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 | motto_translation       = A Sign of Faith
 | location                = [[Boondall, Queensland|Boondall]], [[Queensland]]
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 | type                    = [[Independent school|Independent]] primary and secondary [[Day school|day]] and [[Boarding school|boarding]] school
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 | alumni = [[List of Nudgee College Old Boys|Nudgee College Old Boys]]
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'''St Joseph's Nudgee College''' (commonly referred to as '''Nudgee College''' or simply '''Nudgee''') is an [[Independent school|independent]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] for boys, located in [[Boondall, Queensland|Boondall]], a northern suburb of [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].

The school was founded by the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]] in 1891 as a result of the large numbers of boarders at [[St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace]], also operated by the Christian Brothers, and insufficient room to house the boarders. Both schools share St. Joseph's College as part of their name and follow the [[Edmund Ignatius Rice|Edmund Rice]] tradition, administered via [[Edmund Rice Education Australia]]. Nudgee currently caters for approximately 1,600 students from [[Year Five|Year 5]] to [[Year Twelve|Year 12]], including 300 boarders.

In 2006, some of the [[Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee|buildings of the school]] were listed in the [[Queensland Heritage Register]].<ref>{{cite QHR|16508|St Joseph's Nudgee College|601771|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref>

St Joseph's is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),<ref name=ABSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=37 |title= St Joseph's Nudgee College |access-date=27 December 2007 |work=Schools |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117110828/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=37 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=17 November 2007}}</ref> the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),<ref name=AHISA>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2232 |title=AHISA Schools |access-date=26 December 2007 |date=November 2007 |work=Queensland |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071102165145/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2232 |archive-date=2 November 2007}}</ref> the [[Junior School Heads Association of Australia]] (JSHAA),<ref name=JSHAA>{{cite web|url= http://www.jshaa.asn.au/queensland/directory/index.asp|title= JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members|access-date= 27 December 2007|work= Queensland Branch|publisher= Junior School Heads Association of Australia|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080412150848/http://www.jshaa.asn.au/queensland/directory/index.asp|archive-date= 12 April 2008}}</ref> and is a founding member of the [[Great Public Schools Association of Queensland]] (GPS).<ref name=bhsgps>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au/home/extra1/pages/overview.htm |title=GPS Schools |access-date=27 December 2007 |work=Sport and Music |publisher=Brisbane State High School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831074403/http://www.brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au/home/extra1/pages/overview.htm |archive-date=31 August 2007 }}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:StateLibQld 2 184803 Dumbell drill on the front lawn of Nudgee College, Brisbane, 1898.jpg|thumb|Dumbbell drill on the front lawn of Nudgee College, 1898]]
The college was established in 1891, as the boarding campus for St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Its location was selected by Brother [[Patrick Ambrose Treacy]], founder of the Australian Province of the Christian Brothers, at the request of the Archbishop of Brisbane at the time, [[Robert Dunne (bishop)|Robert Dunne]]. Brother D. F. Bodkin was appointed first Headmaster.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

At the time of Nudgee College's Golden Jubilee in 1941, the late Archbishop Sir James Duhig described the college as being "the jewel in the crown of the Christian Brothers' Schools in Queensland".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cms02.nudgee.com/public/about/college-history|title=College History {{!}} St Joseph's Nudgee College|website=cms02.nudgee.com|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183546/http://cms02.nudgee.com/public/about/college-history|archive-date=10 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== School buildings ===
{{Main|Buildings of St Joseph's College, Nudgee}}
The main building was completed in 1891; the architect was [[Andrea Stombuco]].<ref name=qhr>{{cite QHR|16508|St Joseph's Nudgee College|601771|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref> The façade of this building was used in the movie ''[[Phar Lap (film)|Phar Lap]]''. The matching chapel was completed in 1916 and is used for weddings and funerals in addition to school celebrations. In 1993, after refurbishment, it won [[Australian Institute of Architects|Royal Australian Institute of Architects]] Conservation Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kda.com.au/awards.html |title=Awards|access-date=20 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819134042/http://www.kda.com.au/awards.html |archive-date=19 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Regional Commendation. A second school building was completed in 1919. All three buildings were completed in the [[Australian non-residential architectural styles#Italian Renaissance|Italian Renaissance]] style.

