Beverley School (Former) 1894-1950
Site of Original School 1873-1894
The first school in the district was at Gilgering in 1859. Following the Beverley settlers forwarding a Memorial to the General Board of Education, requesting a school at Avon Bridge, a school was established at Avondale in 1869. Avondale became South Beverley School, and Gilgering, North Beverley School. Miss Seabrook taught at South Beverley and transferred to Beverley townsite school when it opened in 1873.
The Beverley School building is of a domestic scale in the Federation period, designed to the practicalities of the school function.
Built in 1894, Beverley School was designed by the Government Architect of the day: George Temple Poole. In Beverley he also designed the 1892 Post Office and Quarters - demolished (No.9) and the 1897 Beverley Courthouse (No.18). George Temple Poole was appointed by the British government as a supervisor for the Public Works Department in 1885, he became head of department in 1889, then assistant-engineer-in-chief and Principal Architect, Western Australia in a period of rapid urban development during the gold boom. He designed a 'series' of public buildings that contributed to the development of the Australian architectural response to environment and circumstances, providing a unifying style to the public buildings as government established its presence throughout Western Australia. He was a prominent Freemason, Anglican and member of the Weld Club; an important member of the Perth establishment.
The site commemorates the 1908 event when Sir John Forrest turned on the tap opening Beverley's town water supply by way of a main conduit and distribution network from a connection to the Kalgoorlie Pipeline.
Beverley School educated generations of Beverley families until 1950. The Public Library was housed in two rooms for several years.
The Beverley School building is of a domestic scale in the Federation period, designed to the practicalities of the school function.
Built in 1894, Beverley School was designed by the Government Architect of the day: George Temple Poole. In Beverley he also designed the 1892 Post Office and Quarters - demolished (No.9) and the 1897 Beverley Courthouse (No.18). George Temple Poole was appointed by the British government as a supervisor for the Public Works Department in 1885, he became head of department in 1889, then assistant-engineer-in-chief and Principal Architect, Western Australia in a period of rapid urban development during the gold boom. He designed a 'series' of public buildings that contributed to the development of the Australian architectural response to environment and circumstances, providing a unifying style to the public buildings as government established its presence throughout Western Australia. He was a prominent Freemason, Anglican and member of the Weld Club; an important member of the Perth establishment.
The site commemorates the 1908 event when Sir John Forrest turned on the tap opening Beverley's town water supply by way of a main conduit and distribution network from a connection to the Kalgoorlie Pipeline.
Beverley School educated generations of Beverley families until 1950. The Public Library was housed in two rooms for several years.