The hall, which initially included a library and reading room, is a product of both the mechanics' institute / school of arts movement, and post-WWI efforts in Queensland to commemorate those who served and those who died in WWI.

It demonstrates the "utilitarian" approach to war memorials, and continues to be used by the local community for multiple purposes, including WWI commemoration.

[5] A number of vessels, including the Redcliffe, Pearl and Garnet, and later the Emerald, Olivine and Beryl, ran regular services between Sandgate and Woody Point.

[1] However, holiday visitors prompted the expansion of facilities at Woody Point, including a Post and Telegraph Office, general stores, a bakery, a butcher and a garage.

Celebrations following sailing events were held in the Woody Point Memorial School of Arts after its construction, and the Yacht Club also organized regular fund-raising dances in the hall.

[11] A Reserve for a School of Arts, Woody Point, Portion 231, of 2 roods (22,000 sq ft; 2,000 m2), was notified in the Queensland Government Gazette on 18 May 1912.

[14] In Australia, mechanics' institutes became known as schools of arts, reflecting a broader mix of educational, cultural and social roles, and the increasing influence of the middle classes in the movement.

[1] As towns and districts were settled, local committees were formed to establish a school of arts with the aim to "promote moral, social and intellectual growth for the community".

[17] Although schools of arts buildings varied greatly in size, materials and style, a common element was that they were readily identifiable within the townscape.

[20] At this point fund- raising ceased, and the money was placed in the name of the School of Arts committee in the Government Savings Bank.

[22] To date, no previous or subsequent war has had such an impact on Australia in terms of loss of life; almost every community in every Australian state lost young people.

These memorials were a spontaneous and highly visible expression of national grief; substitute graves for the Australians whose bodies lay in battlefield cemeteries in Europe and the Middle East.

The utilitarians believed that their approach was more enlightened and humane, and utility also appealed to local governments, as donations could offset the cost of needed infrastructure.

The majority of identified Queensland memorial school of arts buildings were of timber construction, but some used brick or concrete, including Wooroolin, Clayfield (1925), Morningside (1926), Innisfail (1930), and Pittsworth (1930).

Demolished memorial schools of arts include Caboolture, Southport, Banyo (1925), Clifton (1926), Goodna (1927), Kedron (1928), and Bulimba (built by 1938).

The Commercial Bank of Australia had agreed to finance the scheme on securities given by seven Woody Point citizens, but sometime after the first stump capping this was changed to a private guarantee by JH Cox.

The report stated the contingent comprised men who were ineligible for military service but had volunteered to undertake suitable war work.

Charles Donaldson Skene, (a builder and contractor who died at age 69 in 1929) became a trustee for the Memorial School of Arts and according to his obituary played a major role in its establishment.

[1] With the opening of the Hornibrook Highway Toll Bridge in October 1935, residential development increased, along with the number of holiday makers, and more use was made of the Woody Point foreshore to pitch tents during the Christmas period.

During the war, the Club conducted Farewell Evenings for locals leaving to join the Forces and as time went by Welcome Home celebrations for returning servicemen.

The local community members speak fondly, the older ones alerently, on the broad range of activities held in the hall, which became very much a part of their lives.

[1] During the Christmas school holidays, church services were held in the hall to cater for those campers who came regularly to the peninsula to stay in the tent cities which sprang up around Woody Point and Clontarf.

[1] In 2014 permanent bookings are held by the Bethesda Baptist Church; Margate, Woody Point and Clontarf Pensioners League; AA Volunteers; Legal Aid; Healing and Reconciliation outreach.

[1] The T-shaped building is a low-set, one-storey, timber-framed structure, comprising a large hall at the front and a stage with projecting side wings at the rear.

On either side of the building is a timber-framed deck providing access to the hall interior via original timber braced and board double doors with glazed fanlights.

[1] Entered from the front porch via double timber board doors, the hall is a large, well-proportioned space with a high coved ceiling.

This form of adult education flourished during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, promoting self-improvement by providing a subscription library.

[1] The honour board within the hall provides a focus for the building's memorial purpose, and its listing of local war workers is unusual.

As a focus for ANZAC Day ceremonies the building and its honour board is highly valued by the community for its spiritual, symbolic, cultural and social associations.

A heavily utilised building, and a source of fond memories for generations, it has a demonstrated longstanding and ongoing social and cultural association with the Woody Point community, and the Redcliffe sub-branch of the Returned and Services League.