A brief history

Zone 0 WebPart Area

Zone 0 - (12)

Zone 0 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone0_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone0_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone0_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone0_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 0 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone0_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone0_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone0_4x4x4_3

Zone 0 - (8|4)

WebPartZone0_8x4_1

WebPartZone0_8x4_2

Zone 0 - (6|6)

WebPartZone0_6x6_1

WebPartZone0_6x6_2

Zone 0 - (4|8)

WebPartZone0_4x8_1

WebPartZone0_4x8_2

Zone 1 WebPart Area

Zone 1 - Publishing Page Content + Above/Below Content

WebPartZone1_1

PublishingPageContent

In January 1975, 'A Brief History of State Education in Queensland' was published as a supplement to the Education Office Gazette. This brief history proved to be quite popular in the absence of any other single text covering the same ground. It provided information on Queensland education for teachers and students involved in more general studies on education in Australia. It also provided general background information for teachers, students, local historians, and school centenary or jubilee committees concerned with the history of local schools.

The original 'brief history' was extensively revised in 1982 by Eddie Clarke and Greg Logan, employees of the Education History Unit. It is this 1982 edition that is republished here. The chronology of education in Queensland (which was part of the original publication) has been updated however to provide a factual outline of the major 'milestones' and trends in the development of state education up to the present.

WebPartZone1_2

Zone 1 - (12)

WebPartZone1_12

Zone 1 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone1_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone1_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone1_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone1_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 1 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone1_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone1_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone1_4x4x4_3

Zone 1 - (8|4)

WebPartZone1_8x4_1

WebPartZone1_8x4_2

Zone 1 - (6|6)

WebPartZone1_6x6_1

WebPartZone1_6x6_2

Zone 1 - (4|8)

WebPartZone1_4x8_1

WebPartZone1_4x8_2

Zone 2 WebPart Area

Zone 2 - (12)

WebPartZone2_12

Zone 2 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone2_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone2_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone2_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone2_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 2 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone2_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone2_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone2_4x4x4_3

Zone 2 - (8|4)

WebPartZone2_8x4_1

WebPartZone2_8x4_2

Zone 2 - (6|6)

WebPartZone2_6x6_1

WebPartZone2_6x6_2

Zone 2 - (4|8)

WebPartZone2_4x8_1

WebPartZone2_4x8_2

Zone 3 WebPart Area

Zone 3 - (12)

WebPartZone3_12

Zone 3 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone3_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone3_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone3_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone3_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 3 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone3_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone3_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone3_4x4x4_3

Zone 3 - (8|4)

WebPartZone3_8x4_1

WebPartZone3_8x4_2

Zone 3 - (6|6)

WebPartZone3_6x6_1

WebPartZone3_6x6_2

Zone 3 - (4|8)

WebPartZone3_4x8_1

WebPartZone3_4x8_2

Zone 4 WebPart Area

Zone 4 - (12)

WebPartZone4_12

Zone 4 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone4_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone4_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone4_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone4_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 4 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone4_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone4_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone4_4x4x4_3

Zone 4 - (8|4)

WebPartZone4_8x4_1

WebPartZone4_8x4_2

Zone 4 - (6|6)

WebPartZone4_6x6_1

WebPartZone4_6x6_2

Zone 4 - (4|8)

WebPartZone4_4x8_1

WebPartZone4_4x8_2

Zone 5 WebPart Area

Zone 5 - (12)

WebPartZone5_12

Zone 5 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone5_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone5_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone5_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone5_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 5 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone5_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone5_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone5_4x4x4_3

Zone 5 - (8|4)

WebPartZone5_8x4_1

WebPartZone5_8x4_2

Zone 5 - (6|6)

WebPartZone5_6x6_1

Early childhood education

After school ended on Monday, 10 August 1891, about forty female teachers from Brisbane and suburbs gathered at the Central State School in Adelaide Street. It was an historic moment—the commencement of the first training course for early childhood teachers ...

Secondary education

In 1860 Queensland's first Parliament passed the Grammar Schools Act which allowed for the establishment of a grammar school in any town where at least £1,000 could be raised locally. The Act provided for a Government subsidy of twice this local contribution. ...

Technical education

During the 1860s and 1870s, formal education in Queensland beyond primary level was conducted almost exclusively in grammar schools. These schools were expensive and thus available only to the wealthy. There were some individuals, however, who could not ...

WebPartZone5_6x6_2

Primary education

In 1826 the first primary school was conducted in the Moreton Bay settlement of NSW by Mrs Esther Roberts, a soldier's wife. Although her stipend of £10 was drawn from the funds of the colonial government, her school was actually administered by the Anglican Church ...

Tertiary education

The first steps towards the provision of tertiary education for Queensland students were taken in 1870, only 11 years after Queensland had become a separate colony. The University Act of 1870 provided for the local examination of candidates for scholarships to ...

Zone 5 - (4|8)

WebPartZone5_4x8_1

WebPartZone5_4x8_2

Zone 6 WebPart Area

Zone 6 - (12)

WebPartZone6_12

Zone 6 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone6_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone6_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone6_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone6_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 6 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone6_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone6_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone6_4x4x4_3

Zone 6 - (8|4)

WebPartZone6_8x4_1

WebPartZone6_8x4_2

Zone 6 - (6|6)

WebPartZone6_6x6_1

WebPartZone6_6x6_2

Zone 6 - (4|8)

WebPartZone6_4x8_1

WebPartZone6_4x8_2

Zone 7 WebPart Area

Zone 7 - (12)

WebPartZone7_12

Zone 7 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone7_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone7_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone7_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone7_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 7 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone7_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone7_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone7_4x4x4_3

Zone 7 - (8|4)

WebPartZone7_8x4_1

WebPartZone7_8x4_2

Zone 7 - (6|6)

WebPartZone7_6x6_1

WebPartZone7_6x6_2

Zone 7 - (4|8)

WebPartZone7_4x8_1

WebPartZone7_4x8_2

Zone 8 WebPart Area

Zone 8 - (12)

WebPartZone8_12

Zone 8 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone8_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone8_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone8_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone8_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 8 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone8_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone8_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone8_4x4x4_3

Zone 8 - (8|4)

WebPartZone8_8x4_1

WebPartZone8_8x4_2

Zone 8 - (6|6)

WebPartZone8_6x6_1

WebPartZone8_6x6_2

Zone 8 - (4|8)

WebPartZone8_4x8_1

WebPartZone8_4x8_2

Zone 9 WebPart Area

Zone 9 - (12)

WebPartZone9_1

Zone 9 - (3|3|3|3)

WebPartZone9_3x3x3x3_1

WebPartZone9_3x3x3x3_2

WebPartZone9_3x3x3x3_3

WebPartZone9_3x3x3x3_4

Zone 9 - (4|4|4)

WebPartZone9_4x4x4_1

WebPartZone9_4x4x4_2

WebPartZone9_4x4x4_3

Zone 9 - (8|4)

WebPartZone9_8x4_1

WebPartZone9_8x4_2

Zone 9 - (6|6)

WebPartZone9_6x6_1

WebPartZone9_6x6_2

Zone 9 - (4|8)

WebPartZone9_4x8_1

WebPartZone9_4x8_2

Last updated 22 January 2026