Set in landscaped grounds with mature shade trees, the school has been in continuous operation since establishment and has been a focus for the local community as a place for important social and cultural activity.

[1] The Junction Park State School is today located in the suburb of Annerley, part of the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Jagera people.

Annerley was originally part of an area called "Boggo", which ran from Dutton Park to Rocky Water Holes (later Rocklea).

Development was facilitated by construction of the Corinda–Yeerongpilly railway line in 1884 and the extension of an electric tram service from Woolloongabba to Dudley Street (south of the Junction Hotel) in 1899.

[1][4][5] The sale of suburban allotments in the Thompson Estate, east of Ipswich Road and west of Norman Creek, between O'Keefe Street in the north and Victoria Terrace in the south, from 1881, led to calls for a local school.

Schools became a community focus, a symbol of progress, and a source of pride, with enduring connections formed with past pupils, parents, and teachers.

The early and continuing commitment to play-based education, particularly in primary school, resulted in the provision of outdoor play space and sporting facilities, such as ovals and tennis courts.

[9][41] The Australian Government's Ekibin Rifle Range, associated with the nearby Annerley drill hall was also located south of the school.

[9][42][43][44][45][46] At the opening, John Douglas Story, the Under Secretary for Public Instruction, noted that baths at state schools would play an important part of training boys for the Australian navy.

An honour board, dated 1915 (located in the former assembly room on the first floor of the Depression-era brick school building in 2016), has 86 names of former pupils who were "serving at the front".

On 30 November, as the recruits marched along Ipswich Road on their final day, they stopped for breakfast provided by the families of Junction Park State School.

[51] On Saturday 30 September 1916 Junction Park State School held a fete and concert to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross.

[1] The construction of substantial brick school buildings in prosperous or growing suburban areas and regional centres during the 1930s provided tangible proof of the government's commitment to remedy the unemployment situation.

[1][80] Despite their similarities, each Depression-era Brick School building was individually designed by a DPW architect, which resulted in a wide range of styles and ornamental features being utilised within the overall set.

These styles, which were derived from contemporary tastes and fashions, included: Arts and Crafts, typified by half-timbered gable-ends; Spanish Mission, with round-arched openings and decorative parapets; and Neo-classical, with pilasters, columns and large triangular pediments.

The bay was accessed by two sets of L-shaped stairs leading from Waldheim Street to an entrance loggia, which had three brick archways and a concrete balustrade of large square piers and decorative balusters.

[1][90][91][92] A low concrete retaining wall with two sets of steps was built as part of the levelling of the grounds, to the west of the brick school building, and was constructed by 1935.

[1][95][96] Block A was opened by the Minister for Public Instruction, Frank Cooper, on 17 October 1936, with the cost reported as £28,000, and the remaining wings of the old school were sold for removal around this time.

[102][103] Slit trenches, for protecting the students in the event of Japanese air raids, were also dug at Queensland state schools, often by parents and staff.

[1] Junction Park State School occupies a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) levelled site within the residential suburb of Annerley, approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Brisbane CBD.

It is accessed by two sets of L-shaped stairs leading from the Waldheim Street to an entrance loggia, which has three brick archways and a concrete balustrade of large square piers and decorative balusters.

Rendered detailing on the entrance bay includes ornamental scrolls, and the words "JUNCTION PARK STATE SCHOOL" in raised lettering.

Most classrooms and offices have plaster walls, timber-framed floors covered in recent carpet or linoleum, and flat-sheeted ceilings with timber battens.

The brick balustrades have rendered copings, with concrete drains channelled along their base; the central sections are plastered and enclosed with early windows.

[1] The boys, girls and infants toilet blocks are all one storey, rectangular, face brick structures that have corrugated metal-clad Dutch-gable roofs, V-jointed (VJ) timber soffits, and long axes running east–west.

[1] The school grounds are well established, and the formerly sloping site has been terraced to the west of Block A by several Depression-era concrete retaining walls that form levelled platforms.

The place retains an excellent example of a government-designed Depression-era brick school building (1936), which was an architectural response to prevailing government educational philosophies and is set in landscaped grounds with sporting facilities and mature trees.

Through its elegant composition of formal and decorative elements, substantial size, face brick exterior and high quality materials, the Depression-era brick school building at Junction Park State School has aesthetic significance due to its expressive attributes, by which the Department of Public Works sought to convey the concepts of progress and permanence.

[1] The building's elegant composition, assertive massing and classically influenced design contribute to its dignified streetscape presence, and contrast with the surrounding small-scale residences.

They typically retain significant and enduring connections with former pupils, parents, and teachers; provide a venue for social interaction and volunteer work; and are a source of pride, symbolising local progress and aspirations.