▁history . ▁ ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁N ud ge e ▁College , ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁is ▁the ▁oldest ▁purpose - built ▁Catholic ▁boys ' ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁Initial ly ▁established ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁board ers ▁en rolling ▁at ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁College , ▁Gregory ▁Terra ce , ▁the ▁school ▁provides ▁important ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁resident ial ▁education ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁The ▁emer gence ▁of ▁N ud ge e ▁College ▁as ▁a ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁is ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁size ▁and ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁rural ▁Catholic ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁College ▁remains ▁the ▁premier ▁Catholic ▁boys ' ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁Queensland ▁and ▁is ▁significant ▁for ▁its ▁important ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁up ward ▁social , ▁cultural , ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁mob ility ▁of ▁C athol ics ▁in ▁the ▁Queensland ▁community ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁The ▁impos ing ▁and ▁coh er ent ▁architect ural ▁vision ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁recogn is able ▁style ▁of ▁building ▁( Ital ian ate ▁architecture ▁in ▁an ▁elev ated ▁setting ) ▁fav oured ▁by ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁in ▁Queensland , ▁especially ▁under ▁Arch b ish ops ▁Robert ▁Dun ne ▁and ▁James ▁Du h ig , ▁as ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁Catholic ▁asp ir ations ▁in ▁an ▁Ang lic an ▁and ▁Protest ant ▁domin ated ▁society . ▁Histor ically , ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁N ud ge e ▁College ▁belongs ▁to ▁a