1931~1940

1931~1970
1931
BBC MOVES TO TOOWONG WITH 193 STUDENTS.
M R P M H A M I LT O N I S A P P O I N T E D H E A D M A S T E R W I T H
MR A W RUDD AS DEPUTY HEADMASTER. THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE
I S R E N A M E D T H E P O R TA L A N D T H E B O AT E R B E C O M E S PA R T O F

1932 T H E U N I F O R M . A H O U S E S Y S T E M I S E S TA B L I S H E D I N T H I R D T E R M
W I T H T H R E E H O U S E S : W E S L E Y, K N O X A N D S C H O O L

1933
1933
N E W T E N N I S C O U R T S A R E O P E N E D A N D A B O AT S H E D AT
TOOWONG IS COMPLETED. COMPULSORY PHYSICAL
E D U C AT I O N C L A S S E S A R E I N T R O D U C E D

1934

1935
1935
BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER. THE FIRST TUCKSHOP IS
O P E N E D . A P A R E N T, M R M A L D W Y N D A V I E S , P R E S E N T S A B R O N Z E
SCHOOL BELL, CAST IN ENGLAND, TO THE COLLEGE. BOXING
IS INTRODUCED AS AN INTERNAL SCHOOL COMPETITION

1936

1937
1937
BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER. A HEADMASTER’S
R E S I D E N C E I S B U I LT N E X T T O T H E S C H O O L G AT E S I N
KENSINGTON TERRACE

1938

1939
1939
WHEN WAR IS DECLARED ON GERMANY THE TEACHING OF

1940
G E R M A N I S D I S C O N T I N U E D A S A F U L L C L A S S S U B J E C T.
B B C W I N S G P S AT H L E T I C S A N D T H E C O L L E G E
CADET CORPS REFORMS

GRAEME WILSON (1931–35) IS AWARDED THE FIRST

1941~1950 R H O D E S S C H O L A R S H I P. T H E C O L L E G E P I P E B A N D F O R M S
AND THE COLLEGE CONCERT THIS YEAR IS
T H E R E ’ L L A LWAY S B E A N E N G L A N D

1942
1942
BBC CLOSES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND
B O AT E R S B E C O M E U N AVA I L A B L E T O P U R C H A S E . A I R - R A I D
S H E LT E R S O R ‘ S L I T T R E N C H E S ’ A R E C O N S T R U C T E D AT
THE SCHOOL. GPS INTERSCHOOL SPORTS ARE

1943 SUSPENDED FROM 1942 TO 1945 WITH THE EXCEPTION

O F AT H L E T I C S , W H I C H B B C W I N S , A N D G Y M N A S T I C S

1944
1944
B O A R D E R S ( 1 7 3 ) O U T N U M B E R D AY S T U D E N T S ( 9 9 )

1945
FOR THE FIRST TIME

1945 85 OLD COLLEGIANS ARE KILLED DURING WORLD WAR II.

1946
M R H A M I L T O N I S T H E O N LY S T A F F M E M B E R T O R E M A I N A T
THE COLLEGE THROUGHOUT THE WAR

1946 BBC’S SECOND RHODES SCHOLAR IS GORDON W DONALDSON

1947
(1935–39) AND THE COLLEGE WINS THE FIRST OFFICIAL
HEAD OF THE RIVER SINCE THE WAR

1947 D R M c K E N Z I E C O M M E N C E S A S H E A D M A S T E R . A C H O I R I S E S TA B L I S H E D

1948
A N D V O C AT I O N A L G U I D A N C E I S I N T R O D U C E D . B B C W I N S T H E H E A D
O F T H E R I V E R A N D T H E G P S C R I C K E T P R E M I E R S H I P. C O N S T R U C T I O N
B E G I N S O N M I S K I N S T R E E T O VA L A N D T H E N E W C R I C K E T P I T C H

1948 HUGH DUNN (1938–42) BECOMES BBC’S

1949
THIRD RHODES SCHOLAR

1949 BBC WINS THE HEAD OF

1950
THE RIVER

BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS

1951~1960 1951
ON A NEW PRIMARY BLOCK. SCHOOL HOUSE IS DIVIDED INTO
TWO NEW HOUSES: RUDD AND CAMPBELL

T H E W A R M E M O R I A L S W I M M I N G P O O L I S O F F I C I A L LY O P E N E D .

1952
BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER AND THE
AIR TRAINING CORPS FORMS

1952 BBC WINS THE “HEAD OF THE RIVER”

1953

1954
1954
THE GPS RUGBY PREMIERSHIP IS SHARED BETWEEN BBC,

1955
NUDGEE, CHURCHIE AND TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR

1955 THE SCHOOL HYMN IS WRITTEN BY MR JIM BUCHANAN AND

1956
P L AY E D F O R T H E F I R S T T I M E AT S P E E C H N I G H T

1956 M R A J B I R T L E S B E G I N S A S T H E N E W P R I N C I PA L W I T H 5 1 5

1957
S T U D E N T S I N C L U D I N G 2 0 0 B O A R D E R S . T H E PA R E N T S A N D
F R I E N D S A S S O C I AT I O N F O R M S A N D B B C W I N S
THE HEAD OF THE RIVER

1957 BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER

1958

1959
1959
THE PIPE BAND REFORMS AFTER LAPSING IN 1945

1961~1970 1961
T H E O L D C O L L E G I A N S ’ A S S O C I AT I O N I N S TA L L

1962
THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER. BBC WINS THE
HEAD OF THE RIVER

1962 O N 2 7 O C T O B E R B B C F O U N D E R , M R A R T H U R R U D D PA S S E S A W AY.

1963
BBC WINS GPS ROWING AND CRICKET

1963 T H E N E W R U D D W I N G I S O F F I C I A L LY O P E N E D H O U S I N G J U N I O R A N D
S E N I O R S C I E N C E FA C I L I T I E S

1964

1965
1965
BBC TIES WITH BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

1966
IN THE HEAD OF THE RIVER

1966 BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER

1967

1968
1968
BBC WINS THE HEAD OF THE RIVER

1969

1970
PHILP HOUSE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE