Objects of Substance- 2002 Boarders’ Plaque

Boarders, pupils of the School”. For the Girls’ school, this included Mrs Hart and Miss Hall. Though these girls cannot be officially classified as boarders, the need to accommodate students from regional Queensland and northern New South Wales was apparent and steps were taken to cater for them.

1884 Main Building, Gregory Terrace.

With the construction of the Main Building on Gregory Terrace in 1884, a purpose-build structure for both teaching and boarding was established. Boarders from a wide variety of destinations attended the school in the 1880s, including Goondiwindi, Tweed, Bundaberg, Mackay, Beenleigh, Noosa, and Wilson’s Downfall, New South Wales. And thus, with dormitories, domestic offices, staff residences and a kitchen, the Boarding House had arrived.