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Bunbury Senior High School > Records

BSHS Class Photograph - Year 9O 1987

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1987

Subcollections

Students > Class Photographs

Overview

The Bunbury Senior High School Year 9O class photograph.

Back: Salvatore Vallelonga, Christopher Reid, Timothy Little, Michael Bennett, Craig Dunlop, Shaun Procter
Third: Aaron Jambu, Raymond Neill, Mark Kerr, Roger Verbrugge, Brett Stokes, Sean Smith
Second: Adrian Kenny, Jade Ikin, Timothy Silinger, Darryl Preedy, Glen Brockman, Antonie Obal, Anthony Peacock, Matthew Taylor
Front: Pauline Townsend, Driana Procopio, Sonya Dean, Francis Pemper, Susan Bell, Janine Stillman, Christine Van Den Heuvel, Shayne Exelby, Anitra Stene
Absent: Alan Osborne (Teacher) Senior Master Science

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.

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

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-229-26-2d

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Materials

Keywords

Place made

Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Public location

Boardroom - Archive Box - Album 26-2

Last modified

Friday, 14 August, 2026

Completeness

100

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For authorisation to reproduce, publish or display, please contact 'Bunbury Senior High School'.

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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Bunbury Senior High School 26-2d'.

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Bunbury Senior High School

Bunbury Senior High School

Bunbury Senior High School

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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 9O 1987

BSHS Class Photograph - Year 9O 1987
Source: Bunbury Senior High School 26-2d

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