cted ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Its ▁construction ▁reflected ▁a ▁state wide ▁rise ▁in ▁secondary ▁school ▁attend ance ▁combined ▁with ▁educational ▁reform . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁Queensland ▁had ▁experienced ▁a ▁rapid ▁growth ▁in ▁secondary ▁student ▁numbers , ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁post - war ▁" b aby ▁bo om " ▁and ▁increased ▁imm igration ▁( including ▁significant ▁numbers ▁of ▁C athol ics ) ▁combined ▁with ▁national ▁economic ▁growth . ▁These ▁changes ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁educational ▁re forms ▁brought ▁about ▁by ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁In qu iry ▁on ▁Second ary ▁Education ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁led ▁to ▁increased ▁numbers ▁in ▁the ▁Senior ▁School ▁at ▁St ▁Joseph ' s ▁N ud ge e ▁College ▁and ▁press ures ▁on ▁the ▁senior ▁curr icul um . ▁Im pro ved ▁fund ing ▁for ▁Catholic ▁School s ▁from ▁the ▁Federal ▁Government ▁a ided ▁the ▁expansion ▁necessary ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁these ▁changes . ▁ ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁it ▁was ▁clear ▁that ▁better ▁senior ▁facilities ▁would ▁be ▁needed . ▁Pl ans ▁for ▁a ▁self - cont ained ▁complex ▁for ▁the ▁senior ▁school ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁single ▁building ▁project ▁since ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Main ▁Building ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁and ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁cost ▁. ▁Const ruction ▁comm enced ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁The ▁complex ▁was ▁opened ▁and ▁bl essed ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁May ▁ 1 9