2022 Annual Review

Historical Timeline 1875—Brisbane Girls Grammar School is established in a two-storey house on George Street. 1877—Sir Charles Lilley is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees; Sarah Cargill is appointed Lady Principal. 1878—Mary Mackinlay is appointed Lady Principal. 1882—Sophia Beanland is appointed Lady Principal; Girls Grammar separates from Brisbane Grammar School. 1884—The School relocates to what remains its current Main Campus on Gregory Terrace. 1887—Sir Samuel Walker Griffith is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees.

1889—Charlotte Pells is appointed Lady Principal. 1896—Eliza Fewings is appointed Lady Principal. 1899—The Old Girls Association is established. 1900—Milisent Wilkinson is appointed Lady Principal.

1904—Sir Hugh Nelson becomes Chair of the Board of Trustees, succeeded by John Laskey Woolcock in 1906. 1913—Mary Atkinson Williams is appointed Headmistress, succeeded by Jane Walker in 1914; the first School Magazine is published. 1915—Margaret Annie Mackay is appointed Headmistress; the West Wing opens as a single-storey building, housing an art room and three classrooms. 1925—Kathleen Lilley is appointed Headmistress; the first School uniform is introduced. 1952—Louise Crooks is appointed Headmistress; John England is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees; the Parents and Friends Association is established. 1958—The Kathleen Lilley Library is opened. 1964—Year 8 students commence secondary schooling, known as Form II; the House system is introduced. 1968—Yvonne Bain becomes the first woman Trustee. 1976—Dr August Shaw Gerhmann is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees. 1977—Judith Hancock is appointed Principal; the Fathers Group is established. 1986—The Gerhmann Theatre is built. 1987—Dr McCrae Grassie is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees; the Marrapatta Memorial Outdoor Education Centre is opened at Imbil. 1995—The McCrae Grassie Sports Centre is opened. 1996—Dr Cherrell Hirst is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees. 2000—The School song, Nile Sine Labore , is introduced. 2002—Amanda Bell is appointed Principal; the Boarding House is closed. 2007—Elizabeth Jameson is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees; the Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre is opened. 2013—Jacinda Euler is appointed Principal; the School unveils the Rangakarra Recreational and Environmental Education Centre at Fig Tree Pocket. 2015—Year 7 is introduced to the School and the Research Learning Centre is opened. 2017—The Dorothy Hill Observatory commences operation at the School’s Marrapatta campus. 2019—Julie McKay is appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees. 2020—The Science Learning Centre is opened. 2021—The School’s new location for student wellbeing, the Floreamus Centre, is opened. 1971—Nancy Shaw is appointed Headmistress. 1975—The School celebrates its centenary.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Annual Review 2022

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