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First catholic school was established
Mary and Michael Burge established the first catholic school. The school was not that far from St Stephens Cathedrial -
Brisbane had it's first catholic church.
Brisbane had it's first catholic church an ten years on St Stephen's was proclaimed Cathedral of the diocese after fully separating from NSW. -
The Yarra Yarra
Bishop James Quinn, 5 Priests and the Irish sisters of mercy made their way to Brisbane aboard the Yarra Yarra. -
The First Catholic Secondary School
Mother Vincent Witty and the Irish Sisters of Mercy established the first Catholic secondary school ''All Hallows'' -
St James College
The St James College in Spring Hill was established. Staffed and Funded by entirely lay teachers. It was almost 100 years until a dedicated teachers training college was established, Macaulay college at the all hallows campus. -
A Time of Growth
It was a time of growth on the back of the divide between the Irish Catholic and the English Protestants. Laws were passed to provide free compulsory and secular education to children and to remove state funding for all religious schools. Despite the climate, by the end of the decade there were over 35 Catholic schools established and fully funded by their communities. -
A new Archbishop
Following Archbishop Dunns death in 1919 Archbishop James Chui a visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit could see the need for catholic schooling, he invested in large tracks of land around Brisbane and by 1930 he had established 28 new schools. -
Catholic Taxpayers
Catholic taxpayers association had lobbied for state aid since the 1930's and with the formation of the Queensland federation of parents and friends in 1962 a major shift in operations of schools and management of funding would continue to face change over the next decade. -
Bernard O'shea
Bernard O'shea was appointed as diocesan inspector in 1943 the role remained in 1948 as diocesan director of catholic education he would become instrumental in leading us through the transformation of catholic education in Brisbane -
Catholic Challenges
The period of the great depression in 1929 to the end of world war II
saw Australia suffer the challenges of widespread poverty and unemployment, Catholic education was effected by lack of teachers, growing class sizes and economic challenges. -
Archbishop Francis Rush
Archbishop Francis Rush was appointed after 40 years Bernard O'shea was no longer director, Francis Rush is the first Priest and Diocesan born in Australia. -
Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises one-to-one technology -
Economic Stimulas
Economic stimulus building education revolution a number of ecumenical schools have been of ur contemporary education community. -
Brisbane Catholic Education
The formation of north and south schools service centres in 2010 saw Brisbane Catholic Education meet the expanding demands of our contemporary education community.
