1983 School Magazine

9" ^'rr, 1 9* "; {l^"r@"r'*f ,9t. f,"/"r'o €"A'A*l On the Sth March, 1983, members of the Board, Staff, students and guests of Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, attended a service ofPraise and Thanksgiving in St. John's Cathedral. In 1882 Brisbane Girls' Grammar School became autonomous and in 1883 the Foundation Stone was laid for what is now the main administration building. This year is therefore an appropriate one in which to remember the past history of the school. The following is from the Principal's introduction to the Service: On the 28th February, 1883 Sir Charles Lilley laid the Foundation Stone of the present school administration building in Gregory Terrace. This marked the Iast major step which put Brisbane Girls' Grammar School on a firm foundation and in 1983, 100 years later, we can look back on the past and thank all those who are involved for the work that they have done for the school. In 1875 the school started as a branch of Brisbane Grammar School in premises in George Street, and shortly afterwards moved to Wickham Terrace. Numbers fluctuated in those early years, but by July 1882 the school became autonomous with its own Board of Trustees and ceased to be a blanch of Brisbane Grammar School. Shortly after this event it was decided that the school should be given a permanent home and land was obtained in Gregory Terrace on the site we now occupy. This Service tonight is a Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to God, for all that Brisbane Girls' Grammar School has meant to so many people across the years. It is a Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for all who have lived and worked to make our school what it is today. It is a Service in which we renew and reflect upon the values and principles on which our school was built and on which it will continue into the future. trt is a Service in which we will endeavour to project all the good and all the strength of our past and present into the future. This Service is an act of community and many people will be taking part, representing not so much themselves, but the many who contribute, have contributed, and will contribute to the many facets of our school life. There mav be some who see our school as primarily concerned with learning things and doing things; but we have learnt across the years that what makes a school is people - the Board of Trustees, Staff, Students past and present, and indeed all the families associated with the School. Even more important is how those people interact and relate to each other. The values on which our School is founded, however, are not only concerned with academic excellence, but include others that are found in the essenCe of all the great living religious traditions where we have primary duty to God, however we may see him and a duty to love our neighbour as we love ourselves.

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