Local Government
Denmark
Region
Great Southern
Mitchell St Denmark
Reserve 21020
Denmark District High School
Denmark
Great Southern
Constructed from 1935
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Jun 2011 | Some/Moderate Significance | |
The Denmark Primary School has social and historic heritage significance. It has contributed to the education of the Denmark children on different campuses for many years. With the closing of outlying schools over the years and the growing town population, education became centred at this present campus after 1935. Since then the school has grown with numerous additions. In 2001, a new campus was constructed to house the Denmark High School, which allowed this site to remain exclusively as the Denmark Primary School. In 2010 there were 533 students enrolled at the school. A time capsule celebrating the centenary of education in the district was buried on 30 November 1996, and is to be opened in 2046.
The oldest building on the Denmark Primary School site was built in 1935. It is a timber structure which originally comprised two schoolrooms. The building has been altered and extended over time. In the schoolyard is a timber structure, formerly Group 93 School from West Denmark. This was first used as a classroom, but now (2011) is the Denmark Family Centre.
In the 1960s a new long rectangular timber building with a corrugated iron roof was added. The verandahs which run the length of the building are enclosed with windows for protection from the elements. The buildings form a boundary to a hard surface play area. Additional buildings, sympathetic to the original style of the school, have been built. The school environs include generous grassed areas inside the external boundary.
Integrity: Most
Very Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| B McGuinness; "100 years of chalk dust: Denmark 1896-1996". | Denmark WA: Cinnamon Coloureds, | 1996 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
| Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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