The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. (GPS) is an incorporated body involving a small number of Private secondary schools and Brisbane State High School in a variety of sporting and cultural activities.

The GPS Association Schools

GPS Schools include Brisbane State High School, State Grammar Schools created under the Queensland Grammar Schools Act, and some more prestigious religious schools.

The GPS Schools are:

• Anglican Church Grammar School, founded 1912
• Brisbane Boys' College, founded 1902
• Brisbane Grammar School, founded 1868
• Brisbane State High School, founded 1921
• Ipswich Grammar School, founded 1863
• St. Joseph's Nudgee College, founded 1891
• St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, founded 1875
• The Southport School, founded 1901
• Toowoomba Grammar School, founded 1875

St Laurence's College in South Brisbane was a short time member, but was compelled to leave the association in the 1920s due to the fact that it did not have both a turf wicket and a football oval.

The Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc

The Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc (QGSSSA), working in collaboration with GPS, coordinates the equivalent program for female students.

The QGSSSA schools are:

• Brisbane Girls Grammar School, founded 1875
• Brisbane State High School, founded 1921
• Clayfield College, founded 1931
• Ipswich Girls Grammar School, founded
• Moreton Bay College
• St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
• St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
• St Hilda's School, founded 1912
• St Peters Lutheran College, founded 1945
• Somerville House, founded 1899

See also

• Education in Australia

External links

• The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc.

References

• T. Max Hawkins, The Queensland Great Public Schools - A History (Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1965).

High schools in Australia

Queensland Great Public Schools | Associations of schools