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First catholic school funded by money from local settlers
married lay couple marry and Michael Burke established the first catholic school funded entirely by money collected from local catholic settlers it was located not far from were st Stephens cathedral stands today, at the time there were fewer than 1000 settlers and a quarter of them were roman catholic. -
First permanent church
later the settlement had its first permanent church st Stephen's -
St Stephens becomes cathedral of diocese
st Stephen's was proclaimed the cathedral of the diocese after formally separating from New South Wales to become know as the colony of Queensland . -
Bishop James Quinn and five sisters made there way to Brisbane
bishop James Quinn five priest and six Irish sisters of mercy made there way to Brisbane aboard the yara era bishop Quinn was surprised by the poverty of the largely Irish popularity and committed to raising the economic and social status through education mother Vincent witty and the sisters of mercy established our first catholic secondary school all hallows. -
James school for boys staffed entirely by lay teachers
James school for boys was established staffed entirely by lay teachers it was a unique model with both religious and lay student teachers receiving there training before and after school and working in classes apprentices during the day, but it wasn't till 100 years later when the first dedicated teachers training college was established Macaulay college at the all hallows campus. -
Free education to children
1870 was a time of growth on the back of the divide Irish catholic and English protestants came a push to keep church and state separate laws were passed and provided free education to children and remove state funding for all religious schools and it was also around this time when sir Mary of the cross Mackillop and the sisters of St joseph and arrived in Brisbane to teach and all catholic schools were self funded. -
New catholic schools established
archbishop James Dunn's death and James Chui saw a need for catholic schooling and established 28 new schools -
Catholic schools acsees government funding
in this year catholic schools could finally access funding from the government -
WW2 poverty
in this year Australia was in poverty because of WW2 catholic education was effected by a lack of teachers, growing in class sizes and economic challenges. Some schools waived fees but no schools shut down. and 19 new schools opened even though there many hard ships. -
Father O'shea apoionted diosece director
Father Bernard O 'shea was appointed diocese director. -
Father Bernard renamed director
Father Bernard renamed director of catholic education, lead transformation of catholic education in Brisbane. -
New catholic schools opened
15 new catholic schools were opened.
