School houses

Holland Park State School has a three-school house structure in place and all classes from Prep-6 are placed into one of the three houses:

There are three inter-house carnivals each year – swimming, cross country and track and field.

The house structure is to foster school spirit by extending healthy house competition beyond the three major yearly carnivals and beyond sport alone. Points will be awarded for different activities/events across the whole school.

Who are our School Houses name after?

BOWEN

Sir George Ferguson Bowen was born in Ireland in 1821. He was appointed the first governor of Queensland in 1859 and served until 1868. He was appointed C.M.G. in 1855, K.C.M.G. in 1856 and G.C.M.G. in 1860 and recognised by an honorary D.C.L. from Oxford in 1875 and an LL.D. from Cambridge in 1886. He died in in Brighton, Sussex in 1899.

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LAVARACK

Sir John Dudley Lavarack was born in Brisbane in 1885. Educated at Brisbane Grammar School where he excelled in the school’s army cadets program. He was appointed lieutenant, Royal Australian Artillery. He was in as governor of Queensland in 1946 and was extended to 1957. He was appointed a K.C.M.G. in 1955 while governor of Queensland. He was relieved of his duties due to ill health and died in Buderim in 1957.

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WILSON

Sir Leslie Orme Wilson was born in London in 1876. He was sworn in as governor of Queensland in 1932 and left office in 1946. He was the driving force behind the Bush Children’s Health Scheme. In 1935 the University of Queensland awarded him an honorary LL.D. and in 1937 he was appointed G.C.M.G.. He died in Surrey in 1955.

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Interhouse Carnival Results