TOODYAY STATE SCHOOL, DUKE STREET, NORTH SIDE

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Overview

Three almost identical black & white prints of the north side of Duke Street School showing three windows. Photographs date prior to 1983. (date of earlier accession number)
The window on the left side shows one pane with a verandah extension obscuring the remainder of the panes, The centre window has six panes and the right window has four panes.
There is rendered brick work around windows with ten bricks exposed. There is wood trim on lower roof line. Partially visible is the roof of veranda on the left side and wooden veranda posts.
A cyclone fence is in middle ground. There is a large tree trunk on the left side and pepper tree foliage on the right. A metal container is below the windows.
Print (a): Long grass in foreground.
Print (b): Grass in foreground appears shorter.
Print (c): Grass barely visible, and darker contrast.

Historical information

The old Newcastle School, located on Duke Street, was the first purpose built school in the new town site of Toodyay (then known as Newcastle). It operated as a school from 1887 to 1954.
In 1954 the new Toodyay District High School opened and Duke Street closed.
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.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1669a,c

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History
Education

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

130 mm

Height or length