BSHS 50th Anniversary 1923-1973
1973A booklet produced for the 50th anniversary celebrations of Bunbury Senior High School.
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.
A chronic shortage of rooms saw building commence in 1929, on a new wing to the school. This new wing consisted of a library on the ground floor, and 2 classrooms on the first floor. The library opened in first term 1930.
From the 1950s the school was sometimes referred to as Beachess or the Temple of Beachess. The origin of the nickname is likely to be a 'mock' sermon in the 1952 Kingia magazine entitled 'The Temple Of Beachess'.
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Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Bunbury Senior High School 145'.
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Daisy Coles - School of Domestic Arts Certificate 1919
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Daisy Coles - School Of Domestic Arts Certificate 1921
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Chrystabell Stephens
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Bil Angove
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BSHS Staff Photograph - 1989
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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 8S 1987
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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 8H 1987
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BSHS Year 8P Class Photograph 1987
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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 8B 1987
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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 8E 1987
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BSHS Class Photograph - Year 10W 1987
50th Anniversary 1923-1973
Source: Bunbury Senior High School 145
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