History
In 1912 Canon William Perry French Morris founded the school at Ardencraig in Toowong, before establishing it on the present site in East Brisbane in 1918.
Canon Morris assigned Saint Magnus, a Viking Earl, as the Patron Saint of the school, and had hoped that the students would be referred to as 'Magnates'. It is said that he did not like the nickname 'Churchie' at first, however when it had become commonplace by the 1930s and respected around Queensland he accepted the change.
The school's name was changed from St. Magnus Hall Collegiate School For Boys, to The Cathedral School early in 1913, following a move to a new site at St John's Cathedral in the Brisbane central business district, where 33 boys completed the school year. Enrolments proved strong, and in 1916, with an enrolment of 106 students and the new name of Church of England Grammar School (CEGS), a decision was made to purchase land to build a new school. In 1918 the foundation stone was laid on the school's current site.
Ahead of the 1985 school year, the school name was changed once again to reflect the name change of the Church of England in Australia to the Anglican Church in Australia, with the school taking the official name Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS). However, popularly the school remained known as Churchie.
A fire started in the Anglican Church Middle School in the Lanskey Building just after 4:20PM on 7 December 2007, between two Year 7 classrooms. The automated fire system set the alarms and just after 4:30 the fire fighters arrived to find two classrooms badly damaged. Churchie celebrated its Centenary in 2012.
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