Queensland School for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb

Name: Queensland School for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb

Time: 1893 – Closed

Epoch: Late 19th Century

Category: Welfare ‘Handicapped’ Workshop School

Institution Category: Education

Institution Group: Schools ‘Special’ or ‘Therapy’

Coordinates: -27.4995283333333, 153.030416666667

Street Address: Cornwall Street, Dutton Park

Suburb: Dutton Park

Sector: Independent ‘Community’

Local Study Area: Dutton Park-South Woolloongabba-Buranda

Study Stage: MBSH Stage 2 Local Study Areas

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The Queensland School for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb opened in 1893 with 22 students. The school continued up to 1988.

Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt

Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River

Geographic Description 3: Ridgeline; Flood Gullies (a few)

Citations

Cohen, Kay. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Margaret Kowald, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas 1860-1960. Volume 1. RHSQ. 2014. page 137

Image Citations

Queensland School for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Cornwall Street, Dutton Park, unstated. Lost Brisbane. Volume 1. RHSQ. 2014. page 137