Students In Front Of The BDHS Home Science Centre

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1921

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Overview

Two young females walking past a group of eight male students in front of the Bunbury District High School Home Science Centre.

The group includes: Ray Cobley, Mervyn Cook, Percy Barnard, Dick Napier, Les Clarke, George Hill, George Black and Tom Williamson.

Historical information

In February 1918, Bunbury District High School (BDHS) opened on the corner of Stirling Street and Arthur Street Bunbury, on a site previously used for the Bunbury Central School.

It was one of three or four country district high Schools opened at about the same time — the first Government schools apart from Modern School in Perth to take students through five years of high schooling that prepared them for Leaving Certificate examinations.

Before this time Bunbury Central School had only provided students with three years of high schooling that prepared them for Junior Certificate examinations.

The BDHS buildings and site were considered by many to be unsuitable for a high school.

In 1923, the school moved into the new purpose built Bunbury High School (BHS), atop Boulters Heights, that was capable of meeting the needs of a regional high school.

Details

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cwa-org-229-718

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual information

Roy Gordon Grace (1907-1994) attended Bunbury High School from 1923-1925 and was School Captain in 1925.

Keywords

1920s;royr grace collection

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