78-490: People with the surname Chauvel include: Charles Chauvel (filmmaker) (1897–1959), Australian filmmaker Charles Chauvel (politician) (born 1969), New Zealand lawyer and politician Elsa Chauvel (1898–1983), Australian actress and filmmaker; wife of Charles Chauvel Sir Harry Chauvel (1865–1945), senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought in
156-679: A grazier , at 53 also enlisted to serve in Palestine and Sinai in World War I. The Chauvels were descended from a French Huguenot family who fled France for England in 1685, and soon established a tradition of serving in the British army. The Australian Chauvels descended from a Charles Chauvel who retired from the Indian Army to New South Wales in 1839 and was a pioneer in the New England region. Chauvel
234-536: A characteristic of Queensland schools. At Normanby State School, the Suter building was altered to improve lighting and ventilation in the 1920s. The two narrow windows in the northern and southern gable walls were replaced with new, larger, casement windows to improve lighting conditions internally. Then in 1931, these were replaced with a substantial area of casement windows with higher sill heights and new sunshades. Further, in 1933 additional casement windows inserted into
312-557: A cinema in Paddington, Sydney [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Chauvel . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chauvel&oldid=1092891885 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
390-506: A jack of all trades, including working as an extra , a lighting technician , a publicist , and a stunt double . The films he worked on included Strangers of the Night (1923). Back in Australia after about a year, Chauvel obtained finance from Queensland businessmen and friends to make his first film The Moth of Moonbi . It was a romantic melodramas exploring a theme of the decadent city vs
468-701: A later date. It is possible that the back wall of the Suter building did not have windows, given the seating gallery inside. A photograph of the front (west) of the school c.1915 shows the front verandah wall clad to cover up the originally exposed stud framing and no windows in the north (1874) gable. Suter's standard designs were continually refined by his successors in response to changing needs and educational philosophy. Suter's designs were not without problems - in particular, they were criticised for lack of ventilation. Later school architects focussed intently on improving climate control, lighting and ventilation and were particularly innovative in their responses. In 1907,
546-539: A library 10 feet (3.0 m) long. In 1931 the interior of the 1880s portion was re-lined. A tennis court was built northwest of the Suter building, on the land purchased c.1915, and a working bee in July 1925 saw significant work completed, including carting antbed and the erection of the majority of the posts. The tennis court was formally opened on Arbor Day in August 1925. During the 1920s and 1930s alterations were made to
624-504: A long postscript to the story of the mutiny, the Chauvels went to Pitcairn Island and shot interesting footage of the Bounty descendants, spending three months on the island. He also included footage of bare-breasted Tahitian dancers which caused a temporary problem with the censors. The documentary parts were later edited out and used as promotional material for the 1935 Hollywood film about
702-424: A major community focus for social interaction, a symbol of progress and a source of pride with enduring connections formed with past pupils, parents and teachers. The inclusion of war memorials and halls used for community purposes reinforced these connections together with fetes, markets, public holiday celebrations, school break-up days, fundraisers, polling days, sporting events, reunions, and dances, all held within
780-558: A modern surface and is surrounded by a high chain wire fence. The other buildings and structures within the cultural heritage boundary are not of cultural heritage significance. Mutdapilly State School was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 10 October 2014 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. Mutdapilly State School (established in 1874 as Normanby National School)
858-435: A one-storey, lowset, timber-framed building clad with weatherboards and sheltered by a gable roof lined with corrugated metal sheets. The verandahs front (west) and back (east) are accessed by one short flight of timber stairs from the front verandah and two from the back verandah. The verandahs have raked ceilings lined with v-jointed timber boards and a timber rail balustrade between stop-chamfered timber posts extends along
