▁Education ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁which ▁established ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁primary ▁schools ▁in ▁Queensland , ▁provided ▁some ▁assistance ▁to ▁non - v ested ▁schools , ▁The ▁Education ▁Act ▁( 1 8 7 5 ) ▁halt ed ▁government ▁aid ▁to ▁denomin ational ▁primary ▁schools . ▁Comm itted ▁to ▁providing ▁access ▁to ▁a ▁Catholic ▁education ▁for ▁all ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁children ▁in ▁Queensland , ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁respond ed ▁by ▁acceler ating ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁par och ial ▁schools ▁from ▁the ▁mid - 1 8 7 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁Christian ▁Brothers , ▁a ▁teaching ▁order ▁founded ▁in ▁Ireland ▁by ▁Edmund ▁Ign ati us ▁R ice ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁were ▁invited ▁to ▁Queensland ▁by ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Br is b ane ▁James ▁O ' Qu inn ▁to ▁assist ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Catholic ▁secondary ▁education ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁The ▁Order ▁had ▁established ▁a ▁permanent ▁presence ▁in ▁Australia ▁when ▁Brothers ▁Patrick ▁Am bro se ▁Tre acy , ▁John ▁Bar nab as ▁Lyn ch ▁and ▁Domin ic ▁Fur sey ▁Bod kin ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Melbourne ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁When ▁Bishop ▁O ' Qu inn ' s ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁ur gent ▁need ▁for ▁a ▁teaching ▁order ▁of ▁men ▁in ▁Queensland , ▁Bro ther ▁Patrick ▁Am bro se ▁Tre acy , ▁considered ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Brothers ▁in ▁Australia , ▁respond ed ▁by ▁establish ing ▁a ▁Christian ▁Brothers ▁school ▁in ▁Br is b ane ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5