Ventnor State School

The application was approved and Tim Maloney, then owner of portion 111, donated three acres to the Secretary of Public Instruction on 25 September 1945 as the site for the new school.

The school which had been moved to Wongalee was once again removed and transported to its present site at Yarrol Road, Ventnor.

[1] The Yarrol Road State School (at it was then called) commenced classes on 3 June 1946 with Doreen Turner as teacher.

[1][2][3] In 1963, local residents made an offer of £150 to purchase the school from the Department of Education and the property was transferred to the Ventnor Progress Association on 15 March 1963.

The block of land is a flat piece in a bush setting surrounded by a fence with steel cyclone mesh gates.

[1] The school building is a simple structure of timber with a corrugated iron hipped roof truncated where a skillion-roofed verandah has been added on its western side.

The building sits on low timber stumps and a small set of stairs on the eastern side gains entrance to the classroom.

[1] The two toilets are located at opposite corners of the western side of the site and are timber-framed structures with corrugated iron roofs and comprises a cubicle and entry.

[1] Ventnor State School was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The open-air school was a standard design implemented by the Department of Works in 1914 in response to climate and the need for ventilation.

The school has aesthetic significance as a well-kept, small-scale complex in a bush setting with structures that complement each other in size and form.

Ventnor State School (former), 2002