School House, Townsville Grammar School
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School House, 2000
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| Location | Paxton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 19°15′06″S 146°48′22″E / 19.2516°S 146.8061°ECoordinates: 19°15′06″S 146°48′22″E / 19.2516°S 146.8061°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1903 - 1904 |
| Architect | Tunbridge & Tunbridge |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: School House, Townsville Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 31 December 2002 |
| Reference no. | 601029 |
| Significant period | 1880s-1900s (historical) 1900s (fabric) 1903 ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | school/school room |
 Location of School House, Townsville Grammar School in Queensland
Location of School House, Townsville Grammar School in Queensland
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School House at Townsville Grammar School is a heritage-listed school building at Paxton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Tunbridge & Tunbridge and built from 1903 to 1904. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 December 2002.
The present School House building at Townsville Grammar School was built from 1903 to 1904 to a design by Townsville architects Tunbridge and Tunbridge. It replaced an 1888 FDG Stanley-designed building which was severely damaged by Cyclone Leonta on 9 March 1903. While sympathetic to the Stanley design, the Tunbridge and Tunbridge building was strengthened to resist future cyclones.
The Townsville Grammar School had opened in 1888, founded on the subscriptions of a number of influential members of North Queensland society including Robert Philp, Isaac Tyson, and Thankful Willmett. It was the last and most northerly of Queensland's grammar schools and gathered students from the vast area of North Queensland and overseas, providing the closest access to secondary education for children gaining grammar school scholarships in North Queensland.
The Grammar Schools Act 1860, under which the Townsville Grammar School was established, was modelled on the Sydney Grammar Schools Act 1854, and provided government support for the establishment of grammar schools in the colony of Queensland. Schools established under this Act provided the only government-subsidised secondary education available in Queensland until the introduction of free high school education in 1912. The 1860 Act provided that where local communities raised £1,000 the government would contribute another £2,000 toward the establishment of a grammar school, with a further £250 endowment annually when school fees of £250 per annum were guaranteed for 3 years. An amendment to this Act in 1864 increased the amount to be raised to £2,000, the guaranteed fees to £500 and the endowment to £1,000. Their curriculum and philosophy was based on the English tradition of liberal education and included sport, as well as classical and modern studies. In contrast to the southern colonies, Queensland's grammar schools were established along secular lines, providing secondary education for all classes and denomination without any distinction. In support of this principle, grammar school scholarships were awarded on academic merit to eligible students in their final year of primary education.
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