Name: St Thomas Aquinas School
Time: 1946 - 1966
Epoch: Late 20th Century
Category: Catholic Primary School
Institution Category: Education
Institution Group: Primary
Coordinates: -27.5001116666667, 152.999638333333
Street Address: Central Avenue, St Lucia
Suburb: St Lucia
Sector: Independent \'Catholic\'
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 7 Study Areas
St Thomas Aquinas School was named after the parish which was established in the late 1940s. It was operated by the Brigidine Sisters, based at Indooroopilly with lay teachers. It began as a day school which was housed in the recycled 1939-45 war huts on Eighth Avenue.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River; University of Queensland Lakes
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); Flood Gullies (Major); Hills (Large); Ridgeline (Swann Road and Hawkins Drive)
SLHG Papers: St Thomas Aquinas 1953 to 1966,19 Education in St Lucia
