Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee
| Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee | |
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Main Building, 2009
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| Location | 2199 Sandgate Road, Boondall, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°21′28″S 153°03′45″E / 27.3577°S 153.0625°ECoordinates: 27°21′28″S 153°03′45″E / 27.3577°S 153.0625°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1891 - c. 1960 |
| Official name: St Joseph's Nudgee College, Nudgee College | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 6 November 2006 |
| Reference no. | 601771 |
| Significant period | 1890s-c. 1960 (fabric) 1890s- (historical, social) |
| Significant components | lawn/s, grandstand, service wing, fence/wall - perimeter, tower - observation/lookout, tower - stair, chapel, dormitory, verandahs - arcaded, furniture/fittings, statue, trees/plantings, garden/grounds, wall/s - retaining, gate - entrance, carriage way/drive, dome, clock, sports field/oval/playing field, classroom/classroom block/teaching area, courtyard, memorial - honour board/ roll of honour, memorial - plaque |
 Location of Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Queensland
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The Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee is a heritage-listed group of school buildings at St Joseph's College, Nudgee at 2199 Sandgate Road, Boondall, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1891 to c. 1960. The school is also known as Nudgee College and St Joseph's Nudgee College. The buildings added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 November 2006.
St. Joseph's Nudgee College was established in 1891 to serve the needs of rural Roman Catholic boys. It was the first purpose-built boarding college erected in Queensland for the Christian Brothers, who were the first Catholic order to provide secondary education for boys in Queensland, decades before the Marists or the Jesuits. Offering affordable Catholic education through to senior and university entrance, St Joseph's Nudgee College has been important in fostering Catholic upward mobility (social, cultural, economic and political) in Queensland. During the 20th century St Joseph's Nudgee College developed into a large educational complex. Most of the major structures were designed by prominent Queensland architects and illustrate the evolution of Catholic educational architecture in Queensland. The College remains a boys-only school and the property of the Christian Brothers.
The former Main Building, containing the oldest structures on the site, remains the core of the college. From here radiate 20th century developments constructed in response to school growth. The College has rarely had the luxury of building in anticipation of growth; a policy of keeping fees affordable has meant that funds for extensions have seldom been easy to raise.
Although Roman Catholics comprised approximately 23.5% of the Queensland population in 1891 when St Joseph's College at Nudgee was opened, Queensland Government policy disadvantaged Catholic schools. The Grammar Schools Act of 1860 provided government support to Grammar Schools, but not to denominational schools. Although the Education Act of 1860, which established a system of primary schools in Queensland, provided some assistance to non-vested schools, The Education Act (1875) halted government aid to denominational primary schools. Committed to providing access to a Catholic education for all Roman Catholic children in Queensland, the Catholic Church responded by accelerating the development of a network of parochial schools from the mid-1870s.
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