Objects of Substance – Governers General and Grammar

government representatives to the School's Board of Trustees, and appointed the three remaining members (Grammar Schools Act 1975). Under the current Act, the Governor is the Official Visitor to Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and still formally appoints the School's Trustees, as elected by either the relevant Queensland Government minister or subscribers (Grammar Schools Act 2016). More than this legal connection, the Governors have also played an important role in the daily life of the School. There are many occasions when our special guest has graced the School grounds but there are two events that are especially important: the opening of new buildings and Speech Day and Annual Prizegiving. Taken in 1915, the photograph (below) shows Major Sir Hamilton Goold- Adams GCMG, in his first year as Governor, opening a new building, the ground floor of what is now W block. These classrooms provided essential extra space for the expanding School. One cannot help but reflect on the weight his presence at this 1915 occasion must have carried, against a backdrop of a rapidly escalating world war. What a sign of hope for the future amid a global conflict.

Sir Goold-Adams, His Excellency the Governor of Queensland opening the new School building. This building housed three classrooms and an art room.