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#1732856069642936-449: A private architect commissioned from 1865 by the Board of General Education to design school buildings. From 1868, Suter was responsible for most of the Board's buildings. Although Suter's Brisbane school buildings were of brick construction, in rural areas he designed timber-framed school buildings. In his timber school designs, Suter incorporated an "outside studding" construction technique he
1014-569: A production assistant; usually, he was the man in charge of the horses. Chauvel worked on The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920) and The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920) with Baker; he also assisted on Robbery Under Arms (1920) He designed the St Aidan's Church of England in Mutdapilly in 1921 (the church closed in 1974 and is now used as a private residence). Chauvel followed Baker to Hollywood in 1922, at his own expense, and spent some time as
1092-603: A script by Charles and Elsa Chauvel. The outbreak of war meant that Chauvel turned to war-themed films, making Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940), a tribute to the Australian Light Horse Brigade in Palestine in World War I, in the Cronulla sand dunes . It was both a popular and critical success and was credited with boosting morale. It also launched the career of actor Chips Rafferty . Chauvel then focused on making
1170-534: A series of propaganda shorts for the Australian war effort including Soldiers Without Uniform (1942). Chauvel attempt to repeat his Horseman success with The Rats of Tobruk in 1944. It was not as successful. After the war he made a film about a pioneer family in Queensland, Sons of Matthew (1949), drawing on his own family history In 1955, Chauvel released Jedda , perhaps his best known film. Jedda
1248-496: A site for the postal service's Receiving Office from 1876, and the school was known as the Normanby State School by 1877. The Board of General Education preferred that national school buildings were single storey, but had no other architectural stipulations. Consequently, the buildings varied depending on the architect responsible. The teaching building at Normanby National School was designed by Richard Suter (1827-1894),
1326-402: A small porch . An "improved plan" developed in 1873 addressed criticisms by Inspectors that the heat inside classrooms was "unbearable". It comprised a single large room with a front and back verandah , providing weather protection and sheltered play and teaching space. It was the beginning of a distinctive design, where the circulation to classrooms was via a verandah, continuing until at least
1404-568: A vernacular building form throughout the Colony. The reuse of designs diminished the need to pay Suter additional architectural fees and the relationship between Suter and the government became strained. Suter continued as approved architect until 1875 when he was replaced. Around 65 timber school buildings were constructed to Suter's standard type. Of these, only three ( Waterford State School , Morayfield State School , and Mutdapilly State School) are largely intact. The teaching building at Normanby
1482-569: Is a story of an Aboriginal baby girl raised by a white station owner and kept in ignorance of traditional ways and the Aboriginal man who carries her off, even though this is a forbidden "wrong way" marriage, and brings tragedy to both of them. Jedda was filmed on location in difficult conditions and is considered among Chauvel's best works. It was the first Australian feature film shot in colour, and had to be developed overseas as there were no colour processing facilities in Australia. For Jedda ,
1560-433: Is also known as Normanby National School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 10 October 2014. Mutdapilly State School opened in 1874 as Normanby National School (Normanby State School from 1875), in a small timber building designed by architect Richard George Suter. It was built on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) site, at an intersection on the main road through the agricultural settlement of Mutdapilly, to service
1638-429: Is boarded over inside the northern store room). The northern and southern gable ends have tall, timber-framed casement windows sheltered by a timber-framed hood with battened cheeks. Most windows have internal timber architraves and retain early hardware. Elements that are not of cultural heritage significance include the verandah doors, the large banks of glass louvre windows and security screens attached to windows in
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#17328560696421716-419: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Chauvel (filmmaker) Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 – 11 November 1959) was an Australian filmmaker, producer, actor and screenwriter and nephew of Australian army General Sir Harry Chauvel . He is noted for writing and directing the films Forty Thousand Horsemen in 1940 and Jedda in 1955. His wife, Elsa Chauvel ,
