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May 2021

1930s-1940s: Growing, faltering and rallying

Emmanuel expanded in the 1930s, growing to be the largest of the six UQ colleges. Major renovations were completed, including the remodelling and cement rendering of the original building in 1931 and the addition of a new wing to accommodate more students in 1936. The College magazine of that year notes: “The Council has ever...
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1910s-1920s: War, then peace At Home

“Throughout the first ten years of its existence, Emmanuel had a struggle with circumstances as the war came on the heels of its inauguration with devastating effect.” These are the words of Emmanuel’s founder and inaugural Council Chairman Reverend Dr Ernest Northcroft Merrington MA writing on the occasion of the College’s silver jubilee in 1936....
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