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Catholic Church History In Brisbane

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  • THE BEGINNING

    A lay couple established the first catholic school funded entirely by local catholic settlers.
  • THE FIRST CHURCH IN QUEENSLAND

    THE FIRST CHURCH IN QUEENSLAND
    The settlement had it first permeate catholic church st Stephens. Ten years on it was the cathedral of the arch-diocese.
  • THE ST JAMES SCHOOL FOR BOYS WAS OPENED

    THE ST JAMES SCHOOL FOR BOYS WAS OPENED
    The st James school for boys was opened and entirely staffed by lay teachers.
  • STATE AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SEPERATE

    There was a push to make state and catholic schools separate.
  • TURN OF THE CENTURY

    The turn of the century saw a new archbishop Robert Dunn, electricity and the Brisbane diocese.
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    WW1 PROBLEMS

    WW1 had big implications for catholic education.
  • NEW ARCHBISHOP

    There was a new archbishop called James
  • NEW SCHOOLS

    the archbishop created 28 new schools
  • FARTHER BERNARD O'SHEA

    FARTHER BERNARD O'SHEA
    Farther Bernard O'shea was appointed as diocesan inspector.
  • FUNDED AGAIN

    Catholic schools were funded again by the state government
  • MACAULY COLLEGE

    MacAulay college opened it's doors to lay teachers
  • technology

    schools now had technology to teach kids
  • THE RUDD GOVERNMENT

    The rudd government gave schools some money to build their schools bigger