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Big city school with a pool challenges heritage rule
Friday January 15, 2021
Wilston State School was one of the first in Queensland to have a pool. Almost a century later, there are calls for more modern facilities.
Wilston State School students in front of the heritage-listed dressing shed. Source: Wilston State School Facebook page.
The school, through the State Government, has made an application to demolish the heritage-listed dressing shed next to its recently refurbished pool at Grange. It argues the 1920s building is no longer suitable, in a state of disrepair, and would cost more to refurbish than to replace.
The school and…
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