1794-420: Is important in demonstrating the evolution of state education, and its associated architecture, in Queensland. The place retains excellent, representative examples of standard government designs that were architectural responses to prevailing government educational philosophies. The teaching building (1874), designed by architect Richard Suter, is an early standardised design; and the playshed (c.1928), demonstrates
1872-513: Is rare as one of three known surviving intact examples of the approximately 65 buildings of this type constructed. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. Mutdapilly State School is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of early Queensland state schools, including standard building designs by the Queensland Government. The Suter building retains
1950-518: Is struggling to run an outback cattle station, the modern heroine is an expert aviator. In 1936 he made Uncivilised , a "jungle story" filmed in Cape York , in Far North Queensland , Australia. Aimed at the U.S. market, it is the story of an upper class "girl-reporter" investigating the white leader of an Aboriginal tribe. That year also saw the release of Rangle River (1936), based on
2028-777: The Chauvel Award was created in 1992 to celebrate those who have made an impact on the Australian film industry . It is awarded annually at the Gold Coast Film Festival . Chauvel Cinema , an art-house cinema in the Sydney suburb of Paddington , is named after him. Chauvel was posthumously inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Charles Chauvel
2106-473: The Cunningham Highway , Mutdapilly. The school comprises a number of small buildings, a tennis court and established trees, which are located on the 3-acre (1.2 ha) portion of the site that constituted the school until 1995. Mutdapilly State School is a landmark in its rural setting along the highway. Set well back from and facing the highway is the Suter designed building (1874 with 1880 extension),
2184-560: The colony's separation in 1859 . The Education Act 1860 established the Queensland Board of General Education and began to standardise curriculum, teacher training, and facilities. The State Education Act 1875 provided for the further key initiatives of free, compulsory and secular primary education and established the Department of Public Instruction to administer the Act. This move standardised
2262-424: The 1880 extension was built. This could have resulted from the need for weatherproofing or to arrest deterioration at the cross joints, recognised problems of the outside studding technique. A photograph taken c.1910 shows a similar view with sets of four horizontal pivot windows on each side of the door. Either these did not appear in the 1896 photograph because of the angle of the photograph, or they were installed at
2340-429: The 1925 tennis court and mature Arbor Day plantings. The school is important to the town and district, having operated since 1874 and taught generations of Mutdapilly students. Since establishment it has been a key social focus for the Mutdapilly community, with the grounds and buildings having been the location of many social events over time. Mutdapilly State School stands on an elevated 6.18-hectare (15.3-acre) site on
2418-426: The 1960s. Although Suter did not intend this plan to be used broadly, the Board of Education, who were faced with an increasing population and limited budget, disseminated it throughout Queensland. As a result, Suter's designs had wide distribution. This had considerable impact on the spread of outside studding as a building technique in Queensland and may have been the main influence in its quick acceptance and use as
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2496-403: The 35 in 1874. The north end of the front verandah of the school was enclosed in 1977 to accommodate a store room. In 1990 a new teaching building was constructed to the east of the Suter building, and in 1995 the grounds were extended to the north and east, with the creation of a new allotment of 5.37 hectares (13.3 acres) (which incorporated the one acre c.1915 extension to the school, but not
2574-461: The Annual Prizes for School Gardens, Normanby received third place in 1916. The school has planted many indigenous and exotic trees as a result of Arbor Day celebrations. The growth of Mutdapilly remained limited, so only minor increases in student accommodation were needed. By the 1920s the verandahs of the Suter building were ceiled, and the south end of the front (west) verandah was enclosed for
2652-520: The Chauvels sought out Aboriginal people for the lead roles; in lead actor Robert Tudawali they found someone with great natural ability. Both these films were made in a period when the Australian film industry had virtually collapsed, unable to compete with imported films. After this, Chauvel turned to television, making the ABC series Australian Walkabout (1958) which, like the radio series that preceded it, covered interesting locations in Australia, and
