FORMER TOODYAY SCHOOL, DUKE STREET

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1973

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Overview

Coloured photo of the old school building showing detail of windows in the sunlight.
Tall trees around building, with wire metal fence and tall green grass.

Historical information

At the time of the photo, the building was being used as the Uniting Church Hall.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1492

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Themes

Education

Contextual Information

This building was used as a school from 1887-1953. From 1955 to 1959, various parts of the old school site were leased to local groups, such as the St John Ambulance Association, the Toodyay Repertory Club, and the Toodyay Basketball Association. In 1959 the Repertory Club bought the property. In 1962 the local Methodist Church on Duke Street was demolished to make way for the new standard gauge railway; the Methodist Churches Trust bought the school building from the Repertory Club for use as a chapel, with the first service held on 15 November 1964. By 1979 the building was known as the Uniting Church, the Methodist Church having merged with other churches in 1977 to form the Uniting Church in Australia. In 2007 the Uniting Church sold the property to a private owner.

Keywords

Schools

Uniting Church Of Australia

UNITING CHURCH HALL

Halls

Year

1973

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.551074786091, 116.46777458507

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