1988 Marian Catholic School, Currajong

1988 – PRESENT

In 1988, Marian Catholic School was formed by joining a number of innercity Catholic primary schools together. St John Fisher’s College, St Margaret Mary’s Primary School and Holy Family School were amalgamated into the new school at the time of opening. In 1995 St Mary’s School West End also folded into the Marian School.

1993

Mr Mike Byrne

1993 – 2006 Director

Mike Byrne was born in Yerongpilly, Brisbane. Mike’s family moved to Townsville where he attended St Joseph’s School, The Strand from Year 1 to Year 3. On their return to Brisbane in 1957 Mike attended St Laurence’s Christian Brothers College. After school he joined the Christian Brothers in 1968 and during that period of his life he taught at Gilroy College, Ingham and St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace. Looking for a change Mike spent three years teaching at Brisbane Boys’ College, a Presbyterian Methodist School. It was at this time Mike married Mary Duffy with whom he has four children. He returned to the Catholic Education system in 1975 as a Deputy Principal and Principal of St Margaret Mary’s College in Townsville. In 1981, Mike moved into the Catholic Education Office as a secondary consultant, regional administrator and then as Deputy Director. He was appointed Director of Catholic Education in 1993. Mike has a Master of Educational Leadership, a Master of in Education, a Bachelor Degree in Economics, and a Certificate in Teaching. In 2006 Mike left Townsville to become Director of the Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC). During his years at QCEC, Mike served on a number of State and National Commissions, committees and boards.

Through that involvement, Mike was a leader in change for a number of significant and complex reforms to Education including; funding for Catholic schools, the move to Year 7 in high schools, the introduction of kindergarten on school sites, the Digital Education Revolution and the introduction of Prep in Queensland Schools. Mike is now retired and living in Brisbane.

1992 St Anthony’s Catholic College, Deeragun

1992 – PRESENT

St Anthony’s was established in 1992 as a Catholic co-educational primary school with an enrolment of ninety-one students from Preschool to Year 7. In 2005, Year 8 classes commenced on the nearby secondary campus and in 2009 the first Year 12 students graduated from the school. A member of Franciscan Schools Australia, the P-12 college maintains a connection to the various Franciscan communities.

1996

Good Shepherd Catholic School, Rasmussen

1996 – PRESENT

Good Shepherd Catholic School was constructed on land purchased in 1993, well before much of the residential development of the area. The original plan was to establish a two-stream school on the site, but population growth in the area along with increasing demand for places within the school led to the revised plan to accommodate a threestream school. Good Shepherd opened its doors in January 1996 with an enrolment of eighty-one students in Year levels from Preschool to Year 3.