2730-552: The First World War Louis Chauvel (born 1967), French sociologist, full professor at Sciences Po Patrick Chauvel (born 1949), independent war photographer See also [ edit ] Australian landing ship medium Harry Chauvel (AV 1353) , United States Navy landing ship medium sold to Australia and operated by the Australian Army Chauvel Award , a film award Chauvel Cinema ,
2808-446: The Queensland Government developed standard plans for its school buildings to help to ensure consistency and economy. Prior to, and during Suter's first years, schools were individually designed but conformed to the space requirements set by the Board. In 1869 a "recommended plan" for provisional schools was created by Suter that was generic and could be used on any site. It was a lowset structure with gable roof, rectangular in plan with
2886-411: The Suter building at Mutdapilly had its roof shingles replaced with corrugated galvanised iron . A coved ceiling was installed in the classroom following the line of the collar tie of the rafters, leaving the tie at the top of the walls exposed, and a raked ceiling was installed in the verandahs. A drawing of this work shows the building lowset, with a gallery for desks and seating on the eastern side of
2964-436: The authentic country. The Moth of Moonbi is a country girl who flutters to the city lights, loses her fortune, but eventually returns home and finds love with her father's trusty stockman . The film was profitable enough for Chauvel to raise funds for a second film. In Greenhide a city girl struggles to cope on a cattle station and gradually finds love with her polar opposite, an extremely taciturn bushman . Like Moonbi
3042-555: The eastern verandah wall to increase the lighting and ventilation of the interior. Although electricity was available in the district from the 1950s, it was not connected to the school until March 1967. In 1954, the Normanby School obtained a radiogram , powered by a 6 volt battery, to be used for the ABC's "radio-film" broadcasts, particularly valuable for geography and nature studies. In that same year, two palm trees were planted west of
3120-418: The education system's recognition of the importance of play in the curriculum. The mature trees around the school are a result of the policies of promoting school beatification, providing shade trees, and encouraging students' work ethic through Arbor Day plantings. The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. The Suter building at Mutdapilly State School
3198-555: The film was made in Harrisville near Brisbane, enlisting the locals as extras and using locations around his family property "Summerlands", near the edge of town. While making Greenhide he met Elsa May Wilcox (professional name Elsa Sylvaney), an actress, whom he married in 1927. After their marriage she traveled with him and assisted him on all his films. Both these silent films were released in 1926 and were reasonably successful in Australia. Unfortunately Chauvel could not arrange for
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3276-496: The front and back perimeters. The front verandah has enclosed sections at both ends: the northern enclosure is an early store room accessed from the verandah; and the southern enclosure is a 1960s library with timber-framed awning windows and is accessed from the interior. The rear verandah retains the original hat room enclosure at the southern end and a 1960s wired glass enclosure at the northern end. The front verandah retains two sets of original timber-framed casement windows (one
3354-437: The hat room on the rear verandah was replaced by Georgian wired glass panels and the back wall of the hat room at the south end of the verandah was removed. The school's old post and rail fence was also replaced by a tubular steel and chain wire fence. On the school's centenary celebrations on 27 April 1974, a commemorative tree was planted by the oldest pupil. By this time the school had an attendance of 39 pupils - compared to
3432-575: The importance of play in the school curriculum and, as well as classrooms, they provided plans for playsheds, free-standing shelters that provided covered play space and were often used for unofficial teaching space when needed. They were timber-framed structures, generally open on all sides although were sometimes partially enclosed with timber boards or corrugated galvanised iron sheets. The hipped (or less frequently, gabled) roofs were clad with timber shingles or corrugated iron and they had an earth or decomposed granite floor. Fixed timber seating ran between
3510-497: The land of the Yuggera people, closer European settlement of the Mutdapilly area began in the early 1860s. Mutdapilly State School is located on the former Ipswich Agricultural Reserve, which was formed in 1860 from 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) of land resumed from pastoral runs either side of Warrill Creek. The land west of Warrill Creek was part of George Thorn's pastoral run "Normanby" (formerly "Rosebrook"). The first land sales in
