Parkerville Primary School sketch...

This sketch is of the third Parkerville Primary School built in 1962 on top of the Windoo Rd.

History about the School...

The timber weatherboard and iron roofed classrooms now referred to as the Old Parkerville School, and a detached teacher's quarters, were opened in Riley Road in March 1911. They replaced the fluted iron hall which was built in 1897, and had been used as a schoolroom from 1898. By 1909, it was obvious that the sweltering summer conditions in the 9 x 6 metre hall and the muddy gully in winter made it inadequate as a school for the 50 or so pupils. The hall/schoolroom, located near a gully south of Battery Road, continued to be used for church services and as a community hall.

The Riley Road classrooms were used until 1962, when the school shifted to its present site further to the south-west and off Windoo Road. Two of the teachers at the Old Parkerville School who gave long service to the district were Miss Ivy Jones (1932-1962), and Fred Schoch (1934-1953), whose son Fred, was lost on the HMAS Sydney and whose name appears on the Mundaring War Memorial (Site 42). On the north side of the school are the remnants of the rose garden planted by Miss Jones and the students between 1944-1945, and thought to be donated by Mr Bumelli, whose rose nursery was located in Johnson Road Parkerville. Other indicators of the students activities include the flagpole and remnants of both a running track, and what appears to be World War Two air raid trenches. The adjacent teacher's quarters are now privately owned.

Thank you to Parkerville Primary School for the great photo! Information courtesy of State Heritage Council

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