The battle of the colours: Irish Catholic identity, St Joseph's Nudgee College, and rugby 1891-1914
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Article Title | The battle of the colours: Irish Catholic identity, St Joseph's Nudgee College, and rugby 1891-1914 |
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ERA Journal ID | 20049 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kerby, Martin (Author), Baguley, Margaret (Author), MacDonald, Abbey (Author) and Cruickshank, Vaughan (Author) |
Journal Title | Irish Educational Studies |
Journal Citation | 41 (2), pp. 333-346 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0332-3315 |
1747-4965 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2020.1814840 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2020.1814840 |
Abstract | In the years either side of Federation in 1901, Australia’s Irish Catholics balanced two often contradictory impulses: their determination to retain their cultural and religious links with Ireland in the face of an often unsympathetic Protestant majority, and the desire to become ‘good’ Australians in order to make ‘a go’ of their lives in the new land. This paper explores how this process played out at St Joseph’s Nudgee College, a Christian Brothers’ day and boarding school in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and how sport played a central role in satisfying both imperatives. This discussion will be framed by the intersection of the social/political/ economic context of Queensland during the period 1891–1914. It will focus on the educational context in which the Irish Christian Brothers operated as they struggled to make the College a bastion of Irish Catholicism and a vehicle for the socio-economic advancement of their community. |
Keywords | Australia, Catholic education, Christian Brothers, education, Irish Catholics, Queensland, rugby, sport, St Joseph’s Nudgee College |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
500405. Religion, society and culture | |
390306. Secondary education | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
University of Tasmania | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5y06/the-battle-of-the-colours-irish-catholic-identity-st-joseph-s-nudgee-college-and-rugby-1891-1914
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