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Built 1867. West Oxley State School was built on another site. In 1878, it was renamed Sherwood State School . Classrooms were added in 1917 during World War I and in 1936 during the Great Depression. From 1927-33, three acres were bought for a new school site, with the building moved to its current location in 1937.It aquired a pool in 1967, a hall in 2000 and a Prep School in 2007. School enrolments mirror Sherwood’s development, peaking at 1034 pupils in 1959. From the 1960s, numbers slowly declined as families moved to the new, outer suburbs.

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Sherwood State School, HISTORY, https://sherwoodss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx

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Map References

QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 1 chain to the inch. Plan of subdivision of section 30 City of Brisbane. 1 chain to an inch. Surveyor General’s Office, Brisbane.(quarter-size). 634488