Teesdale State School No. 2065
30 Sutherland Street TEESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Teesdale State School No. 2065 is situated on allotment 28, Parish of Burtwarrah, 30 Sutherland Street Teesdale. The school building stands on land originally reserved for cultivation and purchased from the Crown in 1855 by Mr T. Elliot. In 1874, the Board of Education purchased the 4 acres parcel from Henry H Cations with view to establish a new state school. It replaced Teesdale State School No. 628, a former Denominational School established by the Presbyterian Church in 1858.
Teedale School No. 2065 commenced from this site on 1 June 1878 with an enrollment of 78 local children. By the early 20th century however, the number of enrolments dropped significantly and its operation was reduced to 3 days a week. Full time classes resumed in 1916 and a second population wave of population, which swept the Teesdale district after World War Two, ensured the schools permanence well into the late 20th century. Additional classrooms and administration facilities have been constructed adjacent to the original school building to accommodate a further increase in attendance. The brick school building is of standard design, with a small brick porch, serving as the main entrance to the school building. The original Teesdale State School No. 2065 classroom is intact, in good condition and retains a high degree of integrity.
How is it significant?
The Teesdale State School is of historical, social and architectural significance to the township of Teesdale and the Golden Plains Shire.
Why is significant?
The Teesdale State School is of historical significance as a surviving example of a state school, established by the Department of Education in 1878, which continues to serve the children of Teesdale and district. The school also has significance for its siting on formerly land gazetted for cultivation, reflecting the growth of the settlement beyond the township grid, along the Shelford-Bannockburn Road. The school is of social significance as a focus of community life and its survival reflects the growth and prosperity of the surrounding agricultural economy.
The school is of architectural significance as a surviving example of a rural state school constructed to a Department of Education standard design in the late 19th century.
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Teesdale State School No. 2065 - Physical Description 1
-The Teesdale State School No. 2065 is situated on allotment 28, Parish of Burtwarrah, on the corner of Sutherland Street and the Shelford-Bannockburn Road, within the township of Teesdale.
The original school building is of standard design, built in brick, featuring a steep gabled corrugated iron roof. A small brick porch, projecting from the facade, with a gabled corrugated iron roof and small rectangular casement window serves as the main entrance to the school building. The three multi-pane, double-hung sash windows with multi-pane fanlights survive adjacent to the porch. A series of three twelve-pane, double-hung sash windows survive on the northern elevation. The base of a single chimney is integrated within the southern elevation with the section beyond the roof recently removed to accommodate a steel vent. Prior to 1925 an upstairs gallery was used by students, however this space was removed and a partition introduced to form a cloak room.
Additional classrooms and administration facilities were constructed adjacent to the original school building in the late 20th century. (These building are not included in the proposed extent of registration) The original Teesdale State School No. 2065 classroom is intact, in good condition and retains a high degree of integrity.
Teesdale State School No. 2065 - Integrity
The original Teesdale State School No. 2065 classroom is intact, in good condition and retains a high degree of integrity.
Teesdale State School No. 2065 - Historical Australian Themes
The Australian Heritage Commission devised the Australian Historic Themes in 2001. The following themes have influenced the historical development of the Teesdale State School.
6 Educating
6.1 Forming associations, libraries and institutes for self-education
6.2 Establishing schools
6.5 Educating people in remote places
Teesdale State School No. 2065 - Physical Description 2
Extent of Registration: to the extent of the whole of the original 1878 state school building, including the interiors, and a curtiledge of approximately 5 metre to east, south and west of the building and to the Bannockburn-Shelford Road to north of building.
Heritage Study and Grading
Golden Plains - Golden Plains Shire Heritage Study Phase 2
Author: Heritage Matters P/L
Year: 2009
Grading:
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