From Our Past ……

Historical insight ….

Victoria Park State School was named after the adjoining Queen Victoria Park.

The school was officially opened on July 1, 1926 by Mackay MP and Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. Forgan Smith. Moves to establish the school had come in the years prior to this.

Parental responses to overcrowding at the Mackay State School (now Mackay Central State School) and concerns for children’s safety because of the growth in the number of motor cars and other vehicles. On January 27, 1970, Victoria Park State School was divided into two schools – the State School and the Infants School. These schools were housed on two sites, with the Infant School established on land bounded by Shakespeare, Macrossan, and Hague Streets.

On January 1, 1995, the two schools were united as one school, when the Infant School moved back to its original site following the completion of new buildings in June 1996. Land from Queen’s Park was made available for extra playground space. This land was previously the Queen’s Park tennis courts.

This additional land for playground space was provided by the Mackay City Council under a joint agreement between the Council and the Education Department.

In 2007, Prep was introduced on the main school campus and a sporting oval including tennis court and softball diamond was constructed for student use on the old infant site.

THE HISTORY OF

" THE VICIOUS PIG"

Victoria Park School has always enjoyed an enviable sporting record.  In days gone by, students from other schools bestowed what they thought was an insulting nickname upon the seemingly invincible teams from Victoria Park.  The name they gave used the intial of our school:-

Vicious Pigs

Many have come to view this name with pride, much like the famous "Rats of Tobruk"