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A man called Micheal Burge began the story establishing the first Catholic School in Brisbane.
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The Beginning started off with one school, two teachers, and 56 students. Now there are one hundred and thirty-nine schools, eleven thousand staff and seventy thousand students.
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They built a church in st Stephens to start the success if cathoilc education for people who needed help in their life and so they could pray in their life.
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The first boy's school was a unique school that was opened entirely by lay teachers from the area.
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In 1914 World War One had big implications on Catholic schools in Brisbane.
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In 1919 Archbishop James Duhig had a visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit could see the growing need for Catholic schooling.
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The Great Depression in 1929 to the end of World War Two, The Archbishop saw Australia suffer the challenges of wide spread poverty
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In 1945 some schools waived their fees to help struggling families, surprisingly no schools were closed.
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In 1960's there was a massive strain for catholic education and were struggling to keep there kids in school
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The golden time inspired lots of people and became a massive thing at the time, It stroke lots of schools too.
