Objects of Substance- The Cottages

1924 Merle Weaver on the Cottages’ steps.

Looking back to the cottages with W Block on the left. The doors to both classrooms are evident, as is a rather interesting car park. There was a driveway into the school just past the cottages.

The new and beautiful superstructures that are the Hirst CLC and the Science building are stunning examples of innovative modern design but I cannot help but wonder if, with a little more attention, we could have preserved what I now, perhaps nostalgically, remember as a strangely charming structure, a piece of Queensland architectural history.

Kristine Cooke (1967) Director of Information Services