Frederick Irwin Anglican School

Frederick Irwin Anglican School is a private school located in Meadow Springs in Mandurah, Western Australia. It was founded in 1991 with 175 students, and currently has around 1,370 students from kindergarten to year 12. The school motto is "The Truth Will Set You Free."The school is named after Frederick Chidley Irwin, the acting Governor of Western Australia from 1847 to 1848. Frederick Irwin was a practising Anglican, a key figure in the Pinjarra Massacre who also helped to establish the General Board of Education. Irwin was also responsible for bringing the first missionary to Western Australian shores.GroundsThe school is architecturally divided into the primary and secondary, bisected by the entrance road and connected via an underpass and a gymnasium with a mezzanine, sometimes used as an art gallery.The library, surrounded by extensive green lawns. The Performing Arts Center is near Oakmont Avenue with 2 music rooms, a drama room, a stage and seating of 180 people, 2 keyboard rooms and many small individual music rooms. There are 6 blocks (English and Manual Arts {E Block}, Science {B Block}, Social Studies {J Block}, Information Technology {G Block}, Maths {D Block} and a small room adjoining the Gym {h Block}). Within each block (excluding E and H Block) is a set of lockers for each year. There is also a set of lockers surrounding the central quadrangle for the year 8s. Once the year 12s move out of there locker block at the end of their final exams the year 8s move into their lockers. The east side of the school supports a Gym, 3 ovals and 3 basketball/netball/tennis courts.