Name: St John’s College (Kangaroo Point)
Time: 1912 - 1956
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Category: University Residential College
Institution Category: Education
Institution Group: Tertiary
Coordinates: -27.481055, 153.033361666667
Street Address: St John’s College, River Terrace, Kangaroo Point
Suburb: Kangaroo Point
Sector: Independent \'Protestant\'
Local Study Area: Kangaroo Point-East Brisbane
Study Stage: MBSH Stage 3 Local Study Areas
St John’s College was founded by the Anglican Church in 1911. It was created as a university residential college for the new university in an adaption from the Oxbridge model. Only a small amount of axillary tutorials occurred in the Australian residential college system, and true college system existed with the relations with a theological centre. In the case of St John’s College, it was the St Francis Theological College.
St John’s College moved to the St Lucia campus in 1956.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains; Ridgeline (Steep); Major River Penninsula
Nicholls, Paul. Venture of Faith: A Centenary History of St John’s College, the University of Queensland, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, North Melbourne, 2014.
Raymont, Philip. Donaldson’s College: Archbishop St Clair Donaldson and the Foundation of St John’s College, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld, 1998.
St John’s College, Kangaroo Point. St John’s College Gallery http://www.stjohns.uq.edu.au/home/our-college/college-history/]
