page_title: Brisbane Grammar School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Brisbane Grammar School / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Brisbane Grammar School - The new school on Gregory Terrace, 1889 Image title:Boys' Grammar School, 1889 Description:"Public fundraising enabled the establishment of Brisbane Grammar School in 1868. It was Brisbane's first Grammar School. In 1868 Prince Alfred, laid the foundation stone at the School's original site in Roma Street. The school opened in February 1869 with ninety-four students and four masters under the leadership of Headmaster, Thomas Harlin. In 1881, the school was moved to its present site at Gregory Terrace and the magnificent Neo-Gothic style Great Hall and classrooms were opened that year. The building was designed by architect James Cowlishaw. With the opening of the Boarding House in 1886, the school became one of the first to provide unified boarding facilities on site".
context_page_description: Brisbane Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the oldest secondary boys school in Brisbane. Some of the Brisbane Grammar School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
  Established in 1868 under the Grammar Schools Act that was passed by the Government of Queensland in 1860, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1500 students from Years 5 to 12, including around 100 boarders.
  Brisbane Grammar is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Independent Schools Queensland, and is a founding member of the Great Public Schools' Association Inc.
  2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of Brisbane Grammar School.
context_section_description: Brisbane Grammar School was founded in 1868 under the Grammar Schools Act, which had been passed by the Queensland Government in 1860. It was the second school established under this act in Queensland, with the first being Ipswich Grammar School.
  The original school, designed by Benjamin Backhouse, was on a site in Roma Street in Brisbane City, approximately opposite modern Herschel Street.
  HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900), second son of Queen Victoria, laid the foundation stone at the site on 21 February 1868. The school opened in February 1869, with ninety-four students and four masters, under the leadership of headmaster Thomas Harlin. In 1881, the school was moved a few hundred metres away to its current site on Gregory Terrace in Spring Hill to make way for the Roma Street Railway Station, which still stands today.
  It has been referred to as the "Eton of Australia".
  Following the opening of the boarding house in 1886, science laboratories were constructed in 1912.
  On 14 August 1916, the Queensland Governor, Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams unveiled a war memorial with the names of 600 students who had enlisted.
  A new library and assembly hall were constructed in 1969 as a celebration of the school's centenary.
  During the mid-1990s, the school commenced work on the off-campus Northgate ovals, which now consist of six fields that are used for cricket, rugby union and soccer fixtures. The Indoor Sports Centre was completed in 2000, and the old gymnasium was later renovated to become the new Centre for Art.
  In 2002, the school underwent a major redevelopment with the construction of a new Middle School, which had its first intake of grade 6 and 7 students in 2003. This Middle School consists of a large block of multi-purpose classrooms, functioning as a complete school in itself, with its own teachers and independent timetables. Grade 6 and 7 students spend most of their time in the Middle School, although they do use the facilities of the "Upper School" for such activities as physical education and assemblies. In 2014, Year 5 was added to the Middle School with 100 new students enrolled.
caption: The new school on Gregory Terrace, 1889
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