Grantuly House

Grantuly House in Elimatta Drive is in the loving and caring hands of the staff and students of Mt St Michaels College.  The origional house was built in 1899 on eight acres of land which was transferred from the Glenlyon Estate to Jeannie Maxwell Stewart.  In 1924 the land was acquired by Archbishop Duhig for the Catholic Archdiocesse Brisbane, at a later date Grantuly was offerred to the Sisters of Charity.  The Sisters used the wide varandahs of the house for the St Finbarr's Primary school in 1925.  Eventually Grantuly became a secondary school, which was known as Grantuly College.   The origional school St Finbarr's built a new church and primary school in 1927.  In 1941 the Grandtuly College students and staff were relocated to a nearby building.  After this stage the Grantuly grounds were known as Mt St Michaels and the house itself was a convent until 1998 when it was renovated and now is the Administration office for the Mt St Michaels College.  In conclusion this building has a great significance to the Ashgrove history and the way everything now came to be.