Swanbourne Primary School

Statement of Significance

The site of the Swanbourne Primary School is significant in representing the strong historical
association with the school from 1905.

History

The former Swanbourne Primary School was a single-storey school building built by the
public Works Department from 1905, to provide school facilities for the children in the
expanding area of Claremont, north of the Railway line. Almost immediately accommodation
at the school proved inadequate and the government looked to purchase additional land to
make room for further expansion of the school however prices at the time were considered
too high.
 1912 additions to the school
 1914 Additions
 1917 adjoining lots purchased
 1919 Additions
 1921 Additions
 1946 Classroom Additions
 1949 Classroom additions
 1953 Additions
 1963 Additions
 1974 Additions
The School was built during the Town of Claremont’s ‘Consolidation’ period. The
‘Consolidation period’ was a period of rapid growth within the Town. Population and housing
grew steadily with 701 households and businesses in 1905, 872 in 1910 and 1,240 in 1915.
The largest area containing houses of this period is the area bounded by Mary, Gugeri,
Melville and Loch Streets and Stirling Highway. Surviving heritage homes from this period
indicate that housing types were mainly Federation Bungalow and Federation Queen Anne
with three to five rooms.

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