The township grew as a direct result of meat workers establishing homes in the area. The former Pinkenba State School operated from 1875 to 2008 and comprises a complex of school buildings and landscape elements built from 1875 to 1957, including a rare surviving example of an 1870s school. The extensions design reflected new ideas advocated by the newly appointed Medical Inspector of Schools Dr Eleanor Bourne. However, from as early as the 1860s the Pinkenba area was progressively used for small farming. A typical mini-scenario from the 'Prototypes in Pinkenba' project is: E - The view of the industrial buildings next to the road and adjacent to Pinkenba State School O - The tree screen planting has grown to approx. By 1874 there were twenty-two families living in the Pinkenba area. The much needed extension to the Pinkenba school was constructed in 1913 and demonstrated Dr Bourne's emphasis on light and ventilation in school buildings. It comprised a teaching building, which was a lowset one roomed timber structure 15' 9" by 29' 7" (4.8m x 9m) with front and rear verandas 7' (2.1m) wide and a timber shingle roof. Carmen Anne Pinker - Wa Australia Get this from a library! GPS Coordinates-27.41845,153.12463 The school is an outcrop of buildings off a lonely stretch of road called . There is pedestrian entry from both roads with vehicle entry through the Memorial Gates in Eagle Farm Road. Internally, the shelter featured electric lighting and could accommodate one hundred people, more than sufficient for the schools 75 students. ;, very much in the centre of canberra's prestigious and old inner south, a mere. [48] Although significant oil deposits had been found at Moonie, the 186-mile (299km) pipeline to Brisbane was not completed until the following year. The southern end leads through to the 1895 addition. School enrolments decreased during the 1930s. The Brisbane suburb of Pinkenba is located approximately eleven kilometres north-east of the city. [7] As the name suggests, it was originally an island in the Brisbane River which became permanently attached to the mainland through a land reclamation project in the 1960s. A stump-capping ceremony for the new church was held on Monday 11 November 1901. There are small brick pillars on either side of the main pillars with small pedestrian gates in between.