KORUMBURRA PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3077
6-16 MINE ROAD, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The former Infants' School was constructed in 1913 to a standard design by G.W. Watson of the Public Works Department. It is an example of the 'pavilion style', a standard Edwardian design adopted by the Education Department for Infant Schools constructed between 1907-15, which is based on a substantial red brick half hip/half gable structure with a terracotta tiled roof, serving as a central hall, which is flanked at the east and south ends by smaller half gable and hip combinations. There is a transverse half gable structure to the west. The main hall, now the library, has tied timbered trusses and a diagonally panelled board ceiling. Classrooms are located to the north (Mine Road) and the east under connecting transverse half hip projecting bays. A built-in corridor links the elements across the south side. Other notable elements include roughcast banded chimneys with terracotta pots, cast iron roof plumbing, rendered dado band and windowsills and heads, and grouped single tall double hung and hopper multi-pane timber windows to classrooms.
The former Korumburra South State School No.3435 was opened in 1903 at the Strzelecki Village Settlement and after closing in 1946 was moved to its present site at the Korumburra Primary School. Constructed by local residents, it is a small gabled weatherboard building with a bank of three tall multi-pane windows in the main elevation and small high set multi-pane hopper windows in the north side elevation (one now replaced with an air conditioner). There are louvred vents in each gable end and a brick chimney against the south wall. At the rear is a skillion section with a six-over-six pane timber sash window in the side wall and a six-pane hopper window and a door in the rear wall.
The mature exotic trees between the Infants' School and Mine Road also contribute to the significance of the place.
Non-original alterations and additions and other buildings on the site are not significant.
The former Infants' School is significant as a representative example of the pavilion style schools designed for preparatory grade children during the early twentieth century. It has aesthetic significance as a fine and well-detailed example of an Edwardian school, which is the largest and most architecturally resolved within South Gippsland Shire. Notable details include the picturesque silhouette created by the complex massing and roofline punctuated by the tall chimneys, while internally the trussed and panelled ceiling to the former hall is distinctive. The elevated position on a prominent site makes it a local landmark. The aesthetic qualities of the school are enhanced by the mature trees, which provide a related setting. (Criteria D and E)
The former Korumburra South School is historically significant for its associations with the development of the Strzelecki Village Settlement, while the relocation in 1947 demonstrates the increasing centralisation of schools across South Gippsland Shire in the postwar period. It is one of the oldest surviving school buildings in the Shire and is also significant as a rare example of a school building constructed by the local community. (Criteria A and B)
It has social significance as a place that has strong associations with the local community through its use as a school for over 100 years. (Criterion G)
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KORUMBURRA PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3077 - Physical Description 1
The former Infant School of the Korumburra State School constructed in 1913 is the only example in the Shire of the 'pavilion style', a standard Edwardian design adopted by the Education Department for Infant Schools constructed between 1907-15.
It is based on a substantial red brick half hip/half gable structure with a terra cotta tiled roof, serving as a central hall, which is flanked at the east and south ends by smaller half gable and hip combinations. There is a transverse half gable structure to the west. The main hall, now the library, has tied timbered trusses and a diagonally panelled board ceiling. Class rooms are located to the north (Mine Road) and the east under connecting transverse half hip projecting bays. A built in corridor links the elements across the south side. Other notable elements include: - Roughcast banded chimneys with terracotta pots.
- Cast iron roof plumbing.
- A rendered dado band and window sills and heads.
- Grouped single double hung and hopper windows to classroomsExternally, the building appears to be substantially intact with the exception of the octagonal-plan domed ventilators, once located on the main roof ridge, which have been removed.
The former Infant School forms part of a complex of buildings that also includes the former Korumburra South School to the west (see separate Citation), and a later complex of buildings surrounding a quadrangle of buildings to the south. The site is heavily landscaped with medium sized trees between the Infant building and Mine Road.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
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