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Applecross Senior High School

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

06464
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Location

30 Links Rd Ardross

Location Details

Local Government

Melville

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1958

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Assessed - Consultation (Preliminary) Current 30 Apr 2010

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Jun 2014 Category A

Category A

Worthy of the highest level of protection: recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places which gives legal protection; development requires consultation with the City of Melville. Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Melville Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

 City of Melville

Statement of Significance

The school is a good representative example of the secondary schools built in Western Australia during the early post World War Two period following the introduction of the Education Department's 'Co-educational Comprehensive Community High Schools' policy and subsequent changes in response to Education Department policy.

Physical Description

The school complex contains containing a two storey linear plan Main School Building (1957) designed in the Post-War International style, together with later additions including the Swimming Pool (1963), the Science Block (1965), Manual Arts Block (1961), Gymnasium (1969), Prevocational Centre (1969), Library (1971), the Art Building (1987) and the Performing Arts Centre (1991). The school includes a well-resolved set of Post War International style buildings in a well kept landscape setting;

History

Applecross Senior High School was constructed from 1957 by the Department of Education in response to dramatic population growth following World War II and the increased enrolment in Metropolitan High Schools during this period. Applecross was one of the first in a new program of High Schools to be constructed in the Metropolitan region from 1954.

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
John Oldham - landscaping Architect - -
Pubic Works Department Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9624 Applecross Senior High School conservation plan DRAFT. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2010
9748 Applecross Senior High School, Links Road, Ardross. Photographic Archive Record. Archival Record 2011

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Secondary School
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Secondary School

Architectural Styles

Style
Post-War International

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall METAL Steel
Wall METAL Aluminium
Roof METAL Other Metal
Other CONCRETE Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

06 Jan 2005

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.