In 1938, Nudgee Junior College was opened at a separate campus in [[Indooroopilly]]. In 2015, it was renamed [[Ambrose Treacy College]].

Building has continued at Boondall, and the campus now has sporting and academic facilities including technologically advanced classrooms throughout the school, an award-winning multi-level learning centre, science laboratories, a vocational education centre, a 400-seat auditorium, 13 playing fields for cricket, rugby and football, 12 tennis courts, indoor and outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, a multi-purpose gymnasium, an Olympic grade athletics track, a weights room, Olympic 50-metre and 25-metre heated swimming pools, a sound-proofed, digital recording studio, art workshops, and cattle yards.

== Controversies ==
In July 1967, a 17-year-old student of the college, John Frances Treacy, was murdered outside the chapel by a 29-year-old man, John Martin Heywood. Heywood had befriended Treacy while in hospital in August 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/st-josephs-nudgee-college-remembers-john-treacy-50-years-after-on-campus-murder/news-story/b6b5428bec803eb76abb64e1b929eedc|title=St Joseph's Nudgee College remembers John Treacy 50 years after on campus murder|date=12 July 2017|work=Courier Mail|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429155742/http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/st-josephs-nudgee-college-remembers-john-treacy-50-years-after-on-campus-murder/news-story/b6b5428bec803eb76abb64e1b929eedc|archive-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Heywood, who had a long criminal history, was convicted of the murder, and spent the remainder of his life in prison or in mental hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/86827/cif-heywood-jm-20091203.pdf|title=Office of the State Coroner: Inquest into the death of John Martin Heywood|date=3 December 2009|publisher=Queensland Courts|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322014109/https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/86827/cif-heywood-jm-20091203.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 1996, Brother Stephen David McLaughlin, Nudgee College headmaster from 1988 to 1993, wrote an article in ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'' in which he claimed to have personally cared for more than 40 foster children in conjunction with Nudgee College and the Queensland Families Department.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/courier-mail-newspaper-clipping/101265464|title=The Borthers they DO trust|date=September 1996|work=The Courier Mail|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505103958/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/courier-mail-newspaper-clipping/101265464|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, in August 2022, the Queensland State Government [[Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services|Children's Department]] confirmed McLaughlin was given "caring responsibilities" for foster children in the 1990s despite having never been "formally assessed" as a foster carer. Children's Department Minister [[Leanne Linard]] said she had ordered a review of the arrangement involving foster children being placed at the Nudgee College.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-05/qld-inquiry-foster-children-nudgee-college-stephen-mclaughlin/101299600|title=Queensland government to review convicted child abuser and former Nudgee College principal Stephen McLaughlin's care of foster children|date=4 August 1996|work=ABC News|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505103959/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-05/qld-inquiry-foster-children-nudgee-college-stephen-mclaughlin/101299600|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 October 1997, McLaughlin delivered a speech at the Nudgee College annual speech night in which he defended the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christians Brothers]] against accusations of [[child sexual abuse]] claiming there is an "orchestrated campaign where few individuals are systematically targeting and attempting to destroy the hard-won reputations of brother after brother" and McLaughlin asked the Nudgee community to "fight for the Christian Brothers because we need you to support us in this time of real need." The entire speech was submitted to [[Australian Senate|Parliament]] by [[John Herron (Australian politician)|Senator Herron]] on 11 November 1997.<ref>{{Cite Hansard|jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia|house=Senate|title=ADJOURNMENT Christian Brothers|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-11-11%2F0287%22|date=11 November 1997 |page=8819|speaker=Senator Herron|position=Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530014948/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-11-11%2F0287%22||archive-date=30 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2008, a 59-year-old man from {{VICcity|Richmond}}, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], accused a [[priest]] from the college of abusing him and four other students who have since committed suicide due to the abuse. The college was unable to locate any records of the man attending the school and denied any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/abused-student-mystery/2008/08/24/1219516217900.html|title=Abused student mystery|date=24 August 2008|work=Brisbane Times|access-date=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911091310/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/abused-student-mystery/2008/08/24/1219516217900.html|archive-date=11 September 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 April 2013, two students at St Joseph's Nudgee College, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on Tuesday on charges of possession and supply of [[steroids]]. Both were expelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/st-josephs-nudgee-college-rocked-by-steroids-arrests/story-e6freoof-1226634149907|title=St. Joseph's Nudgee College rocked by steroids arrests|date=3 May 2013|work=The Courier-Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513072751/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/st-josephs-nudgee-college-rocked-by-steroids-arrests/story-e6freoof-1226634149907 |archive-date=13 May 2013 }}</ref>

