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The first school
Mary and Michael Burke began establishing the first catholic school funded by money collected from local catholic settlement. -
how brisbane catholic education started
Brisbane catholic education started as one school two teachers and fifty six students it was called Saint Stephens. -
Ship to Brisbane
In 1861 bishop James Quinn, five prised and six Irish sisters of mercy made there way to Brisbane aboard the Yara Yara bishop Quinn was surprised from the poverty of the largely Irish population and committed to raising the economic and social status of Catholics though education. -
Saint James school was established
1868 the Saint James school for boys was established and starved entirely by lay teachers. t was a unique model with both religions and lay students teachers receiving their training before and after. -
the first catholic secondary school
Mother Witty and the sisters of mercy established our first secondary school all hallows. -
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big changes
By the end of the century is saw much transformations. The newly formed Federation of the Australian states the new archbishop Robert Dunn along with technological and social advancements like electricity and Australian women mow able to vote. -
Still self funded
Catholic schools continue to be self funded and it would have to be another half century before catholic schools could access and government funding following archbishop Dunns death in 1919. -
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Establishing new schools
Archbishop James Chuia a visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit could see the growing needs for catholic education he invested in a large tracts of land around Brisbane and by 1930 had established 28 new schools. -
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Catholic taxpayers
The catholic taxpayers association had lobbied for state aid since the 1930s and with the formation of the Queensland federation of parents and friends in 1962 a major shift in operations of schools and managements of funding. -
Major nationwide changes
Major changes occurred nationwide in schools funding after the Goulburn school strike in 1962. Within 12 months of 1962 the federal government provided grants to catholic schools this was the first time in almost one hundred years the catholic schools had received government funding. -
How Catholic education has changed
Today catholic education is a community of 139 schools 11,000 staff and seventy two thousand students. some schools waive their fees to help struggling family's. Brisbane catholic education began as a suitcase on a veranda of a represented Batory and grew to become the Brisbane catholic education we know today.
