Mandogalup School - Site of

Author

City of Kwinana

Place Number

12110

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Location

Jcn Anketell/Lyon/DeHaer Rds Wandi

Location Details

Local Government

Kwinana

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922

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 - Does not warrant assessment	Current	27 Sep 2019

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 May 1998	C	C Retain and conserve if possible, places of some cultural heritage significance to the Town of Kwinana.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	01 Feb 2022	D	D Recognition of places which achieve the minimum threshold cultural heritage significance to the Town of Kwinana.

Statement of Significance

Historic Value: The site has historic value for its association with the establishment of the Mandogalup community as the location of the second school in the region.

Level of significance: Historic Site.

Physical Description

A granite monolith is all that remains to mark the former site of the second Mandogalup School. The rock is approximately 2 metres high, and is set back approximately 8 metres from the edge of De Haer Road, in a small clearing. The edge of the clearing is marked by half-tyres arranged to form a border, although both the monolith and the tyres are concealed from the road by large trees and shrubs. A plaque is fixed to the north face of the rock, which reads “Site of Mandogalup School, 1922-1943, Dedicated to the Pioneers of the Area by The Country Women’s Association Hope Valley, Mandogalup and Kwinana Districts Branches, June 9th 1982. Supported by CWA of WA, Town of Kwinana, Alcoa of Australia and B.P.
Kwinana”. The face of the plaque has been painted over with graffiti, as has most of the surface of the rock.

History

The second Mandogalup School was constructed in 1922 to replace the earlier buildings located on the corner of Mandogalup and Norkett Roads. There was now a proper schoolroom and more commodious quarters for the school teacher, as well as a playground and shelter shed for the children. The new school building quickly became a social centre, hosting numerous dances before eventually being replaced by the purpose-built Mandogalup Hall located further west. George Forster, the first school teacher on the Peel Estate who began work at the first Mandogalup School, continued to teach at the new school, and was assisted by his wife, Mrs. Ernestine Forster until 1937 when they transferred to Rockingham Beach School. From 1937-1939, Mr William Tonkin was the school teacher, while Mr Edward Summerville taught from 1940-1944, after which time the school ceased operation.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Low
Authenticity: Low

Condition

N/A

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	L Russell; "Kwinana “Third Time Lucky”,		1979

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

11 Sep 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

09 Feb 2023

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