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First Catholic School
Mary and Michael Burg were the first people to start a Catholic School. The school was built entirely from donated money from the local public settlers. The school was not far away from where the St Stephens Cathedral stands now. -
St Stephens Church
St Stephens Church was declared a permanent catholic church. Almost ten years later, St Stephens was proclaimed the Cathedral of the diocese after officially separating from New South Wales to become known as the colony of Queensland. -
James Quinn arrives in Australia
Bishop James Quinn, 5 priests and 6 Irish Sisters of Mercy arrived in Australia to help the economic and social status of Catholics through education. -
First Catholic Secondary School
Mother Vincent Witty and the sisters of mercy started the first Catholic Secondary School called All Hollows. -
St James College
St James College was established. All of the staff were lay teachers. The school was unique because it had religious and lay student teachers. These teachers received their training before and after school. -
State Stops Funding for Catholic Schools
When the back of the divide from the Irish Catholics and the English Protestants came a push to keep church and state laws separate. Some laws passed to provide free, compulsory and secular learning to kids and to remove the state from funding religious schools. Despite this happening, Catholic schools still thrived and were funded by local people. -
Founder of Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education began as a small room and became the modern infrastructure we know today. Father Bernard O'Shea was recognised as Diocesan Inspector Five years later Farther Bernard O'Shea was renamed was renamed the Diocesan Director of Catholic Education. He lead us through the transformation of Brisbane Catholic Education. -
Begining of Catholic Education
The Catholic Taxpayers Association had seeked issue for state help since 1930s. The schools and management continued to face change over the next decade with the government polices. This funding ended with state school teachers getting equal pay. Once Archbishop Patrick Mary O'Donnell was appointed, he started the recommendation for the formation of a Catholic Education Office. This was the beginning of Catholic Education as we know it today -
Funding of Catholic Schools
Political Parties began to reconsider state funding to non state schools. Within 12 months the government started to fund Catholic Schooling. This was the first time in almost one hundred years that Catholic Schools have received government funding. Despite this communities continued to fund these schools. -
A Time of Change for Catholic Education
WW1 had a big impact on Catholic Education. Catholic schools continued to be self-funded, and it would be another fifty years before Catholic Schools would be able to access funding from the government following Archbishops death in 1919. Archbishop James Chui could see the need for Catholic schooling. He invested in large spaces around Brisbane for these new schools.