In July 2017, the school's ''Nth Degree'' magazine published a photo of McLaughlin attending a birthday celebration at the college that took place on 31 May 2017 despite being under police investigation for child sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy in 2015.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ncoba.com.au/qld/ncoba/uploads/files/NUD105717%20-%20Nth%20Degree%20Magazine_JULY%202017_VOL%2025_FINAL%20(2).pdf|title=Maggie Shaw's 90th Birthday|date=July 2017| magazine=Nt Degree Magazine|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504093103/https://ncoba.com.au/qld/ncoba/uploads/files/NUD105717%20-%20Nth%20Degree%20Magazine_JULY%202017_VOL%2025_FINAL%20%282%29.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, in July 2022, a spokesman for Nudgee College said due to separation between the college and the Christian Brothers, they were not aware of any discussions in 2017 related to claims made against McLaughlin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/qld-stephen-mclaughlin-christian-brother-nudgee-college/101174684|title=Former Nudgee College principal Stephen McLaughlin attended school celebration despite allegations of child sexual abuse|date=25 July 2022|work=ABC News|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505110955/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/qld-stephen-mclaughlin-christian-brother-nudgee-college/101174684|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2018 at the schools annual [[Saint Joseph's Day|St Joseph's Feast Day]] Mass, current principal Peter Fullagar offered a public apology on behalf of the current St Joseph's Nudgee College community for abuse committed by religious and past staff at the school.<ref>{{Cite mailing list|url=https://archive.org/download/screencapture-mail-google-mail-u-0-2023-05-05-10_16_17/screencapture-mail-google-mail-u-0-2023-05-05-10_16_17.pdf|title=Important Message|date=23 March 2018|mailing-list=Nudgee College Old Boys' Association}}</ref>

