Infants and Girls School

What was until recently part of the Maritime Studies TAFE in South Terrace was built in 1878 as the Infants and Girls School. After the opening of the South Terrace Primary School (1904?) and Princess May Girls [high] School (1900), the girls were moved there.
[[../people/pengelly.html|Mary Ann Pengelly]] (1791-1863) was Mistress of the Govt Infants and Girls School 1854-1863; perhaps in a previous building on this site?

Apparently the building has been bought by the Prendiville Group who also own the Norfolk Hotel (formerly the [[../hotels/oddfellows.html|Oddfellows]]) on the other side of Norfolk Street, and it may therefore become an extension of the Hotel's hospitality activities.

My snap 31 July 2016

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Library:
Fremantle Library Local History Collection photo no. 792B, F.S. Sharr, 1972. This section of the Fremantle Technical School was originally the Fremantle Infants and Girls School. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Ord on 5.12.1877. A procession of 700 children led by Patrick Fay's Volunteer Band marched to the school for the opening.

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Library:
Fremantle Library Local History Collection photo #E000255, Skip Watkins, 1985. Former Infants' and Girls' School - a single storey, semi-dressed stone building with tiled roof. In some places stonework is carved for decoration. Large windows accentuated by dressed stone surrounds. Central to the building and facing South Terrace is a small portico with a parapet roof. This signifies the main entrance. This building is sited adjacent to the Fremantle Technical College (two storey building) which is included as a separate entry in the Register of Heritage Places.

References and Links

Fremantle Library Local History Collection

Hutchison, David 2006, [[../fremantlewalks/w5.html|'Walk 5']], Fremantle Walks.

Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 1 August, 2016 and hosted at freotopia.org/schools/girlsschool.html (it was last updated on 6 December, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.