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In 1845 couple Mary and Michal Burge began the first story establishing the first catholic school funded entirely by money collected from local catholic settlers.
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The settlement had its first permanent church "Saint Stephens"
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Bishop James Quinn, 5 priests and six sisters of mercy made there way to Brisbane aboard the Yarra Yarra
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The saint James school for boys was established staffed entirely by lay teachers it was a unique model with both religions
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The 1870 was a time of growth on the back of the divide between the Irish catholic and English protestants came a push to keep church and states separate.
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In 1919 Archbishop James Chui a visionary with an Entrepreneurial spirt could see the growing need for catholic schooling he invested in.
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In 1929 to the end of world war 2 saw Australia suffer the challenges of wide spread poverty and unemployment, catholic education was effected by lack of teachers growing class sizes and economic challenges but catholic education persevered through these hard times.
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Large tracks of land around Brisbane and by 1930 they had established 28 new schools
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Bernard O'shea was appointed as diocesan inspector in 1943
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The period from the great depression in 1929 to the end of world war 2 saw Australia suffer the challenges of widespread poverty and unemployment
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1960 was a decade of strain for catholic education lay teachers were battling with stifling conditions and only were equipped with two years of training before entering the classroom
