Griffith College history

He was nevertheless hanged in the Richmond Bridewell on December 18, 1883 and buried in an unmarked grave.

In 1892, after extensive re-building work, the Richmond Bridewell, now renamed Wellington Barracks, was occupied by troops of the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

After years of protracted decision making by the Queensland Government, former Managing-Director of Queensland Newspapers, Theodor Bray (later Sir Theodor) was approached in 1970 by the Queensland Minister for Education to plan a second university institution in Brisbane.

Theodor Bray accepted the challenge, handpicked the Interim Council (later the First Council) which met for the first time on 22nd January 1971 to begin planning.

Established in 1974, Griffith College is Ireland's leading independent third level institution, with campuses in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.

On the 5th March 1975 Griffith University began teaching at our foundation campus of Nathan.

Originally established as the Mid West Business Institute in 1988 to deliver accountancy programmes, it quickly grew to include a wide range of disciplines and remains the only independent third level college to provide engineering courses.

In 1997, Griffith College opened its doors on the Mount Gravatt (Brisbane) campus of Griffith University, to 98 students who were enrolled across 4 diplomas (Commerce, Hotel Management, IT and Design) and a tertiary preparation program.