Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, the school buildings are well known for the work that went into positioning them for the healthy education of children. In 2005 the school was nominated for and secured a place in the Queensland Heritage Register.

Past students of the school include Hayley Lewis, who of course was an Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimmer and medallist, and Wally Lewis, the Australian state of origin and Gold Coast club rugby league captain. Both of those people are very well known locals and still contribute a great deal to the local community. In fact, if you go to the Cannon Hill swimming club you often hear of the work that Hayley Lewis does to support that club, and of course the work that Wally Lewis does in our community is well known to everyone. A centenary dinner dance will be held on 23 October, and I certainly wish them well for that and the centenary fete the following day.

On the weekend I also had the great pleasure of going to the Greenslopes State School, which actually celebrated more than 100 years. It celebrated 125 years, believe it or not. It was opened in 1890 and it was called Mount Pleasant Provisional School at the time and then renamed Dunellan Provisional School as it stands on Dunellan Street. It was the 614th school built in Queensland and on the second day of opening boasted an enrolment of 65 children. Students were drawn to the school from surrounding farms, shops and local industry, and by July 1923 all of the land currently used by the school was purchased and the school was renamed Greenslopes State School. It is an absolutely beautiful school and it was such an honour to get to celebrate the 125th anniversary with the school community that day.

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