Meekatharra District High School

Author

Shire of Meekatharra

Place Number

25160

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Location

Savage St Meekatharra

Location Details

Local Government

Meekatharra

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1967 to 1975

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	21 Sep 2013	Category C	Category C Encourage retention of the place, and document and undertake photo record of the place prior to any development or if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

Meekatharra District High School provides a critical education facility in the regional location of Meekatharra and district.

Physical Description

The double storey masonry building is a typical high school structure of the late 1960s period.

History

The first school at Meekatharra opened on 8 August 1904 in an ironclad building, with 18 pupils and teacher Mrs Margaret Clarkson. Meekatharra District High School, established on its present site in 1967-1975, caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 and draws from a diverse population of around 600 locally and 2100 district-wide, representing Aboriginal communities, pastoral, mining and related service industries. It has an enrolment of around 200 students with over 90 percent coming from Aboriginal families. The need for a new school was hastened by the imminent closure of the Dominican convent school.
The District High School has a custom built library, administration block and undercover area, computer laboratory with internet access, full size school oval and access to the community swimming pool and other facilities in the town. It has a farm attached to it, which is used as an alternative program for students whose needs are not being met within the classroom and an incentive to increase attendance. In 2009, a fire severely damaged the science and home economics classrooms.
Adjoining the High School is the Meekatharra School of the Air. Established in 1957 with one teacher and 27 pupils it was originally located on the grounds of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It moved to its present site in 1975.

Integrity/Authenticity

INTEGRITY High degree
AUTHENTICITY High degree

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
22	Municipal Inventory

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

30 May 2014

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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