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In 1845 lay couple Mary and Michael Burke established the first catholic school by money collected from local settlers
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In 1845 lay couple Mary and Michael Burke established the first catholic school by money collected from local catholic settlers
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In 1850 the settlement had its first permanent church, Saint Stephens
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In 1854 Saint Stephens was proclaimed the Cathedral of the diocese after separating from New South Whales to become Queensland
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Mother Vincent Whitty and the Sisters of Mercy established the firs Catholic secondary school, All Hallows
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In the 1870's, the divide between the Irish Catholic and English protestants came a push to keep church and state separate. Laws were passed to provide free compulsory and secular to children and to remove state funding for all religious schools.
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In the early 1900's Archbishop James Duhig invested in large amounts of land for catholic schooling and by 1930 28 new schools had been established
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The period from the Great Depression in 1929 to the end of World War 2, Catholic education was affected by lack of teachers, growing class sizes and economic changes
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Major changes occurred nationwide in school funding in the 1960's to 1970's
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Bishop John Cullinane called a meeting to a strike which caused 1000 students leaving and enrolling for a state school
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Government funding resulted in equal pay with state school teachers
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The Howard Government devised the SES funding model in the 90's, both federal and state government provided current and capital funds using needs based processes
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The Rudd government promised one to one technology
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The formation of North and south schools service centers in 2010 saw Brisbane Catholic Education the demands of the contemporary education community
