Addresses
Type of place
College
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Functionalist
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Nudgee Junior College
Nudgee Junior College
Addresses
Type of place
College
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Functionalist
The Nudgee Junior College at Indooroopilly was blessed and opened on 10 July 1938 by Archbishop Duhig. It was built to ease the boarding accommodation shortage at Nudgee College on the north of Brisbane. During World War II, the Junior College was taken over by the United States military and the US Army Station Hospital - the 153rd was established on the site in April 1942. Since the 1950s, the school has had various alterations and additions and in 1994, the boarding was relocated to Nudgee Senior College and Nudgee Junior became a day school.
This imposing masonry school building, designed by notable Brisbane architectural firm, Donoghue and Fulton, won the 1940 RAIA Qld. Chapter, Annual Award for Meritorious Architecture, Category - Ecclesiastical and Institutional, including Educational Buildings and Hospitals built between 1933 and 1939. This award acknowledges the interest in this type of building by the architectural community of the time. This building is arguably one of the best 1930s buildings in the European Modernist (sometimes referred to as Interwar Functionalist) style in Brisbane.
Also known as
Ambrose Treacy College, Junior College of St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College
Lot plan
L1_SP297758
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Face brick
People/associations
J.P. Donoghue and C.W.T. Fulton (Architect)Criterion for listing
(E) Aesthetic; (F) Technical; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Also known as
Ambrose Treacy College, Junior College of St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College
Lot plan
L1_SP297758
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Face brick
People/associations
J.P. Donoghue and C.W.T. Fulton (Architect)Criterion for listing
(E) Aesthetic; (F) Technical; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
Description
This large building is built of red brick, with visible sections of the roof clad in terra-cotta tiles (check). Architect designed in the 1930s, it is in the style of European Modernism of the Dudock School. The architectural massing, articulation and resolution of detail is skilled, inventive and impressive. Both the front and river elevations are of interest.
The Witton Road gateposts and decorative metalwork were removed circa 2006 when the roadway was widened.
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
References
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Courier Mail, 24 June 1938
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RAIA Queensland Chapter records
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised May 2024)