In March 2022, after several failed police investigations related to child abuse allegations in the late 1990s and early 2000s including allegedly taking children to stay with him in motels, McLaughlin was found guilty on two counts of abusing a 12-year-old child he had been babysitting in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/exprivate-school-principal-sentenced-for-child-sex-offences/news-story/6433183e1397499191ced6177c6db8e6|title=Ex-private school principal sentenced for child sex offences|date=31 March 2022|work=The Courier-Mail|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505115848/https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/exprivate-school-principal-sentenced-for-child-sex-offences/news-story/6433183e1397499191ced6177c6db8e6|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2022, The Courier Mail reported that Queensland police were looking into an alleged incident between a Nudgee student and a man believed to a bus driver after students shared details in TikTok videos. Nudgee Principal, Mr Peter Fullagar said "There is no proof of the identity of persons in the video. Nudgee College is working with the Child Protection Unit and relevant police authorities."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/nudgee-college-student-allegedly-in-sexual-incident-on-video/news-story/5b1cb97944db1fd4f45cc4087caa42af?amp&nk=6b7af5c36451a1c2d752cff8fd5297f9-1648118303|title=Nudgee College student allegedly in sexual incident on video|date=23 March 2022|work=The Courier-Mail|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220324103815/https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/nudgee-college-student-allegedly-in-sexual-incident-on-video/news-story/5b1cb97944db1fd4f45cc4087caa42af?amp&nk=6b7af5c36451a1c2d752cff8fd5297f9-1648118303|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 24 July 2022, [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News Australia]] published a comprehensive report into McLaughlin and his relationship with Nudgee Old Boy and convicted [[Child sexual abuse|child molester]] Dennis Norman Douglas.<ref>{{Cite court|url=https://www.queenslandjudgments.com.au/caselaw/qca/2019/215|litigants =R v Douglas[2019] QCA 215|date=15 October 2019|court=Supreme Court of Queensland|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505123140/https://www.queenslandjudgments.com.au/caselaw/qca/2019/215|url-status=live}}</ref> The report described Queensland Police [[Task Force Argos]] attempts to convict McLaughlin over a 25-year period including allegations he took children for overnight stays at popular motels and lavished money on his alleged victims and their families.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/nudgee-college-christian-brother-stephen-mclaughlin-child-abuse/101265496|title=Hidden in plain sight|date=31 March 2022|work=The Courier-Mail|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505120134/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/nudgee-college-christian-brother-stephen-mclaughlin-child-abuse/101265496|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkW18jNdzM|title=The decades-long hunt for an alleged predator|date=25 July 2022|work=ABC News|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505120134/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkW18jNdzM|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2022, Nudgee College issued a statement to say it was conducting a review into the naming of one of its boarding houses after the school's former [[Boarding school|boarding]] master and deputy principal Brother Darcy Fidelis Murphy following the ABC News report into historical [[child sexual abuse]] allegations made against him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-08/qld-christian-brother-darcy-murphy-abuse-allegation-st-brendans/101462588|title=Christian Brother Darcy Murphy accused of sexually assaulting boy at Yeppoon's St Brendan's College in 1970s|date=7 October 2022|work=ABC News|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505120506/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-08/qld-christian-brother-darcy-murphy-abuse-allegation-st-brendans/101462588|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-21/qld-nudgee-college-house-named-after-brother-murphy-child-abuse/101557178|title=St Joseph's Nudgee College to review naming of school house after paedophile Christian Brother Darcy Fidelis Murphy|date=20 October 2022|work=ABC News|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505120508/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-21/qld-nudgee-college-house-named-after-brother-murphy-child-abuse/101557178|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Battle of the Colours ===
In 1991, the following was printed in the Centennial Rugby Program, dubbed "The Battle of The Colours", for the 100th anniversary of the annual Nudgee vs Terrace rugby match:<ref>{{cite book |title=Nudgee College Centenary Rugby Programme, The Battle of the Colours |first=B. D. |last=Honan |year=1991 }}</ref>

{{Blockquote|Before Nudgee existed, [[St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace]] wore the colours Nudgee wears today – blue and white. A popular story, especially at Nudgee, is that when Nudgee began and had to choose it colours, there was a great debate as to whether the original school, Terrace, or its "extension" school, Nudgee, should have the blue and white. No amount of debate could solve the dispute so it was decided to rest the colour dispute on the first ever Nudgee-Terrace rugby match. Nudgee won and Terrace then chose colours diametrically opposed. The blue became red and the white became black.|B. D. Honan in ''Nudgee College Centenary Rugby Programme, The Battle of the Colours'', 1991.}}

The result of the Centennial Nudgee v Terrace rugby match was a 15-all draw.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.braveandgame.com.au/PDFs/Terrace%20GPS%20Rugby%20Results.pdf |title=Terrace GPS Rugby Results (1918 - 2008) |journal=Brand and Game |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102400/http://www.braveandgame.com.au/PDFs/Terrace%20GPS%20Rugby%20Results.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.braveandgame.com.au/MatchReport.aspx?id=244 |title=Terrace News |journal=Brand and Game |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230163454/http://www.braveandgame.com.au/MatchReport.aspx?id=244 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |volume=19 |number=25 |date=8 August 1991 |access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>

== Academic ==
Nudgee College's teaching and learning ethos aligns with Art Costa's Habits of Mind framework.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artcostacentre.com/html/habits.htm|title=The Art Costa Centre for Thinking|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803153144/http://www.artcostacentre.com/html/habits.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to a wide range of subject offerings, Nudgee offers students access to learning support, an enrichment and extension program and a vocational education and training program. The school is also a pioneer in the field of [[flipped learning]].

