 The site had physical limitations and in 1917, headmaster Paul Nunan saw the necessity to acquire much larger property away from the city centre to accommodate the whole school.The brothers entered into negotiations for the purchase of 8 hectares (20 acres) at Point Heathcote on the Swan River, in 1928 they ended up purchasing 95 hectares (234 acres) on the Canning River just east of the Riverton Bridge naming it Clune Park.However, plans to develop this site were shelved due to the Great Depression.