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Townsville State High School was established in 1924 as part of the Townsville Technical College at the northwest corner of Stanley and Walker Streets in Townsville CBD; that building later become a TAFE campus. The High School was re-located to 36–64 Boundary St, Railway Estate, Townsville in 1965. [1]
There are over 60 private and state schools of primary and secondary education within the Townsville area. Townsville Grammar School is the oldest co-educational school on the Australian mainland. [83] The Townsville State High School opened on 7 June 1924 and The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James opened in 1917. [84]
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Still Anglican, it is now a co-educational school known as the Cathedral School of St Anne and St James. [17] Townsville State High School opened on 7 July 1924 in the Townsville Technical College in the Townsville CBD on the corner of Walker and Stanley Streets. The school had an initial enrolment of 55 students and eight staff.
Townsville Central State School is a heritage-listed state school and former prison at 4–6 Warburton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1877 to 1880 by J Rooney .
At the time no public secondary school existed in Townsville and the Department decided to open a High School in conjunction with the Technical College. [1] Due to the emphasis placed on vocational and technical training by the Department of Public Instruction, a formal high school system was not introduced in Queensland until February 1912.
Townsville State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 36 Boundary Street [ 11 ] [ 15 ] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 790 students with 73 teachers (70 full-time equivalent) and 43 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent). [ 14 ]
The nearest primary school is Oonoonba State School, which is within the boundaries of the neighbouring suburb of Idalia. The nearest secondary schools are Townsville State High School to the north in Railway Estate and William Ross State High School in Annandale .