Moreton Bay College

Moreton Bay College
Moreton Bay College crest.Source: www.mbc.qld.edu.au (Moreton Bay College website)
Location
Map
Manly West
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°28′16″S 153°9′9″E / 27.47111°S 153.15250°E / -27.47111; 153.15250
Information
TypeIndependent, single-sex, day school
MottoLatin: Fortitudine Et Spe
(With Courage and Hope[1])
DenominationUniting Church[3]
Established1901[2]
ChairSamantha O’Brien
PrincipalJanet Stewart
ChaplainPeter Lockhart
Staff~96[5]
Enrolment~1,260 (P–12)[5]
Colour(s)   Maroon and gold, with pink often used to represent sporting teams  
Slogan[4]
Websitewww.mbc.qld.edu.au

Moreton Bay College is an independent Uniting Church, day school for girls, located in Manly West, an outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1901 as the Moreton Bay Girls' High School, by Alice J. Alison Greene and her sister Anne,[2] the college currently caters for approximately 1,257 students from Preschool to Year 12.[5]

Moreton Bay College is affiliated with the Association of the Heads of independent schools of Australia (AHISA),[6] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[7] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[8] and first became a member of the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA) in 1941.[9] Its brother school is Moreton Bay Boys' College.

  1. ^ "Greene Era (1901–1945)". Archives. Moreton Bay College. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  2. ^ a b "College History". Discover MBC. Moreton Bay College. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Independent Schools' Scholarships" (PDF). Scholarships. Association of independent schools Queensland. 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2008. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Governance". Moreton Bay Boys College. Retrieved 22 October 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c "Moreton Bay College – School Annual Report 2009" (PDF). News. Moreton Bay College. 2009. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 22 June 2010. [dead link]
  6. ^ "AHISA Schools". Queensland. Association of Heads of independent schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  7. ^ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  8. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  9. ^ "(What is) QGSSSA". QGSSSA. Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc. 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2008.