== Co-curricular ==
As a member school of the GPS Association, Nudgee students are able to take part in cricket, rowing, volleyball, debating, swimming, football, tennis, cross country (athletics), rugby, basketball, chess, and track and field (athletics). The school also offers students access to an extensive music program, Theatresports, a robotics and steam club, and a cattle club, Art Club.

=== ''The Season'' ===
In 2017, Nudgee College was featured in series one of Onion TV's production of ''The Season''. The series followed the school's first XV as they progressed through the 2017 GPS season, which ultimately ended with a tied Premiership with [[The Southport School]]. ''The Season'' aired on Fox Sports 3 in Australia and Sky Sports in New Zealand. The episodes are now available to watch on the school's YouTube channel.

==Nudgee International College==
While Nudgee International College sat within the grounds of St Joseph's Nudgee College at Boondall, Nudgee International College was a completely separate entity and was not part of St Joseph's Nudgee College. In early 2012 it was announced that the Nudgee International College would close.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nudgeeinternational.com/ |title=Nudgee International|website= St Joseph's College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806205239/http://www.nudgeeinternational.com/ |archive-date=6 August 2012 |access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> The site has ceased to function as a separate college since late 2012. The building and facilities were turned over to the St Joseph's Nudgee College and the site was repurposed by the school for planned redevelopment.

==Notable alumni==
{{main|List of Nudgee College Old Boys}}
{{alumni|date=July 2021}}

=== Academia, medicine and science ===
* Dr Prof [[John Boldeman]]{{spaced endash}}nuclear scientist, best known for his work on the ANTARES Tandem Accelerator and the Australian [[synchrotron]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/old-boys-do-us-proud-john-boldeman-andrew-jesset/543304/ |newspaper=Fraser Coast Chronicle |date=28 May 2010 |first=Loretta |last=Bryce |accessdate=31 January 2017 |url-status=live |archivedate=31 January 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131015627/http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/old-boys-do-us-proud-john-boldeman-andrew-jesset/543304/ |title='Old boys' do us proud  }}</ref> 
<!-- * Dr [[Steven Cerutti]]{{spaced endash}}cardiac anaesthetist -->
* [[Francis Patrick Donovan]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}{{spaced endash}}1946 Rhodes scholar<ref name=Rhodes/>
* [[Neal Macrossan]]{{spaced endash}}1907 Rhodes scholar<ref name=Rhodes>{{cite web |url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/docs/rhodes-scholars-list.doc |title=nword Rhodes Scholars |accessdate=2 July 2008 |format=doc |work=Rhodes Scholarship |publisher=University of Queensland |archive-date=12 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912021728/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/docs/rhodes-scholars-list.doc |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Dr [[Harry Windsor (surgeon)|Harry Windsor]]{{spaced endash}}Australia's first heart transplant surgeon<ref name=ad-bio15874>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/windsor-henry-matthew-john-harry-15874 Windsor, Henry Matthew John (Harry) (1914–1987)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401171819/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/windsor-henry-matthew-john-harry-15874 |date=1 April 2015 }}.  John Carmody, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (MUP), 2012. Australian National University</ref>

=== Arts, entertainment and music ===
* [[Jacob Elordi]]{{spaced endash}}actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nudgee.com/latest-news/up-in-lights/|title=Up in Lights » Nudgee College|website=www.nudgee.com|language=en-GB|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703075536/https://www.nudgee.com/latest-news/up-in-lights/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ron Grainer]]{{spaced endash}}composer
* [[Pete Murray (Australian singer-songwriter)|Pete Murray]]{{spaced endash}}singer-songwriter

