Stage Number: MBNH.12.02.02
Group: Eastern & Bay
Local Study Area: Bald Hills
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 2156 Gympie Rd, Bald Hills
Latitude & Longitude: -27.32052778,153.00658333
Time Link: 1866
Map Link: 1891
Image Time Point: 1891
Bald Hills State School started admitting students on 30 April 1866 from the Bald Hills, South and North Pine, Cabbage Creek and Sandgate areas. A new school house officially opened on 24 September 1866. The aggregate attendance for the first year was 44 pupils and the first head teacher was John Young Walker. The original school building was transferred from the Gympie Road site about 1913 when a new school was built. The original wooden structure was then converted to a School of Arts but later pulled down. Bald Hills School was closed for remodelling in 1933 and then reopened in 1934. Further extensions were made in 1936.
Chermside & Districts Historical Society; Queensland State Archives Agency ID159, Bald Hills State School
Head Teacher’s Residence, Bald Hills State School, April 1951. Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1632
QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 1 mile to the inch. Queensland Census Districts. Oxley. 1 mile to the inch. Government Engraving Office, Brisbane.. 620651
