Rockhampton Grammar School Buildings
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Administration block, 2009
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| Location | Archer Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°23′04″S 150°29′39″E / 23.3845°S 150.4941°ECoordinates: 23°23′04″S 150°29′39″E / 23.3845°S 150.4941°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1880 - 1951 |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Rockhampton Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600781 |
| Significant period | 1880s-1900s (historical) 1880s-1890s (fabric) 1880s ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | memorial/monument, school/school room |
 Location of Rockhampton Grammar School Buildings in Queensland
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Rockhampton Grammar School Buildings are a heritage-listed group private school buildings at Archer Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1880 to 1951. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Rockhampton Grammar School was opened in 1881. The main building, a two storeyed brick building, now known as the Administration Building, was erected in 1880 to the design of Rockhampton architect, Sidney Williams.
The Rockhampton Grammar School was the state's fourth grammar school. The grammar schools, as private schools partially funded by the government, formed an important part in the colony's fledgling secondary education system. During the 1870s a grammar school for the town was mooted and a parcel of land adjoining the town hall was reserved for such a purpose. However it was not until 1878, that the first trustees were appointed under the Grammar School Act and a site for the new school chosen on the Athelstane Range.
In the following year, Sidney Williams won an architectural competition for the design and the tender of £4,580 by prominent builder and politician, John Ferguson was accepted. This was later increased to £6,026 after the Colonial Architect FDG Stanley recommended some alterations including the deepening of the foundations and the addition of another verandah. The contract did not include furniture or any preparation of the grounds. Not until 1900 was the school's first oval completed.
The school building, which overlooked the town centre included accommodation for the headmaster, male boarders, and classrooms. Contemporary reports described it as a prominent object in the landscape; its picturesque and airy site was considered appropriate for the education of young men and women.
From 1881-1886, the school maintained both a boys and a girls department. In 1906, Frederick William Wheatley succeeded the first Headmaster, John Wheatcroft. He was followed in 1912 by Henry Arthur Kellow who remained as Head until 1935.
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