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Brisbane College of Theology, located in Auchenflower,
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, Australia, was an
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theological education consortium (1983–2009), comprising St Francis' Theological College (
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), St Paul's Theological College (
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), (formerly under the operations of the Pius XII Seminary), and Trinity Theological College ( Uniting). The B.C.T was inaugurated on March 28, 1983. It was based at
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in Auchenflower but effectively operated from this location and also concurrently at Saint Francis Theological College in Milton and Pius XII/ Saint Paul's Theological College at Banyo. The college offered both under-graduate and post-graduate qualifications. It ceased operations as an umbrella organisation for the three colleges in 2009, in part due to the administrative overheads involved in running a small tertiary institution in the Australian higher education system. St Francis' Theological College now runs its programs as part of
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, Trinity initially through
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and now the
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and St Paul's through the
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.


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Australian College of Theology The Australian College of Theology (ACT) is an Australian higher education provider based in Sydney, New South Wales. The college delivers awards in ministry and theology and was one of the first Australian non-university providers to offer an a ...
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Sydney College of Divinity The Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) is a consortium of Christian theological educational institutions and Bible colleges based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college is structured as a federation of member institutions, each of which ...


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Education in Brisbane Seminaries and theological colleges in Australia Auchenflower, Queensland 1983 establishments in Australia 2009 disestablishments in Australia {{authority control