Lake King School

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

12732

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Location

Lot 35 Newdegate-Ravensthorpe Rd Lake King

Location Details

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1954

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Sep 1998	Category D	Category D Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place demonstrates the development of the education facilities in the Lake King district.

Physical Description

A group of buildings of various periods. The 1954 building is typical of the period; timber framed and clad with weatherboard & fibro.

History

The first education for the children in the Lake King District was at a school held at the hall which opened in February 1935. Eleven children attended. By May 1936, the school had closed due to lack of students during the depression. It was an Education Department policy that a school must retain a minimum of eight children to stay open. So Lake King children were transported by Dusty Rhodes' first school bus to the Lake Varley School.
Lake King School re-opened again in Lake King in the hall again in 1953, when children from Mt Madden boosted the number of pupils for Lake King. Midway through the year, the local parents travelled to Culbin (near Williams) to dismantle a disused school room and re-erect it at Lake King. The school was originally constructed in 1922 at Tarwonga before being moved to Culbin, and closed in 1952. It was opened in Lake King in February 1954, and Sir Charles and Lady Gardiner visited the school in 1955. In 1S56 the Lake King School hosted the regional school sports carnival.
In 1959, a store room was built onto the school and in 1960 the school had the f irst Headmaster for the 2 teacher schooi, and classes overflowed into the hall. In 1962, the Progress Association purchased a power plant which provided power for the school, hall and school house.
In 1964, a class room was added. In 1966, an ex-student day was celebrated. In 1978 a Pre-primary centre was built and the school underwent renovations including the enclosed verandah. In 1980, a demountable room was provided and a comprehensive submission was made for a new school. Through the 1980s many improvements took place and the school continued to develop.
In 1992, a new library & resource building was funded by the Progress Association, and in 1993 the demountable became the pre-primary and junior grades class rooms. Further conversions, and the construction of a new toilet block in 1995, are the latest in the school's progress.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Intact
Authenticity: High Degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Metcalf R & Hector M; "Golden Jubilee 1928-1978 Lake King, Lake Camm; Mt Madden;".	Hatter's Hill	1978
	Brandenburg I & S; "Unpublished research".	Unpublished	1996

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

02 Nov 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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