Ipswich Girls' Grammar School Buildings
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Ipswich Girls Grammar School, 2009
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| Location | 82 Chermside Road, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°36′51″S 152°46′12″E / 27.6141°S 152.7699°ECoordinates: 27°36′51″S 152°46′12″E / 27.6141°S 152.7699°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1891 - 1968 |
| Official name: Ipswich Girls Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600565 |
| Significant period | 1890s ongoing (social) 1890s (historical) 1890s-1900s (fabric admin bldg) 1890s (fabric gatekeepe |
| Significant components | hall - assembly, classroom/classroom block/teaching area, sculpture, gatehouse, gate - entrance, garden/grounds |
 Location of Ipswich Girls' Grammar School Buildings in Queensland
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Ipswich Girls' Grammar School Buildings is a heritage-listed group of private school buildings at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, 82 Chermside Road, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1891 to 1968. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Ipswich Girls' Grammar School (IGGS) was opened in 1892 and was the last of the ten non-denominational grammar schools to be established in Queensland under the Grammar Schools Act 1860. In 1863 the Ipswich Grammar School (IGS - for boys) was established being the first Grammar School to be established in Queensland following the Grammar Schools Act, 1860. The advent of the 1860 Act and the ensuing establishment of grammar schools throughout Queensland was seen as a major advancement for education in the new colony. It brought about the first attempts by government and local communities combined to establish institutionalised, academic, secondary education in Queensland, paving the way towards the establishment of tertiary education in the state.
The Grammar Schools Act of 1860 stipulated that where £1000 could be raised by donation or subscription in any district for the establishment of a grammar school, then the Government would contribute £2000 towards the school. The race to establish the first grammar school in Queensland was racked by sectarian rivalry with the Roman Catholic Church being the first contender. However, the controversy concerning church versus state education led to the Queensland Government's refusal of Roman Catholic Bishop James Quinn's proposal to establish grammar schools at Brisbane and Ipswich on the principle that a grammar school education should be secular and free from denominational control. This was the basis on which all of the grammar schools were eventually established.
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