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Blackstone State School

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School TypeState Primary SchoolHistory

The commencement of coal mining in the Blackstone area drew Welsh coal miners and their families to the area. A building committee was elected in December 1885 and an official request was sent the the Department of Public Instruction. The tender was awarded to W.B. Jeffcoat & Sons and the Blackstone Mixed Primary School was opened on 17 January 1887 by Mr William Joseph Hall. Headmaster was W J Hall and Assistant Teacher was Ms Ellen Cole. There were 63 pupils enrolled. By 1892 there were 161 pupils enrolled. It was once the largest school in the district until other areas opened up and the coal deposits were worked out resulting in people moving away. 1987 - Centenary celebrations are held on the 4th April 1988 – the Centenary time capsule is sealed and buried 25th March. It is be opened at the school’s 125th celebrations in 2012 1990 - the school adopted the title 'The Garden School of Ipswich'. The school won several South East Queensland Keep Australia Beautiful Council Tidy School competitions, numerous Ipswich Beautification Council Garden Competitions and Ipswich City Council Heritage and Conservation Awards. 1995 – school computers are connected to the internet 1996 – after 109 years a hot water system is installed at the school 2001 – the library is connected to the internet 2002 – the first air-conditioners are installed in the year six and seven classrooms 2007 - the Qld Gov announced the implementation of the State Schools of Tomorrow Project and invited public consultation. The schools in the Eastern Ipswich Cluster were Blackstone, Dinmore, Bundamba Riverview and Silkstone, Bremer State High and Bundamba Secondary College. On 18 August 2008 it was announced that the Blackstone State School would close at the end of 2009. The Blackstone Action Group was created to lobby the Qld Gov to reverse the decision. Despite the efforts of the Group the school closed 11 December 2009.

References (offline)Back to Blackstone : The first hundred years 1887 -1987 Compiled by Rhona M. Wratten

Thanks for the memories : Blackstone State School 1887-2009 Corporate Author Blackstone State SchoolRead More At Ipswich LibrariesBack to Blackstone : The first hundred years 1887 -1987Thanks for the memories : Blackstone State School 1887-2009

Images

Blackstone State School Tennis Court, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2013

Blackstone State School buildings after closure, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2010

Blackstone State School buildings, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2010

Blackstone State School buildings, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2013

Blackstone State School buildings, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2015

Blackstone State School retaining wall, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2016

Blackstone State School students, Blackstone Ipswich 1923

Blackstone State School water fountain, Blackstone, Ipswich, 2013

Blackstone State School, between 1900 and 1908

Histories

Blackstone - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Blackstone State School Precinct - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Blackstone State School – Gone but not forgotten

Bremer Echoes, Volume 35, No. 2, July 2017

Brynhyfryd, The Castle - A School Project

Epidemics in Ipswich

The History of the Blackstone State School

Images - Ips Heritage Study

Blackstone State School, 16 Hill Street, Blackstone, Ipswich, 1991

Blackstone State School, School Master's residence, 16 Hill Street, Blackstone, Ipswich, 1991

Mining memorabilia at Blackstone State School, 16 Hill Street, Blackstone, Ipswich, 1991

Mining memorabilia in the grounds of Blackstone State School, 16 Hill Street, Blackstone, Ipswich, 1991

Video

Coal Hewers from Wales (R Glo chymynwyr chan Cymru), Blackstone, Ipswich, 2014

United Welsh Church: As Long As Water Flows - National Trust Talks

Transcriptions

Memories of Blackstone and Brynhyfryd, Ipswich, an oral history with Jessie Edwards, 1995 (Transcript)

Audio

Memories of Blackstone and Brynhyfryd, Ipswich, an oral history with Jessie Edwards, 1995

Maps & Plans

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2507, 1970

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Images - Queensland Times

Principal of Blackstone State School, Len Heffernan, and Presidents of the Ipswich Historical Society, Ian Wilson and Jo-Ann Miller restoring the school, Ipswich, August 2003

Images - Ips Genealogical Soc.

Clewes family in front of Blackstone State School's headmaster's residence, Blackstone, c.1905

Location

SuburbBlackstoneGeo Coordinates ^[1]

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