Warwick East State School
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Warwick East State School, 2015
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| Location | 45 Fitzroy Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°12′52″S 152°02′21″E / 28.2144°S 152.0392°ECoordinates: 28°12′52″S 152°02′21″E / 28.2144°S 152.0392°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1864 - 1912 |
| Architect | Benjamin Joseph Backhouse |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Warwick East State School, Warwick National School | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600947 |
| Significant period | 1860s (historical) 1860-1910s (fabric) 1860s ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | school/school room |
 Location of Warwick East State School in Queensland
Location of Warwick East State School in Queensland
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Warwick East State School is a heritage-listed state school at 45 Fitzroy Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Benjamin Joseph Backhouse and built from 1864 to 1912. It is also known as Warwick National School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The former Warwick National School is a one storeyed brick building which was constructed in 1864 to designs of early Queensland architect, Benjamin Backhouse.
The first surveys were carried out in Warwick by James Charles Burnett in April, 1850, with the first land sale following soon after in July of that year. On May 25, 1861 Warwick was declared a municipality (the Borough of Warwick) and continued to grow steadily as the service centre of the Southern Darling Downs. During the 1860s the tradition of building permanent masonry buildings in Warwick began.
The first school in Warwick was established by the Board of National Education on October 25, 1850. This was set up largely as the result of efforts by local pioneer, George Leslie who was concerned about the education of his own children and those of other families in the district. He started making enquires to the Board of National Education in September 1848 but it was not until September 1850 that the school was actually established with thirty students.
The first headmaster was a Mr George Abbott, and the school ran until December 1852 when it closed until April 1853 re-opening with Mr George Lewis as the headmaster. Mr Jonathan Harris was appointed headmaster in 1855 and retained this position until 1860.
Before separation in 1859, the NSW Board of National Education, set up by Governor Charles Augustus FitzRoy in 1848, was charged with establishing and administering schools, and it was under provisions from this body that four National Schools were established in what was to become Queensland. The Warwick National School was the first of these and a school was established in Drayton in 1851. By 1860 a boys and girls school were established in Brisbane.
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