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1845
lay couple Mary and Michael burge began the first catholic school funded completely by money from the local catholic settlers -
1850
5 years later the settlement had its first everlasting church st Stevens was officially the cathedral of the diocese -
1861
mother Vincent witty and sisters of mercy established our very first catholic secondary school called all hallows -
1868
St James collage school for boys was established and was staffed entirely by lay teachers. it was a unique model with teachers in training before and after school. -
1870
the 1870s were a time of growth because of the divide between the Irish catholic and English protestants. There was a push to keep church and state separate many laws were passed to provide free compulsory and secular education and to remove state funding for all religious people. -
1929
Australia suffered the challenges of wide poverty and unemployment catholic education was effected majorly by this. Less teachers were getting employed. Some schools even lowered the price of school fees so more parents wouldn't struggle -
1930
the 1930s were a tough challenge lots of schools struggled but as we know catholic education today with 139 schools 11,000 staff and 72,000 students Brisbane catholic education is still up and running today. -
1945
a conversation started of the Australian archbishops at the time Brisbane catholic education began as a suitcase on a veranda of repressed Batory from there it grew to what we know it as today -
1960
big changes were occurring nation wide in school funding after the Goulburn school strike -
1962
government health demanded three additional toilets to be installed within the school lady of mercy prep school.
goulmans bishop demanded a meeting with all catholic parents that voted strike.
