Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc.
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| Formation | 1918 |
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| Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland |
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Membership
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Anglican Church Grammar School Brisbane Boys' College Brisbane Grammar School Brisbane State High School Ipswich Grammar School St. Joseph's Nudgee College St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace The Southport School Toowoomba Grammar School |
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Official language
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English |
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Secretary General
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Ms. Nicole L'Efevre |
The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. (GPS) is an elite association of nine south-east Queensland secondary schools established in 1918. With the exception of Brisbane State High School, GPS schools are all-boys private schools with Nudgee College being the dominating school. The GPS competition is open to male students only, with the exceptions of Debating and Chess. The corresponding south-east Queensland athletic competition for female secondary school students is the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA). The GPS competition encompasses a variety of sporting and cultural activities.
As of 2013, seventy per cent of Queensland's Rhodes Scholars have attended a GPS school.
There has been critics of the GPS competition of Brisbane State High's membership to the GPS Competition due to it being the only Public School in the GPS competition. Its membership is maintained despite dispute. The term "Public Schools" in the GPS acronym encompasses all public education including the Grammar Schools who are indeed themselves Public Schools. (Grammar Schools Act, 1860)
While no Junior School GPS Competition exists the following schools participate under a gratis basis. The affiliation of the Toowoomba Anglican College (previously the Toowoomba Preparatory School) is currently unknown however it is believed that it became associated as to provide rivalry to Grammar Junior (also located in Toowoomba) with the age of students and the required distance to travel to Brisbane Junior affiliates.
St Laurence's College was forced to leave the GPS in the 1920s because it did not have a cricket pitch and a football oval.
The schools have competed in an annual basketball premiership since 1986. A summary of First V winners appears below. For a full list of premiers by year, see http://www.gpsqld.org.au/.
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LIST OF GPS Basketball 1st V PREMIERS:
1986 Ipswich Grammar School
1987 Brisbane Boys' College
1988 Anglican Church Grammar School
1989 Anglican Church Grammar School
1990 Anglican Church Grammar School & Nudgee College
1991 Nudgee College & Ipswich Grammar School
1992 Nudgee College & Ipswich Grammar School
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