3588-421: The light would fall onto students' left sides to avoid throwing shadows onto the pages; this presupposed that all students would be right-handed. The change in philosophy often meant a complete transformation of the fenestration of existing buildings. Interiors became lighter and airier and met with immediate approval from educators. This was a noticeable new direction and the better lit and ventilated form became
3666-409: The mutiny . In 1935, Chauvel won a Commonwealth Government competition for Heritage which gave a panoramic view of Australian history. It begins with a character from the earliest days of white settlement (1788), following his struggles, his loves and his marriage, then skips to the modern generation, where a romance between descendants of the original characters completes a circle. The modern hero
3744-420: The original 1874 playshed was still in use, but soon after (c.1928), a new playshed was erected. This incorporated some of the roof framing of its predecessor and was built to the south of the Suter building. Pat Collins and Joe [Norman] Denman donated posts for the new shed, which was built by Mr Hall and Ben Denman for $ 250. The local community raised half the money needed for a 2000-gallon (9092 litre) tank for
3822-472: The originally donated 2 acres (0.81 ha), which remains as a separate allotment); allowing room for a school oval. In 1999 a modular building was erected to the south of the 1990 building, and between 2006 and 2009 a Building the Education Revolution hall was constructed north of Suter building. In 2009 the school had 50 pupils. In 2014, the school retains the Suter building, the c.1928 playshed,
3900-399: The other three sides are enclosed with corrugated metal sheets. The school grounds are well established and include many mature trees. Two fan palms ( Livistona australis ) featured on the school logo stand either side of the front entrance of the Suter building. Other established trees line the boundaries of the site. The tennis court (1925) is located northwest of the Suter building. It has
3978-412: The perimeter posts. Playsheds were a typical addition to state schools across Queensland between c. 1880 s and the 1950s. They were built to standard designs that ranged in size relative to student numbers. School sites were typically cleared of all vegetation and the provision of all-weather outdoor space was needed. By the 1920s, Mutdapilly was part of a booming dairy farming region. In 1924
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#17328560696424056-449: The provision of education and, despite difficulties, colonial educators achieved a remarkable feat in bringing basic literacy to most Queensland children by 1900. The establishment of schools was considered an essential step in the development of early communities and integral to their success. Locals often donated land and labour for a school's construction and the school community contributed to maintenance and development. Schools became
4134-407: The rear verandah wall. In 2014 it is used as an administration building. The interior layout comprises two rooms, separated by timber partitions and a small, central room. The part-height timber partition of the southern room is not of cultural heritage significance. The walls of the northern 1874 classroom are lined with wide horizontal timber boards. Vertical-jointed timber boards clad the walls of
4212-651: The release of his silent movies in Hollywood because of the transition to sound. Chauvel returned to Australia and worked as a cinema manager during the Depression . In 1933 he made his first talkie : In the Wake of the Bounty starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian before Flynn went on to Hollywood. The film mixed re-enactments with documentary, and focused not so much on the mutiny itself as on its consequences. To provide
4290-543: The reserve took place in April 1861, and a number of German settlers arrived in the district during the 1860s. Most selectors in the reserve during this decade grew cotton, although this industry faded in the 1870s. Other crops, grazing, and dairying then became the primary industries of the area. The Mutdapilly Divisional Board was established in 1879 and the Normanby Divisional Board (later Normanby Shire Council )
4368-508: The responsibility of building design to the architects of the Department of Public Works . With new educational philosophies, government policies and functional requirements combined with new architectural styles, materials and technologies, the evolution of standard designs became more fragmented. Rather than "improving" on the previous designs, architects began to design with inspiration drawn from new precedents. Fundamentally, timber construction
