John Curtin College of the Arts, Fremantle

The site of the John Curtin College of the Arts has an interesting history. Originally a cemetery in the mid to late 1800s that was decommissioned in 1899 it wasn't until the 1940s that a permanent school building was constructed. In 1943 the Manual Arts building was constructed for the Fremantle Technical School.

Between 1954 and 1958 other school buildings were added to the site and the school became the John Curtin High School in honour of Australia's war time Prime Minister.

Subsequentially it became the John Curtin College of the Arts.

New buildings have also been added to the site since the 1950s but for me it is the overall asymetrical shape, stacked rectangular masses, flag pole and the vertical fins on the tower of the 1943 Manual Arts building that defines the school.

Reference:
College History, John Curtin College of the Arts website