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Gladstone Central State School, Block B
Block B of Gladstone Central State School is a heritage-listed state school building at 94 Auckland Street, Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built in 1904 by J Connors. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000.
Block B of the Gladstone Central State School was erected in 1904 as the first timber classroom extension to the Gladstone State School, established in the early 1860s.
The town of Gladstone at Port Curtis was founded by the New South Wales colonial government in 1853–1854 prior to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales, and during the 1850s a number of private schools operated in the township. In 1861, following the separation of Queensland, a primary school was established at Gladstone under the provisions of the Queensland Government's Education Act of 1860, which provided government assistance for primary education modelled on the New South Wales system of national (or state-assisted) schools.
At Separation in December 1859, there were only three national schools in Queensland (at Drayton, Warwick and Brisbane), established under New South Wales legislation. The first 7 national schools established in the new colony of Queensland opened in 1861. Among these was the Gladstone Primary School, which opened about April that year.
The Gladstone Primary School initially may have occupied the premises of a former private school conducted from 1859 by JH Carvosso, who was appointed the first national schoolteacher in Gladstone in 1861. A purpose-designed primary school was constructed in 1863–1864 and opened at the beginning of 1864, on the present school reserve. It was a T-shaped brick structure. The front section of the building, facing Auckland Street, was the residence of the school master; behind this, at right angles to the residence, was a long school room to accommodate 70–80 students. Queensland's national school system, administered by the Board of General Education, was replaced in 1875 with a system of free, compulsory, secular education for children aged 6 to 12 years, administered by the Department of Public Instruction. At this time the Gladstone Primary School became the Gladstone State School. By 1879, average attendance at the school had reached 110, and classes were being conducted on the verandahs. To relieve the overcrowding, a separate teacher's residence was erected in 1880–81, and the front section of the 1863 building was remodeled as a classroom.
By 1897, total enrolment was close to 200 and the average attendance had reached 150. The school was again in urgent need of additional classrooms. Extensions were approved by the Department of Public Instruction, but the local community was not able to raise the one-fifth contribution needed to fund the additions until 1904, when a new timber block was erected in front of the 1863 building and connected to it by a covered walkway. Tenders were called in March 1904. The contract was won by J Connors with a price of £437/2/3, and the building was completed by late 1904. Despite a number of modifications, it survives as the present Block B.
In November 1913, the Gladstone State School Committee refused to spend any more money on repairs to the 1863 school building and requested that it be demolished and replaced with a new timber building in keeping with the 1904 wing (Block B). This building (Block A) was erected in 1914–15 and opened in February 1915. In 1917 the 1863 building was sold for £2 for demolition/removal.
By the mid-1930s, Block A had become the High School wing of the Gladstone State School, and two additional timber wings had been erected. One of these accommodated primary school children (Block C), and the other was the Infants School (Block D). In 1936/37 a purpose- designed home economics and manual arts wing was erected (Block E), but there was little further expansion of the school premises until well into the second half of the 20th century. Gladstone State School was renamed Gladstone Central State School on 14 November 1968.
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Gladstone Central State School, Block B
Block B of Gladstone Central State School is a heritage-listed state school building at 94 Auckland Street, Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built in 1904 by J Connors. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000.
Block B of the Gladstone Central State School was erected in 1904 as the first timber classroom extension to the Gladstone State School, established in the early 1860s.
The town of Gladstone at Port Curtis was founded by the New South Wales colonial government in 1853–1854 prior to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales, and during the 1850s a number of private schools operated in the township. In 1861, following the separation of Queensland, a primary school was established at Gladstone under the provisions of the Queensland Government's Education Act of 1860, which provided government assistance for primary education modelled on the New South Wales system of national (or state-assisted) schools.
At Separation in December 1859, there were only three national schools in Queensland (at Drayton, Warwick and Brisbane), established under New South Wales legislation. The first 7 national schools established in the new colony of Queensland opened in 1861. Among these was the Gladstone Primary School, which opened about April that year.
The Gladstone Primary School initially may have occupied the premises of a former private school conducted from 1859 by JH Carvosso, who was appointed the first national schoolteacher in Gladstone in 1861. A purpose-designed primary school was constructed in 1863–1864 and opened at the beginning of 1864, on the present school reserve. It was a T-shaped brick structure. The front section of the building, facing Auckland Street, was the residence of the school master; behind this, at right angles to the residence, was a long school room to accommodate 70–80 students. Queensland's national school system, administered by the Board of General Education, was replaced in 1875 with a system of free, compulsory, secular education for children aged 6 to 12 years, administered by the Department of Public Instruction. At this time the Gladstone Primary School became the Gladstone State School. By 1879, average attendance at the school had reached 110, and classes were being conducted on the verandahs. To relieve the overcrowding, a separate teacher's residence was erected in 1880–81, and the front section of the 1863 building was remodeled as a classroom.
By 1897, total enrolment was close to 200 and the average attendance had reached 150. The school was again in urgent need of additional classrooms. Extensions were approved by the Department of Public Instruction, but the local community was not able to raise the one-fifth contribution needed to fund the additions until 1904, when a new timber block was erected in front of the 1863 building and connected to it by a covered walkway. Tenders were called in March 1904. The contract was won by J Connors with a price of £437/2/3, and the building was completed by late 1904. Despite a number of modifications, it survives as the present Block B.
In November 1913, the Gladstone State School Committee refused to spend any more money on repairs to the 1863 school building and requested that it be demolished and replaced with a new timber building in keeping with the 1904 wing (Block B). This building (Block A) was erected in 1914–15 and opened in February 1915. In 1917 the 1863 building was sold for £2 for demolition/removal.
By the mid-1930s, Block A had become the High School wing of the Gladstone State School, and two additional timber wings had been erected. One of these accommodated primary school children (Block C), and the other was the Infants School (Block D). In 1936/37 a purpose- designed home economics and manual arts wing was erected (Block E), but there was little further expansion of the school premises until well into the second half of the 20th century. Gladstone State School was renamed Gladstone Central State School on 14 November 1968.