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This school, sited along the main artery of Creek Road, was opened on 30 January 1917 to serve the semi-rural Carina area. Many of its initial 62 students were drawn from the surrounding small farms. This school building featured an unusual rooftop bell tower. No other southside school that was built during this period was allotted such a tower. This first building was only given a companion classroom structure until just prior to WWII. Post-war, Carina was changed by new housing estates. In 1980, this part of the area was desinated as the new suburb of Carindale but the School retained its original title. It is one of a small number of schools that do no sit within the suburbs, after which they are named (e.g. Northgate School in Nundah).

Citations

Brisbane City Council, Heritage Register Summary, http://bit.ly/2llxrOz

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Map References

MLMS. 8 chain series 1904–1917—Brisbane. 8 chains to the inch. Cadastral map of Brisbane and Suburbs sheet 5. MLMS 8 Chain