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BHS Form IIIQ 1944

1944
Subcollections
Students > Class Photographs
Overview

A photograph of Bunbury High School Form IIIQ with form mistress Elizabeth Burgess.

Back: Lola Vizard, Betty Pollard, Ruth Nelson, Jean McNab, Margaret Stanforth-Smith, Janet Murray, Ruth Loney, Elizabeth Burgess(Form Mistress), Ruth Ferrier, Ida Palmer, Joan Donovan, Nancy Sheperdson, Mary Stephens, Mavis Jones, Joyce Thomas
Kneeling: Judy Denny
Sitting: Jean Peak, Pat Thompson, Beryl Leece, Nancy Campbell, (?), June Winter

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.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-229-6.34c
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Materials
Keywords
1940s
Place made
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Year
1944
Public location
Box 1 Object 6 Page 34 Boardroom Cabinet 1 Cupboards
Last modified
Thursday, 3 September, 2026
Completeness
100
Rights category
Date of creation +50 years
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BHS Form IIIQ 1944
BHS Form IIIQ 1944
Source: Bunbury Senior High School 6.34c

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