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Ipswich National School, corner of Brisbane and Gordon Streets, Ipswich, 1890s
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TitleIpswich National School, corner of Brisbane and Gordon Streets, Ipswich, 1890sDate Created1890sStudioI.X.L. Studio
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DescriptionThe two story building in front of the church (on Gordon Street, bounded by Brisbane and Limestone Streets), is the National School. National schools were the forerunner to state schools. Approval was given, by Ipswich Council, and land granted in 1850, however it was not until 1861 that the first National School in Ipswich was established, under John Scott.
While this building was under construction, classes were held in a cottage in the laneway leading from Nicholas Street to the railway goods yard. The brick building on Gordon Street was opened in 1862 and could accommodate 300 children with girls and infants taught on the top floor and boys on the ground floor. The school would later split into separate boys and girls school and move several times before becoming Ipswich Central State School, now located on Griffiths Road.
The church behind the school is St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, located on the Gordon and Limestone Streets, erected in 1866. At one time, the steeple (37 metres high) was the tallest man-made structure in Queensland.Read More At Ipswich Libraries'The Ipswich National School’, By the Bremer: Memories of Ipswich
While this building was under construction, classes were held in a cottage in the laneway leading from Nicholas Street to the railway goods yard. The brick building on Gordon Street was opened in 1862 and could accommodate 300 children with girls and infants taught on the top floor and boys on the ground floor. The school would later split into separate boys and girls school and move several times before becoming Ipswich Central State School, now located on Griffiths Road.
The church behind the school is St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, located on the Gordon and Limestone Streets, erected in 1866. At one time, the steeple (37 metres high) was the tallest man-made structure in Queensland.Read More At Ipswich Libraries'The Ipswich National School’, By the Bremer: Memories of Ipswich
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