Monday 25 February 2008

Victorian Domestic Architecture: Teluba



It is owned by the NSW Department of Education who use it as a professional services centre/district office. It shares the grounds of Arncliffe Public School.

As late as 1973 it was the Arncliffe Girls Intermediate High School, meaning it was not a full academic high school. Prior to that it was Arncliffe Domestic Science School. In 1974, it amalgamated with Tempe Boys' Junior Technical High to form a comprehensive, co-ed full high school at Tempe.

I remember when that merge too place, as I was at high school and our school donated old books to the newly created school. Some act of noblesse oblige no doubt, but I wonder what the kids at Tempe thought about a library stocked not with new books, but the cast-offs and donations from some snooty nosed kids from a selective school! I hope they've been culled by now!

6 comments:

CaBaCuRl said...

Sally, I think this was part of the girls high school many, many years ago, when it was known as Arncliffe [...maybe....Domestic Science....] School. My mum went there as a student, for high school...I will ask her if she can remember anything else that may help.

Rockdale District Heritage Association said...

The series of photographs show great examples of Victorian architecture in Arncliffe. 9 Dowling St is one of the finest Victorian homes you could find any where in Sydney and in fact up until the 1980's it still had its original kitchen with a hard packed dirt floor covered by linoleum. If people are interested in finding out more about their homes if they contact the Rockdale District Heritage Association via email at rdha@netspace.net.au they will be able to help

Ann said...

Nice to know its still standing. I used to walk past it every day to school.

Unknown said...

I remember this school as Arncliffe Junior High School. I attended this High School and left in 1964 after going through from kindergarten - primary and then onto the High School

Unknown said...

I remember this school as Arncliffe Junior High School. I attended this High School and left in 1964 after going through from kindergarten - primary and then onto the High School

Unknown said...

It was known as Arncliffe Junior High School when I attended. I left the school in 1964 after going from kindergarten through to the high school at Arncliffe. Before that it was Arncliffe Home Science School