Yarranlea Primary School

Yarranlea Primary School is an independent co-educational primary school located in the Mount Gravatt campus of Griffith University in Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia.^[2]

Yarranlea Primary School
Crest of Yarranlea Primary School
Location
Mount Gravatt , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°32′36″S 153°3′56″E / 27.54333°S 153.06556°E / -27.54333; 153.06556
Information
Type	Independent school, co-educational, primary, day school
Motto	Believe Achieve
Established	1883-1900 (Hermitage Provisional School) 1901–1977 (Yarranlea State School) 1979–1986 (Museum display school) 1987–2013 (Old Yarranlea State School) 2014–Present (Yarranlea Primary School)
Principal	David Costin^[1]
Campus	Urban (Mount Gravatt)
Website	www.yarranlea.qld.edu.au

History

The school opened on 22 January 1883 in Yarranlea, Queensland (27°45′12″S 151°32′27″E / 27.7533°S 151.5408°E / -27.7533; 151.5408 (Yarranlea State School (former))) as Hermitage Provisional School.^[3][4] The school building which is still in use at the school's current Mount Gravatt, Queensland location was constructed on the Yarranlea site in 1888. This school building is heritage listed by Brisbane City Council.^[5]

In 1901, the school was changed to a State School and thus was renamed Yarranlea State School. Due to falling attendance, Yarranlea State School closed was in 1977.^[6]

In 1979, the school building was relocated to from its Yarranlea location to the Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education (now Griffith University Mount Gravatt campus) which is located in Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia. The school building was used as a museum display school.

In 1987, the school building was again relocated a short distance within the Griffith University Mount Gravatt campus. On 27 January 1987, the school reopened as Old Yarranlea State School. It provided the opportunity for trainee teachers to experience a one-teacher school environment.^[7]

In December 2013, the school was once again closed by Education Queensland as part of a broader schools cost-cutting program by the Newman government.^[7][8] The school's website was partially archived.^[9]

The school was reopened as an independent school in July 2014 as Yarranlea Primary School.^[10][11]

References

1. "Our Teaching Team". Yarranlea Primary School. Yarranlea Primary School. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
2. MacLean, Andrew (2006). "Active Citizenship at Old Yarranlea State School" (PDF). International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning. 2 (3): 19. doi:10.5172/ijpl.2.3.15. S2CID 55961306.
3. "Yarranlea State School". Queensland Government Archives Search. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
4. Dept of Public Lands Brisbane (1932). Parish of Beauaraba, County of Aubigny, Darling Downs, Queensland Government Open Data Portal (jpg) (Map). Dept of Public Lands Brisbane. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
5. "Old Yarranlea State School (former)". Local Heritage Places. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
6. "Yarranlea State School". Queensland Government Archives Search. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
7. Moore, Tony (22 July 2013). "Education Queensland urged to save Old Yarranlea School". Brisbane Time. Brisbane Times. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
8. Moore, Tony (21 July 2013). "Students, teachers plead for schools to be saved". Brisbane Times. Brisbane Times. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
9. . Old Yarranlea State School. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
10. Archer, Melissa (24 June 2014). "Mt Gravatt's Old Yarranlea to reopen as an independent primary school in Term 3". The Courier Mail. The Courier Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
11. "Yarranlea History". Yarranlea Primary School. Yarranlea Primary School. Retrieved 22 September 2021.