Brisbane South Girls and Infants School
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Brisbane State High School, Block H, 1994
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| Location | 112 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′46″S 153°01′08″E / 27.4795°S 153.0188°ECoordinates: 27°28′46″S 153°01′08″E / 27.4795°S 153.0188°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1864 - 1932 |
| Official name: Brisbane State High School, Block H, Brisbane South Girls and Infants School, Brisbane South Intermediate School, South Brisbane Primary School | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 31 October 1994 |
| Reference no. | 601222 |
| Significant period | 1860s (historical) 1930s (historical) 1860s-1930s (fabric school) 1910s (fabric teachers' rooms) |
| Significant components | school/school room, staffroom/s / teachers' room/s / teachers' retiring room/s |
 Location of Brisbane South Girls and Infants School in Queensland
Location of Brisbane South Girls and Infants School in Queensland
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Brisbane South Girls and Infants School is a heritage-listed state school at 112 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1864 to 1932. It is also known as Brisbane South Intermediate School, South Brisbane Primary School, and currently as Brisbane State High School Block H. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 October 1994.
Brisbane State High School's Block H, a two-storeyed brick building which is now part of the Junior School, is one of the oldest state school buildings in Queensland. The core was constructed in 1864 as the South Brisbane Primary School, with key extensions erected in 1877 and 1932.
The building is associated with the early establishment of general education in Queensland. It was erected under the new Education Act of 1860, which brought all Queensland schools under a Board of General Education, and provided for a system of government-subsidised primary schools, similar to the system then operating in New South Wales (which in turn had been based on the Irish system of National Schools). Under Queensland's Education Act, communities were required to contribute one-third of the cost of construction of new school buildings. Only six primary school buildings were erected in the period 1861-63, parents finding the one-third contribution difficult to raise. This led to some relaxation of the regulation, and in 1864, eleven schools, including the South Brisbane Primary School, were constructed. Of the 17 primary school buildings erected between 1861 and 1864, the only ones known to remain are Gayndah State School (1861), South Brisbane (1864) and Warwick East State School (1864), all of which are brick buildings.
Moves to establish a school at South Brisbane commenced in 1860, and in November 1861 the Queensland Government granted to the Board of General Education, 2 acres of land fronting Cordelia and Merivale Streets, for school purposes. Subscriptions took some time to raise, and in April 1863, a primary school was established in temporary, overcrowded accommodation at the Mechanics Institute in Stanley Street. The colonial government had approved the application for a new school in February 1863, and had employed Brisbane architect Charles Porter to prepare plans, but delayed calling tenders until December 1863, waiting for the School Committee to raise the one-third contribution.
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