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located in the northern

suburb of Bald Hills,

, Australia, bordering the Pine River and the

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. The school opened on 31 January 1960 and is named after

St Paul the Apostle Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

and bears the same name as St Paul's School in London. St. Paul's School offers an academic and technical education as well as a range of co-curricular activities.

Sub-schools

St Paul's is composed of five sub-schools:

Headmasters and principals

History

In 1857 the site of the school was first settled by Scottish settlers. In 1859, the British colony of Queensland was founded. In 1886 the original wooden building, the Old Farmhouse, was built. It still stands today. On 13 February 1958 the

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acquired the property via a bequest from Sir Edwin Tooth for the "establishment of an all boys grammar school". The school opened on 31 January 1961 with a small staff of three and an enrolment of sixty-four boys between grades eight and twelve. Years later the school expanded its clientele and became fully co-educational. This allowed for a substantial increase in funds, which meant much-needed facilities could be built.

Campus

Location

St Paul's Campus is located in Bald Hills, approximately north of the Brisbane central business district. The school is situated on the bank of the

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, on the border between the

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and

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. The area surrounding the school is a mix of residential and rural properties.

Grounds and facilities

The School occupies a single campus, which includes both the school's buildings as well as its sporting fields and grazing land. A pair of hoop pines which were originally planted in the 1850s are now heritage-listed. Many of the buildings on the school campus are 40 years old. More modern facilities include the School Chapel, the Music Centre, the Middle School, the renovated Design/Technology building, the Geise Library and new Science Laboratories. Construction was recently completed on the new Sutton Building, replacing the old building of the same name at the beginning of 2012. It includes the school's first café – Sippers@Suttons as well as English classrooms and the international school. The original blocks 1 & 2 used for Language classes, Food Technology and Computer Studies of the school is currently under revision and is planned to be demolished in 2022 and replaced by a new building complex. Though when the destruction and construction project will occur as well as the nature and purpose of this new facility is still unknown.

Sports

TAS (The Associated Schools) Sports The St Paul's Anglican School sporting program is centered on membership of: *

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(TAS) for students in Years 7-12, and * Junior TAS Competition (JTAS) for students in Years 4-6, the premier co-educational sporting associations of South-East Queensland. The School participates in TAS & JTAS Saturday Sporting fixtures over 3 trimesters. Each trimester is approximately nine weeks. The School also participates in Interschool Carnivals in Swimming, Cross-country and Athletics.

House system

Prior to 2017, the St. Paul's School house system consisted of ten secondary school houses and four junior school houses. The secondary school houses were Arnott, Baker, Gartside, Grindrod, Halse, Ivor Church, Stewart, Strong, Sutton, and Tooth, whereas the junior school houses were Rudd, Ingpen, Klein, and Theile. However, in late 2016, it was decided to establish a set of new houses across the entire school, based on elements of the school crest (Shield, Sword, Mitre, Crown, and Scroll) and to abolish the former junior school house system altogether, with Headmaster Browning citing the decrease in the school population as well as arguing that 14 houses were redundant. The new houses are:

Sexual abuse

In 2003, St Paul's School was the subject of intense public scrutiny after former students stated that they had been abused by Kevin Lynch, a staff member employed at the time. Lynch was employed as a school counsellor at

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during the 1970s and 1980s, and subsequently at St Paul's School. The students claimed that they were tortured, hypnotised and required to perform sexual acts for Lynch, and alleged that they had told St Paul's School staff about Lynch's activities, but were ignored. In 1997, shortly after having been charged with the sexual abuse of students at

and St Paul's, Lynch committed suicide.

Notable alumni

* Michael Butler – 2006 – Lead Guitarist for music group Sheppard *

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– 1987 –

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fast bowler *

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- 1987 – House of Representatives member for Dickson *

Ben Tune Ben Tune (born 28 December 1976) is a former Australian rugby union player. He played most of his rugby career on the wing but later switched to outside centre. Early career Tune was born in Brisbane and educated at St Paul's School, Bald Hill ...

– 1993 –

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player *

Rod Welford Rodney Jon (Rod) Welford (born 30 September 1958) is an Australian former politician from Queensland. He served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1989 to 2009. Early life Welford was born in ...

– former Queensland Minister for Education, Training and the Arts, and Attorney-General; former member for the Queensland state

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* Lee Zahner – 1991 – Sydney 2000 Olympics Australian Beach Volleyball team

References

External links

St Paul's School website
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