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FIRST CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Lay couple Mary and Michael Burke, established the first catholic school funded entirely by money collected from local catholic settlers. -
HOW BRISBANE CATHOLIC EDUCATION STARTED
Brisbane Catholic Education started with only one school fifty six students and two teachers. -
BRINGING MORE EDUCATION TO BRISBANE
Bishop James Quinn, five priests and six Irish sisters made their way to Brisbane aboard the yarra yarra. They committed to raise the economic and social status thru education. -
SEPARATION BETWEEN CATHOLIC AND STATE
1870's was when the divide between the Irish Catholic and English Protestants came a push to keep church and state separate. -
WHEN WAS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT
Catholic Schools continued to be self-funded and it would be another half century before Catholic Schools would be funded by the government. -
NEW DIOCESAN INSPECTOR
Bernard O'Shea was appointed as diocesan inspector. -
CHANGING THE NAME OF DIOCESAN DIRECTOR
The role renamed to Diocesan Director of Catholic Education. -
MAJOR CHANGE IN SCHOOL FUNDING
Major changes occurred Nationwide in school funding after the Goulburn school strike. -
FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARCHBISHOP
The first Australian born Archbishop Francis Rush was appointed in 1973. -
INCREASING COST FOR SCHOOLS IN BRISBANE
Despite Schools getting funded, Catholic Schools in Brisbane continued to struggle with increasing costs. -
BRISBANE CATHOLIC EDUCATION TODAY
Brisbane Catholic Education now has 139 schools 72,000 students and 11,000 employee's. -
FIRST LAY DIRECTOR
After forty years as director of Catholic Education father Bernard O'Shea was replaced by the first lay director Ector Vince or Orc.