Peace Memorial Wing

When Concordia’s enrolment reached 200 in the early 1950s, it became clear that an upgrade of key classrooms and facilities was urgent. The rather makeshift science rooms and laboratory were well past their ‘use-by date’ and were described in the 1952 Brown and Gold as ‘dismal and dungeon-like’ and ‘poorly equipped.’
As a result, plans were drawn up for an extension of the old chapel building. They included a large science lecture theatre, a laboratory and storerooms on the ground floor, and classrooms and a theological library upstairs.
A public meeting convened at Concordia in July 1952 resolved that this wing should be erected as a public war memorial and be known as the Concordia College Peace Memorial Wing.
The new building costing £22 000 was dedicated on the first day of the school year on February 11 1953. The Premier of South Australia, the Hon. Thomas Playford unveiled an Honour Roll bearing the names of 117 old collegians who served their country in World War II.