=== Business ===
* [[Ian Rice]]{{spaced endash}}property developer and former president of Carlton Blues<ref name="golden">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ce9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1622%2C3526120|title=Golden boy image fits|newspaper=The Age|date=25 September 1979|first1=Richard|last1=Willis|first2=Janne|last2=Apelgren|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190623/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ce9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1622,3526120|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Politics, public service and the law===
* Archbishop [[John Bathersby]]{{spaced endash}}Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/archbishop-retires-to-his-heavenly-home/news-story/46b9560b80b28820dbd2883aa7dc4ab0?sv=a777dd6d4dd481ef142c007f88d40129|title=Retiring Catholic Archbishop John Bathersby farewelled at Brisbane's St Stephen's Cathedral|date=19 December 2011|first=Paddy|last=Hintz|publisher=News Corp|newspaper=The Courier Mail|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Byrne (mayor)|Kevin Byrne]]{{spaced endash}}former Mayor of Cairns
* The Hon [[Hugh Denis Macrossan]]{{spaced endash}}State MLA, 1912–1915 and Chief Justice of Queensland, 1940<ref>{{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macrossan-hugh-denis-7445 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |date=1986 |accessdate=31 January 2017 |url-status=live |first=W. Ross |last=Johnston |title=Macrossan, Hugh Denis (1881–1940) |archivedate=5 March 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155603/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macrossan-hugh-denis-7445 |publisher=Australian National University  }}</ref>
* [[Neal Macrossan]]{{spaced endash}}Chief Justice of Queensland, 1946–1955<ref>{{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macrossan-neal-william-11028 |archivedate=30 July 2012 |url-status=live |publisher=Australian National University |first=P.D. |last=Connolly |title=Macrossan, Neal William (1889–1955) |accessdate=31 January 2017 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730013110/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macrossan-neal-william-11028  }}</ref>
* The Hon [[John Muir (judge)|John Muir]]{{spaced endash}}Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland (retired 27 December 2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-29/court-of-appeal-judge-john-muir-email-against-tim-carmody/5633446 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |website=ABC News |archivedate=1 November 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101064635/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-29/court-of-appeal-judge-john-muir-email-against-tim-carmody/5633446 |first=Matt |last=Wordsworth |date=29 July 2014 |accessdate=31 January 2017 |title=Court of Appeal judge John Muir attacks new Chief Justice Tim Carmody in email to former Nudgee College classmates  }}</ref> 
* [[Ted O'Brien (Australian politician)|Ted O'Brien]]{{spaced endash}}Member for Fairfax
<!-- * [[Kevin O'Leary (politician)|Kevin O'Leary]]{{spaced endash}}longest continuous member of the Australian Labor Party<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110201184028/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/kevin-oleary-is-labors-truest-believer/story-e6frerex-1225856096591 Kevin O'Leary is Labor's truest believer | Courier Mail]</ref> -->
* [[Neil O'Sullivan]]{{spaced endash}}Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Stevenson|first=Brian F. |authorlink= |year=2000|id=A150638b |title= O'Sullivan, Sir Michael Neil (1900–1968) |accessdate=23 October 2007 }}</ref>
* The Hon [[Warwick Parer]]{{spaced endash}} Senator and Minister, 1984–2000<ref>{{citation |url=http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2014/03/warwick-parer-member-of-famed-family-dies-unexpectedly-at-77.html  |title=Warwick Parer, member of famed family, dies unexpectedly at 77  |first=Keith  |last=Jackson  |date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live  |accessdate=31 January 2017  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724031411/http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2014/03/warwick-parer-member-of-famed-family-dies-unexpectedly-at-77.html  |archivedate=24 July 2015  |website=PNG Attitude }}</ref>
* [[Tom Quilty]]{{spaced endash}}pastoralist, philanthropist, and bush poet<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160049b.htm|title=Biography – Thomas John Quilty – Australian Dictionary of Biography|via=anu.edu.au|accessdate=10 November 2015|first=Cathie|last=Clement|chapter=Quilty, Thomas John (1887–1979)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|archive-date=12 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612024641/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160049b.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
<!-- * [[The Hon. Mark Ryan (politician)|Mark Ryan]]{{spaced endash}}Member for Morayfield, 2009 – 2012, 2015 – current; Minister for Police 2016 – current<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1271123259574866&id=212082928812243|author=Nudgee College Old Boys' Association|date=14 November 2016|title=Congratulations to Old Boy Mark Ryan (NC 1996–2000) who has recently been sworn in as Queensland's Police and Emergency Services Minister. |publisher=Facebook|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref> -->
* [[Mick Veivers]]{{spaced endash}}former coalition government minister, and rugby league football player<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.goldcoastsport.com.au/Hall-Of-Fame/inductees/Mick-Veivers.html|title=Mick Veivers |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324164153/http://www.goldcoastsport.com.au/Hall-Of-Fame/inductees/Mick-Veivers.html|archivedate=24 March 2023|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-status=live |website=Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame  }}</ref>
* [[Terry White]]{{spaced endash}}former Liberal Party leader in Queensland and founder of Terry White Chemists<ref>{{cite book|last=Koch|first=Anthony|title=A Prescription for Change: The Terry White Story|publisher=University of Queensland Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7022-3742-3}}</ref>
* [[Mark Ryan (Australian politician)|Mark Ryan]] MP &ndash; Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services

