Ambrose Treacy College


Ambrose Treacy College is a Roman Catholic boys' school at Twigg Street, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

History

The school was established on the 28 January 2015 and was formerly Nudgee Junior College and was named after Patrick Ambrose Treacy, a leading educator within the Christian Brothers who established many church schools in Australia. Egg

School structure

The school teaches boys from years 4 to 12 and follows the Edmund Rice Tradition; however until 2019 it will be in transition from its former junior school structure and will add an upper year level annually. It will reach year 12 and teach all year levels by 2019. The school is split up into three categories: years 4 to 6 are in the Junior School, years 7 to 9 are in the Middle School and Years 10 to 12 are in the Senior School. The current principal is Michael Senior and is known as the Foundation Principal of Ambrose Treacy College.

Buildings

The Edmund Rice building was built in 1938 to provide additional boarding accommodation for St Joseph's College at Nudgee. It was officially opened and blessed on 10 July 1938 by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig. In 1994, all of the boarding was relocated to the Nudgee site and the Indooroopilly site became a day school for junior students. It is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register as it is an excellent example of Interwar Functionalist architecture with its simple geometric volumes, asymmetrical massing and distinctive Modernist windows.