▁entrance , ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁N ud ge e ▁College ▁has ▁been ▁important ▁in ▁fost ering ▁Catholic ▁up ward ▁mob ility ▁( social , ▁cultural , ▁economic ▁and ▁political ) ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁During ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁N ud ge e ▁College ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁large ▁educational ▁complex . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁structures ▁were ▁designed ▁by ▁prominent ▁Queensland ▁architect s ▁and ▁illustrate ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁Catholic ▁educational ▁architecture ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁The ▁College ▁remains ▁a ▁boys - only ▁school ▁and ▁the ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Brothers . ▁ ▁The ▁former ▁Main ▁Building , ▁containing ▁the ▁oldest ▁structures ▁on ▁the ▁site , ▁remains ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁college . ▁From ▁here ▁radi ate ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁develop ments ▁constructed ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁school ▁growth . ▁The ▁College ▁has ▁rarely ▁had ▁the ▁lux ury ▁of ▁building ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁growth ; ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁keeping ▁fe es ▁afford able ▁has ▁meant ▁that ▁funds ▁for ▁extensions ▁have ▁s eld om ▁been ▁easy ▁to ▁raise . ▁ ▁Although ▁Roman ▁C athol ics ▁compr ised ▁approximately ▁ 2 3 . 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁Queensland ▁population ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁when ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁College ▁at ▁N ud ge e ▁was ▁opened , ▁Queensland ▁Government ▁policy ▁dis adv ant aged ▁Catholic ▁schools . ▁The ▁Gram mar ▁School s ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁provided ▁government ▁support ▁to ▁Gram mar ▁School s , ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁denomin ational ▁schools . ▁Although ▁the