Upper Mount Gravatt State School
History
The community came together and cleared the grounds of trees and scrub for the construction of the school. The budget of £1,117 for the erection of the school was given by the Public Works department in May 1929.
On 19 September 1929, the Department of Public Instruction (the Education Department) formally announced a school would open in Upper Mount Gravatt. The school opened on 1 October 1929, with the official opening ceremony occurring on Saturday afternoon, 5 October 1929. Approximately 300 people attended the ceremony, which was led by the education minister at the time, Reginald King. The cost of the school was £1,123. It had 60 foundation students out of a capacity of 80. By the end of 1930, the enrollment had reached 81.
In 1930, a proposal for the then tramline to be extended 3 miles (4.8 km) from Holland Park to the school was declined due to the population of the region not being significant enough to justify the extension at the time.
2 acres were intended to be added to the school grounds in July 1952, but was postponed until August 1953, with the land of the school increasing to 5 acres in 1953. In 1973, as part of a scheme to improve schools in Queensland, the school received $48,477 to construct a library.
On 23 October 1961 a majority of the school was destroyed by a fire, with most, if not all Admission Registers prior to this date being destroyed. A new register was created, which began with the top grade (at this time it was Eighth) of the school and descending down in order. Another fire occurred In June 2019, with a building being completely destroyed. The fire was treated as suspicious and the building needed to be demolished. The construction of a new building was completed in July 2021, with it officially opening on 3 November 2021. The cost of the building was $9.21 million.
Demographics
In 2023, the school had a student enrollment of 507 with 39 teachers (34.2 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (15.9 full-time equivalent). Female enrollments consisted of 243 students and Male enrollments consisted of 264 students; Indigenous enrollments accounted for a total of 7% and 49% of students had a language background other than English.
See also
References
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- ^ "ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Upper Mount Gravatt | Queensland Places". The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "New School - Upper Mt. Gravatt - Residents' fine spirit". The Sunday Mail. 6 October 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Trove.
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- ^ "New Buildings". The Brisbane Courier. 4 May 1929. p. 23. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "Upper Mt. Gravatt School". The Brisbane Courier. 20 September 1929. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Trove.
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- ^ "Upper Mount Gravatt State School (A5782)". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "New School Opened - Upper Mount Gravatt - Parents Complimented". The Telegraph. 7 October 1929. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "Attendance, 81 - Progressive School Upper Mount Gravatt". The Sunday Mail. 14 December 1930. p. 19. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mt. Gravatt - Tramway Extension: Application Unsuccessful". The Telegraph. 21 March 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "Land for School". The Brisbane Telegraph. 31 July 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "School Land". The Brisbane Telegraph. 6 August 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ "School Additions". Noosa News. 19 July 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ Siganto, Talissa; Riga, Rachel (14 June 2019). "Crime scene declared as fire engulfs eight classrooms at Brisbane school". ABC News. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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