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Gympie State High School

Location

Gympie State High School is located in Gympie a rural town in South east Queensland. The site is located between Cootharaba Road and Everson Road. The postal address is P.O.Box 22, Gympie while the adminstration building is located at 1 Everson Road.

History


 * ''Development of State secondary schools 1912-1957


 * The huge task of bringing secondary education to all Queensland children was finally tackled in 1912. The State undertook to establish a free high school in places with a likely attendance of 25 qualified students, provided that there was no other provision for State-aided secondary education (such as grammar schools) in these places. High schools were opened in six centres – Charters Towers, Gympie, Mt Morgan, Warwick, Bundaberg and Mackay – in 1912'' Source: Greg Logan and Eddie Clarke, Policy and Information Services Branch. "STATE EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND: A Brief History. MONOGRAPHS ON THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND NO. 2" Page 8. Department of Education, Queensland –1984 http://education.qld.gov.au/library/docs/edhistory/stateedu.pdf

Source: Queensland school anniversaries 2012 http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/celebrations/ann/2012.html

Map showing distribution of original State High Schools


 * Advertisements in the 'Gympie Times' the previous week advised of the opening of the school and invited applicants ... to present themselves at the school before 9 a.m. on 29th January for a High School entrance examination in subjects to be studied at the school.
 * 122 of the 177 applicants were admitted with a further 40 six months later.


 * Source: Rees, John (1982) 'Origins' in Gympie State High School: An Historical Analysis, 1912-1982, page 15 Gympie State High School. ISBN 0 9594175 1 6