Northcliffe District High School

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

18908

Location

Northcliffe

Location Details

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1928

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2008 Category C

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic, Historic and Social

Physical Description

· Features reflect 1950s and 60s expansion; · Weatherboard and asbestos walls; · Corrugated iron gable roofs, and; · Timber framed windows.

History

Northcliffe School was first established in 1928 with an enrolment of 30 children. Its numbers fluctuated over the years with pupil enrolments dropping down to as low as 18 at the beginning of 1943. A great influx of numbers came with the Post World War II land settlement. Other influences were the closure of the group settlement schools. In 1946 the school bus program was initiated in the South West of Western Australia and a lot of isolated one teacher schools became unviable and were subsequently closed. This saw the end of most of the group settlement schools around the Northcliffe district. In 2005 the Northcliffe School was a District High School. Numbers had increased slightly with the closure of the Quinninup School in 2004. Refer to 16.2 for more historical notes

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Very High Authenticity: Moderate

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Northcliffe Remembers" .-Compilation of stories and memories of life in Northcliffe by an editorial committee of the Northcliffe Pioneer Museum Dynamic Press Bunbury WA

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Secondary School

Creation Date

08 Apr 2010

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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