now contains the principal's office, staff room with kitchen and bathroom facilities, small administration office and canteen.
In 2006 the school took delivery of a new double portable which houses the library and the Prep - Grade 2 classroom.
Hoddles Creek Primary School's most illustrious student of the school was Professor Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (1908 - 1983) who attended the school from 1913 - 1917. He later became a prominent mathematician and physicist. He returned to the school in 1937 and planted a pine tree which still stands. A plaque commemorating Professor Massey was unveiled in 1984.
Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (1908 - 1983)
