Bundaberg State High School, Educational heritage site in Bundaberg South, Australia.
Bundaberg State High School is an educational campus in Queensland built with separate teaching blocks and workshop facilities spread across the grounds. The site includes spaces for science instruction, woodworking, and technical training organized in different building sections.
The school started in 1912 and moved to its present location in 1921, making it one of Queensland's earliest state secondary schools. This move represented a major expansion of public education in the region.
The campus reflects how Queensland shaped education in the early 1900s, combining classroom learning with hands-on craft training in a single setting. Walking through the grounds, you see buildings designed to prepare students for practical trades alongside their regular studies.
The grounds are easy to navigate on foot with different building sections for various subjects that make the layout straightforward to understand. Allow time to explore each area to appreciate how the different structures serve separate purposes.
The site retains original workshop buildings from the 1950s with distinctive saw-tooth roofs that show how post-war schools trained students in skilled trades. These specialized structures reveal what educators thought was important for young workers entering manufacturing jobs.
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