Carmel Primary School (fmr)

Author

z Kalamunda - ARCHIVED 3/01/17

Place Number

04535

Location

101 Carmel Rd Carmel

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Heidelberg School
Scouts Meeting Hall

Local Government

Kalamunda

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1904

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
State Register	Registered	05 Nov 1999	HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Aug 2013	Category 1

Statement of Significance

Largely intact example of country school of early 1900s. Focal point of social life of Carmel community for over 75 years. Formerly Heidelberg School. Name changed during WW1 to Carmel School. TB Millar head teacher in 1913. Closed 1990.

Physical Description

Single storey, one room weatherboard school building (typical style from beginning of 20th century), with corrug. iron roof, on timber stumps. Bitumen surfaced area at rear, grass field alongside.

History

Education, technology, sport and recreation, local heroes

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Modifications: Orig. one room school &. accommodation for teacher. In 1905, partition between classroom & teacher's quarters was removed when a house (since demolished) was built alongside. Power connected 1945.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	"A Line on Kalamunda"
	"Carmel Primary School 1904-1989".	Carmel Primary School P&C	1989

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
12356	Carmel Primary School (fmr)	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1998
1172	The changing face of Kalamunda : a collection of old and new photographs. Volume 2.	Book	1987

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

14 Nov 1995

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Mar 2019

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