2005 School Magazine

130 Year Anniversary

130 Year Anniversary

CELEBRATIONS

On 15 March 1875, Brisbane Girls Grammar School opened for lessons in a two-storey house in George Street with just 50 students. Since then many thousands of girls have passed through the gates. The School celebrated Foundation Day with a special assembly and morning tea for the girls, followed by a gala dinner at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in the presence of Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland, Ms Quentin Bryce. The School was one of the first to offer girls the same opportunities as their brothers when Sir Charles Lilley championed a different approach to educating women. Among the School’s current students are descendents of Sir Charles Lilley and the founding students of 1875, with some families represented by five generations of women.

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Brisbane Girls Grammar School

School Magazine 2005