page_title: Buranda State School
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Buranda State School / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: 650045 - Buranda State School - Map 3 (2017)
context_page_description: Buranda State School is a heritage-listed state school at 24 Cowley Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works and built from 1920 to 1928. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 April 2017.
context_section_description: Buranda State School occupies a 2.78 hectares (6.9 acres) site in Buranda, a locality within the suburb of Woolloongabba, approximately three kilometres southwest of Brisbane CBD. The site is bounded by Cowley Street, Norman Creek and the Eastern Busway (south), Martin Street (northwest), Salisbury Street (northeast), Churchill Street (east), and light industrial and residential properties (west, north and east). The school shares its site with Narbethong State Special School, which is located at the northeast end of the site and is excluded from the heritage register boundary. Buranda State School's significant buildings are located on a plateau in the southwestern corner of the site, edged by steep rocky cliffs along the western and northern sides. Access is via a main entrance from Cowley Street and a secondary entrance from Martin Street. Pedestrian access from the south is provided via a footbridge over Norman Creek. Situated adjacent to the Cowley Street entrance is the earliest remaining building - a suburban timber school building (Block A; 1920, with 1928 extension). An early swimming pool, dressing shed and concrete terraces (1926) are located south of the eastern end of Block A. Other significant elements within the school grounds include a concrete retaining wall and stairs (1928-9), a stone retaining wall on two sides of the swimming pool (1926-7), World War II (WWII) Honour Boards in Block A (1944 and post-WWII), rock-edged gardens beds and walls (c. 1926-1936), and mature trees.
caption: Site map, 2017
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