Ipswich Grammar School Buildings
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Aerial photograph of Ipswich Grammar School Buildings
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| Location | Woodend Road, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°36′46″S 152°45′08″E / 27.6127°S 152.7521°ECoordinates: 27°36′46″S 152°45′08″E / 27.6127°S 152.7521°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1863–1972 |
| Official name: Ipswich Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600601 |
| Significant period | 1860s (historical) 1860s-1920s (fabric main bldg) 1910s (science/music bldg) 1860s ongoing (socia |
| Significant components | swimming pool, classroom/classroom block/teaching area, school/school room, science block, garden/grounds, dormitory, gymnasium, driveway |
 Location of Ipswich Grammar School Buildings in Queensland
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Ipswich Grammar School Buildings are a heritage-listed group of private school buildings at Ipswich Grammar School, Woodend Road, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1863 to 1972. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Ipswich Grammar School was the first secondary school established in Queensland and its original building was constructed in the early 1860s, constituting a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture.
The term "grammar school" dates as far back as the early days of Christianity when the Church maintained the connection between Christian education and the study of "grammar" or, more precisely, classical languages and literature. While the history of grammar schools dates from these early origins, English schools teaching grammar date from the 15th century when William of Wayneflete established the Free Grammar School. During the 18th and 19th centuries, grammar schools in Britain began expanding the curricula beyond the confines of classics and the Ipswich Grammar School was established in this climate of educational change, expansion and centralization.
In stark contrast, education in pre-Separation Queensland was limited to the teaching of reading, writing, arithmetic and religious instruction, and was often a parochial venture conducted from the parlours of private establishments or homes. When Queensland was declared a separate colony from New South Wales on 10 December 1859, the new Queensland Government faced the increasing need to provide an educational system for the new colony. Two significant pieces of legislation were enacted in 1860 to facilitate the development of Queensland education - the Education Act which saw the creation of a Board of General Education and the Grammar Schools Act 1860 which encouraged the establishment of grammar schools by providing a government subsidy of £1000 when an equal sum of money was raised by donation or subscription in any district.
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