Windsor State School
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Building in 2015
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| Location | 270 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°25′53″S 153°01′50″E / 27.4313°S 153.0305°ECoordinates: 27°25′53″S 153°01′50″E / 27.4313°S 153.0305°E |
| Design period | 1914 - 1919 (World War I) |
| Built | 1915 - 1934 |
| Official name: Windsor State School, Windsor Opportunity (Special) School, Windsor State School & Windsor Infants School | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 1 August 1994 |
| Reference no. | 600991 |
| Significant period | 1910s-1930s (historical) 1910s-1930s (fabric) 1915 ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | garden/grounds, classroom/classroom block/teaching area, school/school room, tower |
 Location of Windsor State School in Queensland
Location of Windsor State School in Queensland
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Windsor State School is a heritage-listed state school at 270 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1915 to 1934. It is also known as Windsor Opportunity (Special) School and Windsor State School & Windsor Infants School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 August 1994.
The school will celebrate its sesquicentenary (150th anniversary) in 2015.
The first school building constructed at the Windsor Campus was the Windsor State School, erected in 1915-16 on land acquired by the Queensland Government in 1912 and 1914 as a school reserve. A large, two-storeyed masonry building, it replaced the earlier and vastly overcrowded Bowen Bridge State School (established 1865) opposite (and which was partially damaged by fire in December 1915).
The new school was opened officially on Saturday 5 August 1916 by Herbert Hardacre, the Minister for Public Instruction under the new name of Windsor State School, although the school had actually opened a week earlier. When opened, it was the largest school in the state.
Its construction reflected a local population boom, partly an outcome of the extension of the railway line from Mayne to Enoggera via Windsor in 1899 and the consequent closer settlement of the larger estates. In 1904, Windsor was proclaimed a town, incorporating Albion, Wooloowin, Wilston, Windsor, Lutwyche, Newmarket, Swan Hill and portions of Eagle Junction and Kedron.
The state school building was designed by Philip Arthur Edwards, a British trained architect working in the Government Architect's office, for the Queensland Department of Public Instruction. Erected at a cost of £15,154, it was the second largest public works project of 1915, and was one of the largest and most modern brick state schools constructed in Queensland. The building could accommodate 990 pupils at double desks (built in Sydney by EJ Forbes & Son Ltd), and had floorage for 1100 children. Ensuring adequate ventilation was an emphasis of the design.
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