Local Government
Toodyay
Region
Avon Arc
Julimar Rd West Toodyay
GPS: 0445018 6511350
Toodyay
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1902
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Heritage List | Adopted | 01 Dec 2012 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Aug 1998 | Category 3 |
The site has historic value for its association with the West Toodyay School and education between 1901 and 1920. The site has social value for the generations of student who attended the school. The site has research value as it has potential to contain subsurface archaeological remains.
A marker stone with a plaque marks the site of the former school which is now just bushland.
The West Toodyay School as the first fully sponsored government school in the vicinity of Toodyay. Built in 1902 it was a timber framed and corrugated iron clad building. It closed in 1920. Kate Waters planed the lemon scented gum on Arbour Day in 1912. Materials from the school building were used in the construction of the shearing shed on 'Woodendale' in 1929.
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Site Only
Historic Site
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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