4446-407: The room. The front elevation had two doors from the front verandah and three windows with low sills each apparently containing two sashes. The spacing of these windows in the wall suggests that they are the original 1874 windows symmetrically arranged each side of the door and an additional matching set added with the 1880 extension. Besides changes to the Suter building, there were other changes at
4524-524: The school building, and the school celebrated their 80th anniversary with a luncheon and afternoon tea in the playshed, and later a dance in the school. Between the 1960s and the 1980s Queensland education was reformed. The Education Act 1964 was a turning point and the first major update of Queensland education's governing legislation since 1875. Effectively, a new era of state education evolved requiring new architectural responses. The Department of Education (as it had been renamed in 1957) continued to give
4602-572: The school. In 1914-15 the school purchased 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land to the north from Norman Joseph Denman; and the school committee eventually succeeded in having the new area fenced in 1920. The school's 50th jubilee was celebrated on 28 April 1924 with a banquet and dance held within the Suter building, attended by past pupils and residents; similarly, the school's 60th, 70th, and 80th jubilees were celebrated in 1934, 1944, and 1954. The grounds of Normanby school included outdoor play areas and structures. The Queensland education system recognised
4680-421: The schools' buildings and grounds. From the 1860s until the 1960s, Queensland school buildings were predominantly timber framed, taking advantage of the material's abundance in the state and the high number of builders skilled in its use. This also allowed for easy and economical construction and enabled the government to provide facilities in remote areas. Due to the standardisation of facilities, schools across
4758-512: The shed, with the government providing the other half. Trees and gardens were also planted as part of beautification of the school. In the 1870s, schools inspector William Boyd was critical of tropical schools and amongst his recommendations was the importance of adding shade trees to playgrounds. Arbor Day celebrations began in Queensland in 1890 and were occurring at Mutdapilly State School at least one year before 1897. Educationalists believed gardening and Arbor Days instilled in young minds
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#17328560696424836-405: The southern 1880 extension, as well as the coved ceiling of all three rooms. Timber tie beams are exposed within the spaces. The playshed stands south of the Suter designed building. The timber-framed shelter has a concrete floor and a hipped roof clad with corrugated metal sheets. Ten timber posts support the roof and are roughly-finished timber logs. The northern side of the shelter is open and
4914-454: The sparse but growing rural population. The Suter building was extended in 1880, and the school grounds were also expanded and other structures and landscape elements were added, including a tennis court (1925); a new playshed ( c. 1928 ), and shade trees. The school has been in continuous operation since its establishment and has been a focus for the local community as a place for important social and cultural activities. Traditionally
4992-409: The state were developed in distinctly similar ways and became complexes of typical components. These components included: the teaching building/s, the school yard, the sports oval, the head teacher's residence, and a variety of landscape elements such as sporting facilities or play equipment, playsheds, gardens and trees. In 1873, 2 acres (0.81 ha) of Portion 20 (originally 79 acres (32 ha))
5070-502: The value of hard work and activity, improved classroom discipline, developed aesthetic tastes, and inspired people to stay on the land. Aesthetically designed gardens were encouraged by regional inspectors. In 1897, Normanby School was praised by the Inspector for its well-kept grounds and in 1914 it was "in the small list of schools whose grounds strikingly illustrated perseverance and determination in successfully overcoming difficulties". In
5148-431: The vast majority of older school buildings to upgrade their lighting and ventilation. Achieving an ideal or even adequate level of natural light in classrooms, without glare, was of critical importance to educators and became central to the design and layout of all school buildings from 1900. Windows were rearranged and enlarged to provide a greater amount of gentle, southern light into the room. Desks were rearranged so that
5226-655: Was a frequent collaborator on his filmmaking projects. Charles Edward Chauvel was born on 7 October 1897 in Warwick, Queensland , the son of James Allan Chauvel and his wife Susan Isabella (née Barnes), pioneer farmers in the Mutdapilly area. He was the nephew of General Sir Harry Chauvel , Commander of the Australian Light Horse and later the Desert Mounted Corps in Palestine during World War I. His father,
