Tenterfield School of Arts | |
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Location | Manners Street, Tenterfield, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 29°03′21″S 152°01′08″E / 29.0558°S 152.0190°E |
Built | 1869 |
Architectural style(s) | |
Owner | National Trust of Australia (NSW) |
Official name | Tenterfield School of Arts; Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Designated | 1 March 2002 |
Reference no. | 1506 |
Type | School of Arts |
Category | Community Facilities |
Builders | Mr Merrell |
The Tenterfield School of Arts is a heritage-listed former school of arts and now museum, theatre, cinema, community centre and library located at Manners Street, Tenterfield in the Tenterfield Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1869 by Mr Merrell. It is also known as Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts. The property is owned by the National Trust of Australia, New South Wales branch. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 1 March 2002.[1]
The site is notable as the place where Sir Henry Parkes delivered the Tenterfield Oration, a speech proposing that the six separate British colonies in Australia should unite into a single federation.