July 1966 School Magazine

Brisbane Gir(s 1 Grammar School Magazine

July; 1966

July, l966

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

SIR SAMUEL WALKER GRIFFITH MEMORIAL PRIZE

1824, the jurisdiction of Calcutta was formally reaffirmed and New South Wales became an archdeaconry, the first Archdeacon being Thomas Hobbes-Scott. Macquarie had felt that wherever there was a settlement, there should be a church and a school. Accordingly, in 1827, the Church and Schools ' Corporation was set up to make provision for "the maintenance of religion and education of Our Youth in the Colony of New South Wales". The Corporation was to be granted one-seventh of the lands in each county and funds from sale, cultivation or mortgage of these lands were to be used for the erection of churches, schools,. farm buildings, fences, roads, and the maintenance of schoolmasters. The govern- ing body consisted of both Church and laymen and provided for the opening of infant, parochial, grammar, orphan, native and evening schools. Financial dif- ficulties were · encountered, but by 1831 , the Corporation maintained forty schools , educating 2,426 children . In 1833, the Corporation was disbanded because of opposition by Irish Roman Catholic and Scottish Presbyterian settlers. This led to the passing of the Church Act of 1836, which gave financial assistance to each of these three major denominations in the colony . In 1828, Broughton succeeded Scott as Archdeacon and undertook many tours which brought him into touch with other parts of his Archdeaconry. Broughton found the clergy living at a subsistence level, the only aid given to chaplains being a grant of 1250 acres given to the daughter of a: chaplain on her marriage. In 1833, there were only fifteen priests to minister to the entire archdeaconry and Broughton realized the inadequacy of the situation. He thus returned to England, appealed to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and received financial help from these societies. In 1835, the diocese of Calcutta was divided, and New South Wales became part of the Diocese of Madras. Then , in February, 1836, Broughton was con- secrated as Bishop of Australia and enthroned a month later in the church of St. James which then became the pro-cathedral of the new diocese. After 1836 and the formation of new parishes, Broughton appealed to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel for more ministers with the result that , by 1839, there were twice the number of chaplains as in 1832. In 1837, Sydney Cathedral was built and new churches were consecrated in Tasmania, Sydney, Melbourne, Bathurst, Queanbeyan. Canberra, Camden, Ashfield and Watson's Bay. Until now, no provision had been made for the training of clergy in Australia. Broughton felt that a theological college would serve two purposes-allow men to enter orders without leaving the country , and also supply the much-needed clergy . The King's Schools (1832) were established in Sydney and Parramatta (the Sydney school closing after nine mouths) and a Divinity School was opened at St. James' s parsonage (1846) under Canon Allwood and two years later moved to "Lyndhurst" . The Diocese of Australia, by this time, had become extremely unwieldly and subdivision was obviously necessary . Tasmania became an archdeaconry soon after Broughton's consecration , under Hutchins. Settlements had been made at Port Phillip, Moreton Bay and Adelaide . In 1842, the diocese of Tasmania ~as created followed soon after by the dioceses of Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide. Broughton then became Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia . A Conference of Bishops was called in 1850 and was_ attended by_ t_he Bishops of Australia and New Zealand with Broughton as president and Wilham Tyrell, Bishop of Newcastle, as secretary. The C9nf~rence m~de a number of recom- mendations-that there was a need for provmc1al and d10cesan synods to be held to formulate ecclesiastical law, to subdivide and to elect bishops; that the laity should hold conventions to consult with t he synods and clergy; and that the Australian Board of Missions be set up as the official missionary body of the Church in Australia to be supported by voluntary subscription, and diocesan boards to be established to aid the provincial bishops. It was suggested also that the bishops of Newcastle and New Zealand be missionary bishops to survey the work of the organization. However , the Conference had no lega,l status, and the Bishops no power to call Synods. In an attempt to remedy this, Broughton returned to England in 1852, but died in February, 1853, before much could be_ done. Frederic Barker succeeded Broughton and was consecrated in May, 1855. "Lyndhurst" had been closed through lack of support and Barker desired to open a Theological College to relieve the shortage of clergy. In 1840, Thomas Moore of Moorebank Liverpool, had willed all his property to the Church . In 1856 , therefore, Moore' College was o_peneq t_o provide a colle!,le edu~ati!'.:m for youths between sixteen and twenty-three, with Wilham Hodgson as first prmc1pal . In 1889, the college was transferred from Liverpool to its present situation near Sydney University.

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