NEWCASTLE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL, DUKE STREET

c. 1896
Overview

Black & white photo.
Either side of the building is a wood picket fence and a foot path to the front which we know today as Duke Street.

Historical information

The school building was constructed in two stages. The original 1886 section, shown here, is in Victorian Gothic style in red brick with a high pitched gable roof and was designed by architect George Temple-Poole.
The original building comprised two classrooms, 36 by 18 feet (11.0 by 5.5 m) and 18 by 12 feet (5.5 by 3.7 m), and a cloakroom.
The building was not fenced until at least 1891.
A classroom extension in Federation style red brick with a low pitched corrugated iron roof and tall chimney was added in 1900.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1248
Item type
Material
Width
12.5000 cm
Height or length
7.9000 cm
Contextual Information

A duplicate of this image is also accessioned in the Shire of Toodyay collection as 2001.1312.
This photograph is published on p.276 of Rica Erickson's 'Old Toodyay and Newcastle' where it is dated 1887.

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