===Sport===
* [[Jason Akermanis]]{{spaced endash}}Australian rules player<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/jason-akermanis-a-colourful-life-20100601-wt1d.html Jason Akermanis, a colourful life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821104708/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/jason-akermanis-a-colourful-life-20100601-wt1d.html |date=21 August 2018 }} By Will Brodie for The Age. June 1, 2010</ref>
<!-- * [[Illiwa Baldwin]]{{spaced endash}}basketball player for Nevada Wolf Pack<ref name="ktvn.com">[http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=12338202 Baldwin Signs With Wolf Pack Men's Basketball – KTVN Channel 2 – Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/illy-has-rubbed-shoulders-with-nba-greats/1969174/ |newspaper=The Observer |date=3 August 2013 |title=Gladstone's 'Illy' has rubbed shoulders with NBA greats |author=jjones |accessdate=31 January 2017 |url-status=live |publisher=Gladstone Newspaper Company Pty Ltd |archivedate=31 January 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131024703/http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/illy-has-rubbed-shoulders-with-nba-greats/1969174/  }}</ref> -->
* [[Leith Brodie]]{{spaced endash}}swimmer, bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
* [[Joe Burns (cricketer)|Joe Burns]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
<!-- * [[Steven Cerutti]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union football player -->
* [[Jamie Charman]]{{spaced endash}}Australian rules football player<ref>[https://amp.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/charmans-nudgee-secret-out/news-story/39cc93bcad7433f7240f385cb9e59ca8 Jamie Charman's Nudgee College secret revealed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214081248/https://amp.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/charmans-nudgee-secret-out/news-story/39cc93bcad7433f7240f385cb9e59ca8 |date=14 December 2021 }} by Robert Craddock for CourierMail. February 18, 2009</ref>
* [[Lionel Cox (cyclist)|Lionel Cox]]{{spaced endash}}cyclist, gold and silver medallist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/former-olympic-gold-cyclist-lionel-cox-dies/story-e6frf7l6-1225838928789 |title=Former Olympic gold cyclist Lionel Cox dies {{!}} Herald Sun |access-date=7 July 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614132226/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/former-olympic-gold-cyclist-lionel-cox-dies/story-e6frf7l6-1225838928789 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Cresswell]]{{spaced endash}}basketball player for Cairns Marlins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Attachments/Community/Coaching/X___O_March_05.pdf |title=Xs & Os|accessdate=2 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324080036/http://www.basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Attachments/Community/Coaching/X___O_March_05.pdf |archivedate=24 March 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ababasketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?id%3D7287%26orgID%3D101%26Oname%3DACC%26O1c%3D16%26O10c%3D7 |title=2008 'Champion' ACC National Finals |accessdate=2 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321140116/http://ababasketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?id=7287&orgID=101&Oname=ACC&O1c=16&O10c=7 |archivedate=21 March 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ababasketball.net.au/_uploads/res/101_6736.html |title=Game Box Score |accessdate=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321141610/http://www.ababasketball.net.au/_uploads/res/101_6736.html |archivedate=21 March 2012  }}</ref><ref>[[Australian Basketball Association]]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nudgee.com/public/gps-sport/basketball |title=Basketball {{!}} St Joseph's Nudgee College |website=www.nudgee.