5304-471: Was a school near the Normanby Hotel there. During the third term of 1968 the teaching building was restumped with concrete stumps. The one large room was made into two equal size rooms by the provision of large folding doors. The library/storeroom on the front verandah was expanded and had hopper windows installed. In the back verandah wall were inserted new banks of louvres and new doors. The cladding of
5382-490: Was also played on the BBC . He died unexpectedly of coronary vascular disease on 11 November 1959, less than a month after Errol Flynn , whom he cast in In the Wake of the Bounty . According to Ken G. Hall , Chauvel had left a message asking to speak to Hall on the day he died, and left an estate worth £32,000. In honour of the contribution made to filmmaking by Elsa and Charles Chauvel,
5460-535: Was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for his role as an "Influential Artist". Chauvel announced a number of projects over the years that were not made, including: Mutdapilly State School Mutdapilly State School is a heritage-listed state school at 4 Mutdapilly-Churchbank Weir Road, Mutdapilly , Scenic Rim Region , Queensland , Australia. It was designed by Richard George Suter and built from 1874 to 1880 by William Adams and Ben Denman. It
5538-422: Was clad externally, marking a shift in the preferred construction technique from external to internal stud framing. By 1887 the partition between the classrooms was attacked by termites and may have been removed at this time. A photograph of the Suter building taken in 1896 shows the exposed stud framing of the eastern (rear) verandah wall had been lined, suggesting that all external walls may have been clad when
5616-400: Was clad with hardwood shingles , the roof framing was exposed internally and the few windows were small. Enrolments grew quickly at the school, doubling to 70 in five years. Around 1880 the Suter building was extended to the south by 21 feet (6.4 m) forming a separate classroom. The extension was similar in form and detail to the original portion but was not lined internally. Rather, it
5694-404: Was developing, whereby a building with timber stud framing was clad only internally, creating a distinctive exterior of exposed framing similar in appearance to half-timbered construction. Suter is credited with being the first to use this technique in Queensland. Outside studding for school architecture was continued by Suter's successors for another 50 years. As in other Australian colonies ,
5772-516: Was donated by Joseph Denman for a school at Mutdapilly, while the local community raised their share of the cost to construct a teaching building, teacher's residence, playshed and buggy shed. Builder William Adam's tender of £ 289 was accepted in 1873 and the Normanby National School opened on 27 April 1874. There were 19 students present on the first day; 35 were enrolled by June 1874, and 56 by November 1874. The school grounds acted as
5850-552: Was educated at the Normanby State School (now the Mutdapilly State School ), The Southport School and Ipswich Grammar School in Queensland. After leaving school, he worked on Queensland properties, and on his family property when his father was at war, before studying commercial art and taking drama classes in Sydney . He was fascinated by films and pestered a friend, showman Reginald "Snowy" Baker , to give him work as
5928-602: Was formed, out of part of the Mutdapilly Division , in 1890. Normanby National School was established at Mutdapilly as one of an expanding network of state-run primary schools. The provision of state-administered education was important to the colonial governments of Australia. In 1848 the New South Wales Government established National Schools. This was continued by the Queensland Government after
6006-515: Was no longer favoured and buildings were no longer predominantly highset. On 1 April 1968 the school was renamed Mutdapilly State School. Prior to this, there was a large sign in front of the school reading, "NORMANBY STATE SCHOOL" which created confusion for visitors to the Mutdapilly area. Much of the mail addressed to "Normanby State School" was also often delivered to Red Hill post office in Brisbane, with postal authorities presumably thinking there
6084-427: Was typical of Suter's improved plan. It was a lowset timber building and its walls consisted of pine chamfered boards with external hardwood studding. The building faced west, with 7.25-foot (2.21 m) wide verandahs on the east and west sides, and accommodated one large room 30 by 16 feet (9.1 m × 4.9 m). There was a wash basin and hat room on the rear verandah, with a "shelf for dinner". The gable roof
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