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First Catholic school funded by money
Mary and Michael establishing the first Catholic school funded entirely funded by money collected from local Catholic settlers.
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St Stephens
St Stephens was proclaimed the Cathedral of the diocese after formally settling from New South Wales to become know as the Colony, Queensland. -
James Quinn made his way up to Brisbane aboard the yara yara.
James Quinn, 5 priests and 6 Irish Sisters of Mercy there way up to Brisbane aboard the yara yara. James was surprised of the poverty largely Irish population. Mother Vincent Witty And the sisters of Mercy established Catholic High school named All Hallows. -
The saint James school was established
The saint James school was established by lay teachers. It was a unique school with both religious and lay students. It would be almost a 100 years until its dedicated teachers training college was established -
Catholic vs English
the 1870's was a time of growth on the back of the divide of the Irish, Catholic and English protestants came a push to keep church and state separate. Laws were past to provide free, compulsory and secular education to children and to remove state funding for all religious schools. Despite the political climate by the end of the decade, there were 35 catholic schools fully funded by there communities. Catholic education not only survived but flourished. -
James Chui
Archbishop James Chui could see the growing need for Catholic schools and He invested in Large tracks of land around Brisbane and by 1930 he had established 28 new schools. -
19 new Catholic schools were opened
That was a sad section for All Australians because everyone suffered poverty and unemployment. Catholic education was effected by the lack of teachers, growing class sizes and economic challenges but Catholic Education got throughs tuff times. Some schools waive their fees just to help struggling people and somehow no schools were closed inspired Mary Mackillop’s message “Never see a need without doing something about it.” 19 new catholic schools were opened despite the bleak outlook. -
Bernard O’Shea
Bernard O’Shea was appointed as diocesan inspector in 1943 the role renamed in 1948 as diocesan of Catholic education. He would become instrumental in leading us through the transformation of Catholic education in Brisbane. -
Major changes occurred in school funding
Major changes occurred nationwide in school funding after the Goulbum school strike -
26 new schools were opened
Despite budget restrictions and continued funding by communities and parishes 26 new schools were opened in the 15 years to 1960 -
Government demanded three additional toilets
Government health inspectors demanded three additional toilets be installed at Our Lady of Mercy Prep school. John Cullinane said that there was no money so he called a meeting of Catholic parents who voted to strike resulting in 1,000 and students descending on the local state school for enrolment. Within 12 months the federal Government provided grants to Catholic schools. -
Macauley colleague
Macauley colleague open its doors to include lay teachers as Catholic schools have become more reliant on laid leadership and staff. The Second Vatican Council saw new educational approaches which would see this decade with 43,000 enrolled and 113 across the archdiocese. -
Kevin Rudd made a promise
The Rudd government’s promised that children would have one-to-one technology. -
Brisbane Catholic education meet
Brisbane Catholic education meet the expanding demands of our contemporary education community. As federal and state government initiatives continue to challenge and enhance work of educating young people we continue to be motivated by the same faith and convictions as those early pioneers.
