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Greg Hiscox

2023

Subcollections

Events > 100th Anniversary

Bunbury High School > Aerial

Overview

An aerial view of Bunbury Senior High School with students and students forming the number 100 on the school oval.

Historical information

Planning for a Bunbury High School (BHS) began in 1917. The school was to be built on top of a sand dunes known as Boulter's Heights. The site chosen by the Minister for Education, Sir James Mitchell.

Surveying was completed in 1920. The contract to construct Bunbury High School was let on the 9th January, 1922. The contract for the school went to Totterdell & Bros. of Perth.

By the 1st October, 1922, a two-storey building comprising of 8 classrooms, 2 science laboratories and a gymnasium was completed at a cost of £15,189.00

In 1923, Bunbury High School opened with 162 students and 11 staff.

From the 1950s the school was sometimes referred to as Beachess or the Temple of Beachess. The origin of the nickname is likely to be a 'mock' sermon in the 1952 Kingia magazine entitled 'The Temple Of Beachess'.

The school's status was upgraded in 1959 and it became Bunbury Senior High School (BSHS).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-229-547

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual information

Staff and students gathered to take the drone shot on the school oval. The logistic involved getting this shot were tremendous and we are thankful to our talented IT Officer, Mr Greg Hiscox for capturing this moment.

Keywords

2020s

Place made

Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Year

2023

Public location

Boardroom - Archive Box

Geotag

-33.327596053394, 115.63286106506
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