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117122430/http://www.nudgee.com/public/gps-sport/basketball |archive-date=2009-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipans.com/article/id/gtjerhpu3mw0znhbdmtqyesl |title=Article - the Official Website of the Cairns Taipans |accessdate=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020633/http://www.taipans.com/article/id/gtjerhpu3mw0znhbdmtqyesl |archivedate=20 April 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Rocky Elsom]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Elton Flatley]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Josh Flook]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Nicholas Hall]]{{spaced endash}}jockey<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bunburymail.com.au/news/national/national/sport/nick-has-hallmark-of-a-champion/1426461.aspx |title=Nick has Hall-mark of a champion – National News – National – Sport – Bunbury Mail |access-date=7 July 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225105810/http://www.bunburymail.com.au/news/national/national/sport/nick-has-hallmark-of-a-champion/1426461.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Sean Hardman]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Nathan Hauritz]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
* [[Peter Hewat]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
<!-- * [[Lloyd Ingram]]{{spaced endash}}basketball player for Nevada Wolf Pack<ref name="ktvn.com"/> -->
* [[Damian Istria]]{{spaced endash}} gymnast, gold and silver medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/damian-istria-1.html Damian Istria Biography and Olympic Results {{pipe}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026043228/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/damian-istria-1.html |date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[Mark Loane]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Chris Lynn]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
* [[Jimmy Maher]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
* [[Will Magnay]]{{spaced endash}}Australian Nba/Nbl basketball player currently plays for Tasmania jack jumpers
* [[Paul McLean (rugby union)|Paul McLean]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Jack McLoughlin]]{{spaced endash}}1500m Freestyle, 2016 Rio Olympics
* [[Sean McMahon]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Hugh McMeniman]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Nathan McSweeney]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
* [[Harley Moore]] – representative rower
* [[Matt Moore (Basketball)|Matt Moore]]{{spaced endash}}basketball player for South East Melbourne Magic and Brisbane Bullets
* [[James O'Connor (rugby)|James O'Connor]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austschools.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id%3D95976 |title=RugbyNet - Australian Schools Rugby Union |accessdate=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216134307/http://www.austschools.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=95976 |archivedate=16 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Reesjan Pasitoa]] – rugby union player
* [[Brenton Rickard]]{{spaced endash}}swimmer, silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24179161-5016786,00.html|title=FOX SPORTS {{pipe}} Live Sports Scores {{pipe}} NRL, AFL, Cricket Scores|access-date=27 August 2008|archive-date=30 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530014956/https://www.foxsports.com.au/wp-content/js/mobile-useragent-info.js|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dom Shipperley]]{{spaced endash}}rugby union player
* [[Mitchell Swepson]]{{spaced endash}}cricketer
* [[James Tuttle (rugby union)|James Tuttle]] &ndash; Rugby Union player 
<!-- * [[Alex Whetton]]{{spaced endash}}Australian rules football umpire -->

==See also==
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* [[Catholic education in Australia]]
* [[List of schools in Queensland]]
* [[List of boarding schools]]
* [[Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc.]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nudgee College}}
* [http://www.nudgee.com St. Joseph's Nudgee College website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4H7XHMdzwF9umt7ykEmXg St Joseph's College, Nudgee YouTube channel]

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