Carlisle Primary School

Statement of Significance

The school buildings on the site demonstrate the range of styles in government education buildings from the Inter war years to the present day [2022].

The school has historic value for its association with the establishment and development of the Kewdale community from 1919.

The range of buildings on the site demonstrate the development of education standards and methods since the Inter War period.

The school is valued by former students. teachers and the wider community for the central role the place has played in the development of the community.

Physical Description

Traditional brick school buildings built in a linear design with hipped roof along Wright Street and Orrong Road.

The building is of brick construction with rendered fascia and non-original wide profile corrugated metal cladding replacing the original terracotta tiled roof. The elevations are broken up by large multi-paned hopper and sash windows. The Orrong Road elevation is mainly blank elevations and has doubled in length since the 1950s.

History

Carlisle Primary School opened in 1919 as a single-classroom school.
It was originally called Bickford State School and began with 74 students. In July 1922, the school was renamed Carlisle School, and later Carlisle Primary School. Much of the area was rural, especially east of the school. Nearer the railway there were a few factories and few houses. Within ten years there were nearly 200 students enrolled and the school had about five classrooms. The playground was largely sand, with a gravel parade ground.
Additional temporary buildings have been added throughout the life of the school with the Pavilion Building which is the oldest building on the site probably relocated to the site in the Inter War period when this type of classroom was in common usage.

The school grew in the Post World War Two period with the growth of population in the district as the area was rapidly developed, particularly with many State Housing Commission homes. The large 'L' shaped core of the building was constructed c1949/50 to designs by the Public Works Department. The P&C Hall was constructed in 1953 on the site.

The large central block was constructed 1969/70 to a design by architect Julius Elischer who was prominent in the profession in this period. Elischer was again engaged in 1972 to design two new classrooms and staff toilets, and in 1973 to design the library and resource centre.

In c2010, the school received new buildings as part of the Building Education Revolution (BER) program which saw the construction of several new buildings and the removal of demountable buildings.

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