page_title: Labrador, Queensland
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Labrador, Queensland / History / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Labrador State School - Gold Coast. (Original photo caption makes reference to Public Works Department)
context_page_description: Labrador is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Labrador had a population of 18,261 people.
context_section_description: The first Labrador State School building was built on four acres of swampy land donated by the Queensland Government on the corner of Billington Street and Brisbane Road. A local committee arranged for the land to be cleared and made suitable for the 17 original students. The school was officially opened on 24 January 1921. Within two months, 26 students were officially enrolled.
  Miss May Macpherson was the first and sole Teacher, responsible for teaching all grades required. By 1933 there were 44 students enrolled. Concern over the swampy land that often flooded and increasing traffic on Brisbane Road led to lobbying government for larger premises. A new site at Imperial Parade was acquired in 1948. The old school house building was moved to the Southport State School grounds. Turpin Road and Gordon Street bound the new site at Imperial Parade, where the school is still located. This school building was officially opened on 2 August 1952. There were four classrooms and 193 pupils.
caption: Labrador State School 1959
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