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In 1860 the Education Act was enacted. It placed all primary education under one general and comprehensive system controlled by the Board of General Education. [8] Under the Act, education in Queensland is free, secular and compulsory. [8] Warwick East State School, established in September 1850, is the oldest surviving primary school in ...
Despite these doubts, the Education Act of 1875 was amended in 1897 to allow additional subjects to be taught. Literature, science, algebra and geometry were added to the syllabus of sixth class, the highest in the primary school. Though this change affected a small minority of schools, it was the beginning of state secondary education in ...
World War II affected Buranda State School in similar ways to other Queensland state school. In January 1942 due to the fear of a Japanese invasion, the Queensland Government closed all coastal state schools, and although most schools reopened on 2 March 1942, student attendance was optional until the war ended. Slit trenches, for protecting ...
Map of Queensland state primary and secondary schools (excluding South East Queensland), 2017. Outside of South East Queensland, there are 5 lists of schools in the rest of Queensland: List of schools in Darling Downs; List of schools in Wide Bay–Burnett; List of schools in Central Queensland; List of schools in North Queensland
Enoggera State School is a heritage-listed government primary school at 235 South Pine Road, Enoggera, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It was designed by Alfred Barton Brady and its heritage buildings were built from 1916 to 1950.
The State Education Act 1875 provided for free, compulsory and secular primary education and established the Department of Public Instruction. This further standardised the provision of education, and despite difficulties, achieved the remarkable feat of bringing basic literacy to most Queensland children by 1900. [7] [1]
Ashgrove State School (established in 1876) is important in demonstrating the evolution of state education and its associated architecture in Queensland. The place retains excellent, representative examples of standard government-designs that were an architectural responses to prevailing government educational philosophies, set in landscaped ...
Ithaca Creek State School is a heritage-listed state school and war memorial at 49 Lugg Street, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Work (involving Andrew Baxter Leven, Nigel Laman Thomas, and Harold James Parr) and built from 1930 to 1939.