STUDENTS AT THE FORMER TOODYAY SCHOOL DUKE STREET SCHOOL AFTER THE TDHS FIRE

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1993

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Overview

A coloured photo of primary students at the old Duke Street School, used as a temporary school after the fire of 1993 at the Toodyay District High School.
Shown is Mrs Blackwell's class.
The lower half of the surrounding wall (below window level) is covered with brown paper on which there are many children's drawings.
The children are sitting at low white topped folding tables and two female teachers are in their midst, one standing leaning over a table and the other couching at the end of one.
One girl is standing on the left.
Patterned storage bags are slung over the backs of some of the chairs.

Historical information

On 23 May 1993, an early morning fire destroyed most of the buildings of the Toodyay District High School, which catered for year groups 1 - 10.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1153

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Education

Width

15.2000 cm

Height or length

10.1000 cm

Contextual Information

After the fire the former Duke Street School and other halls in the town were then used for holding classes and for school administration until temporary transportable classrooms were installed at the school site. The permanent school buildings were completed the following year.
Affected were 275 primary students, 100 high school students, and 27 full-time teaching staff.
( ref: https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1993/09/$35M-allocated-for-new-Toodyay-District-High-School.aspx )

Year

1993

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Historic significance

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-31.550975671964, 116.46773616391

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