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Welcome to the BKTC Graduates & Friends Website.
Extracts from the Latest Newsletter, March/April 2011
2011 Centenary Celebrations
Special Offer!
Our Graduates Remember centenary publication is now $20 + freight
Photos from the BKTC Centenary Gala Dinner are now available to view on Flickr.
If you would like a high-resolution copy of any of these photos, please contact the Alumni office with the photo number/s you are interested in.
The Brisbane Kindergarten Training College opened its doors to students in September 1911 with one staff member and five students. When the College closed its doors in December 1981 there were over 400 students and approximately 30 full time staff.
The BKTC Graduates & Friends has arranged commemorative events so that our members and others can celebrate the work that graduates of BKTC (have in the past and will continue to) contribute to the care and education of young children in Queensland. These 2011 events celebrate the graduates of seventy years when BKTC existed as an independent institution for early childhood teacher education.
The QUT Alumni is actively supporting these centenary celebrations. BKTC is one of the earliest predecessor institutions of QUT.
Find out more about the BKTC
2010 Event Reports
Centenary Coffee Table Book
Graduates Remember - An Oral History of BKTC Graduates from 1911-1981 in this our Centenary Year.
Over one hundred graduates tell tales about living and learning at the Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College. View the images, read the stories, relive the memories. Laugh with our graduates as they reminisce about dress codes, soirees, trams and much more...
"This is more than a history of one of Queensland's significant educational institutions. The rich context in which the impressions of past students and staff have been placed explains vividly the changing social and political experiences and expectations of broader Queensland.."
- Helen Gregory, Queensland social historian
The book is available to purchase for $20 + postage. Download the order form (PDF,392KB).
2010 Event Reports
 Jean Ferguson OAM Memorial lecture
One hundred guests, a capacity audience, mingled over food and drinks at this ninth annual function. This was a time for catching up with colleagues and getting ready to listen and to comment on an issue currently exercising the minds and emotions of so many involved with promoting good practice in early childhood programs.
Once assembled for the panel discussion, guests were welcomed by Convenor Jennette Lavis. Then Acting Chancellor, Hugh Nalder, provided information about QUT's current priorities.
A tribute to Jean Ferguson OAM was delivered by Judith McDonell. Professor Ann Farrell updated the audience on the activities of the QUT School of Early Childhood.
Dr Susan Irvine chaired the panel presentations and the lively question time that followed about the topic.-
Panel presenters:
- Fran Hind, Prep teacher at Ashgrove State School
- Anna Brazier, Director Teaching & Learning Branch EQ
- Josephine Bottrell, Principal, Eagle Junction State School.
Transcript of lecture
 October afternoon tea
Alumni gathered to reminisce over their time during college and reconnect at the afternoon tea. A recording was made of discussions at the afternoon and a transcript is available.
View the newsletter online to view photos of the day.
Golden Graduates morning tea
Every year since 2000 QUT invites graduates of predecessor institutions to a morning tea that celebrates fifty and more years since graduation. In 2010 a group of BKTC 'class-of-1960' joined this large gathering. Class of 1960 graduates Dorothy **, Kay Savage, Joan M, May Kwan and Betty became a lively addition to the table where BKTC 'golden graduates' met and reminisced. The function photographers provided us with these visual memories of conversations around the table. View the newsletter online to view photos of the day.
Members financial to October 2011
There are 102 members who are financial to October 2011.
Members please pass on the 2010-2011 membership form to a colleague who shares your interest in BKTC and its contributions to Queensland.
Download the Membership form
Newsletter Archive
Jean Ferguson OAM Memorial Lectures
The Jean Ferguson OAM Memorial Lecture honours the work of a 1933 graduate of the Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers
College and later Principal of the College, whose contributions to young children
and the teachers who worked with them is widely recognised.
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