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- Place Types Tourist attraction
- Address 139 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, Australia
- Coordinate -31.9543073,115.8545922
- Website http://nationaltrust.org.au/
- Rating 4.3
- Compound Code 2VW3+7R Perth WA, Australia
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Managed by National Trust of Australia WA since 1970snHistory goes back to the European settlement of the swan rivernIn 1829 Henry Reveley was assigned and purchased the land on which he constructed a water driven flour millnnThe original landscape of Perth city was swampy and drained to the river, streams ran off what is now St Georges Terrace in many places, here, and there was another one at government housenIn the early days of the settlement, schooling of children was a matter of concern. The first schools were mainly privately (church) run and occupied various places around the townnAnd in 1851 the Reveley’s Mill lots were purchased by the Government for the construction of a public school.nnThe school – the building we are looking at now, was completed in 1854nnThe architect was William Roach Jewel, Government Clerk of Works, who was responsible for many of Perths early public buildings, and he was heavily “influenced” by the Colonial Secretary of the time, William Sanford. – so some things never change –nnSanford was a Cambridge and Eton educated man and his vision was that the school should have an ecclesiastical look, hence is appearance as a neo Gothic style church, and to this day it is often mistaken for a church although it was specifically built as a school.nnThe building has gone through many additions and subtractions over the years and was used a school/education building into the late 1970s when it was transferred to the National Trust to ensure its proper care and conservation. The Trust headquarters were housed here until the mid 1980s, when it was leased out and used as a cafe.nVarious conservation and repair works were carried out until 2010 when development of City Square (Brookfield Plaza ) commenced.
Thank goodness it is still standing surviving the wrecking ball
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