Springbrook State School (Former)

Springbrook State School (Former) is located in Springbrook

Address: Old School Road/2873 Springbrook Road, Springbrook

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The former Springbrook State School, built in 1911, is historically significant in demonstrating the settlement of the Gold Coast Hinterland mountain plateau, which did not occur until after 1906 due to difficult mountain access. The school served as the community’s first public building and is the oldest extant building on the plateau. The building demonstrates typical characteristics of Queensland Works Department school buildings of the early 20th century while the play shed demonstrates the Queensland Works Departments early 1950 design standards. ”The Stump”, the remains of a New England Mountain Ash, demonstrates early practices of timber clearing. The site has strong associations with the Springbrook community having been the social centre as well as the only educational establishment on the plateau until the 1970s.

Queensland Heritage Register: YES
Heritage protection boundary: –