24/06/2026
As ECU City welcomes a new generation of students into the heart of Perth, we're reflecting on some of the places that helped shape our journey... including Graylands Teachers College 🤍
Opened in 1955 in Mount Claremont, Graylands was WA's second teachers' college and played a vital role in training teachers during a period of rapid growth across our state.
The college was established on the site of former World War II army barracks, with classrooms and facilities converted from corrugated iron military huts that were only ever intended to last five years. Instead, they became home to aspiring teachers for almost 25 years, and developed a strong community spirit. Students even built their own outdoor amphitheatre, and many graduates went on to teach in schools throughout Western Australia.
In 1979, Graylands closed as part of major reforms to teacher education in WA. Its students, staff and resources were absorbed into Claremont, Churchlands and Mount Lawley Teachers Colleges, which later became part of the Western Australian College of Advanced Education and ultimately Edith Cowan University in 1991.
Today, little remains of the original campus, but its legacy lives on through the thousands of teachers it helped prepare, the archives preserved by ECU, and the memories of those who studied there.
Did you attend Graylands Teachers College, teach there, or know someone who did? We'd love to hear your stories and memories 👇📚
Source: Flickr (ECU Archives), Delphine Jamet (Streetkid Industries)
