Brisbane Boys' College
| Brisbane Boys' College | |
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Toowong, Queensland Australia |
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| Coordinates | 27°29′17″S 152°59′9″E / 27.48806°S 152.98583°ECoordinates: 27°29′17″S 152°59′9″E / 27.48806°S 152.98583°E |
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| Type | Independent, single-sex, day and boarding |
| Denomination | Presbyterian and Uniting Church |
| Established | 1902 |
| Headmaster | Graeme McDonald (Headmaster) |
| Employees | ~121 |
| Enrolment | ~1,550 (P–12) |
| Colour(s) | Green, white and black |
| Website | www.bbc.qld.edu.au |
Brisbane Boys' College (BBC) is an independent, Presbyterian and Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Toowong, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Established in 1902, the College has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 1,550 students from Prep to 12, including 140 boarders from Years 5 to 12.
Brisbane Boys' College is a school of the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA), and is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), and the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). The school is also a founding member of the Great Public Schools' Association Inc (GPS).
Some of the Brisbane Boys' College Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Brisbane Boys' College was established in 1902 by Mr Arthur Rudd. Rudd arrived in Brisbane in 1901 by boat from Melbourne and started a school in Clayfield. The school officially started in March 1902 with just four students.
In 1912, the school moved to a new location on the corner of Bayview Terrace, near the tram terminus, needing more room. Even with the new land, due to space constraints sporting activities were out of the question, so for many years the boys walked to the nearby Kalinga Park. In 1908, there were 80 students and a cadet corps was formed with the impending 1914–1918 war. The school suffered the losses of eight Clayfield Collegians during the war. In the late 1920s the school was moved, again due to a lack of room for new facilities, to its current site in Toowong with support from its owners, the daughters of the late Premier of Queensland, Sir Robert Philp. The Clayfield campus became a primary school department of Somerville House, which later developed into the independent Clayfield College.
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