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FIRST CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Lay couple Mary and Michal Berk esablished the first catholic school funded by money collected from local catholic settlers -
FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH
The settlement had its first permanent catholic church called St Stephans. -
THE PUSH
In The 1870's there was a push to keep church and state seperate. Laws were passed to provide free compulsory education to children and to remove state funding to all religious schools. -
MARY MACKILLOP ARRIVED
By this time there were 35 catholic schools esablished and fully funded by their communities. Around this time St Mary of the Cross Mackillop and other sisters arrived in Brisbane and started teaching. -
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28 NEW CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Archbishop James Duhig invested in large areas of land for catholic schools , therefore 28 new catholic schools established on his land. -
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HARD TIMES
During this time Australia suffered challenges of wide spread poverty and unemployment. Catholic education was effected by lack of teachers and growing class sizes. During this period no schools were closed but 19 new schools were opened. -
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INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT
Religious orders started to decline so an increase in the employment of lay staff began. 26 new schools were opened. -
MAJOR CHANGES
After the Goulburn school strike major changes occurred nation wide in school funding. -
NEW DIRECTOR
After 40 years as director of catholic education father Bernard O'shea was replaced by the first lay director Vince Orourke. -
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH
There was significant growth from the Rudd governments 2007 promise of one-two-one technology.
