Wellbeing
College HousesThe MBBC house system
There are four Houses: Flynn (red), Dunlop (blue), Doherty (green), Nicholls (gold). All boys are placed into a House and remain in that House throughout their time at the College. The Houses enable boys of different year levels to interact in various events and activities. Throughout the year, there are regular Interhouse competitions.
Doherty
Doherty House has been named in honour of Dr Doherty to affirm Moreton Bay Boys' College's commitment to academic excellence.
Professor (Dr) Peter C. Doherty is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne and also holds the position of Professor of Biomedical Research and Chair of the Immunology Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Tennessee. He was joint-winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He has displayed an outstanding commitment to science and medicine.
Dunlop
Dunlop House has been named in honour of ‘Weary’ Dunlop because he embodied the very qualities that we seek to develop in our young men at Moreton Bay Boys’ College.
Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, an Australian Wallaby, is best known for his commitment to his comrades during and after World War II. As a prisoner of war, his selfless struggle to improve the health and wellbeing of his fellow prisoners saved countless lives. In the face of adversity, Dunlop spent more than four years providing medical assistance and leading and motivating his men. He then went on to pioneer new techniques and advances in medicine in the 20th century.
Flynn
Flynn House has been named in honour of Reverend Flynn to recognise Moreton Bay Boys’ College’s commitment to Christian education.
Reverend John Flynn 'Flynn, of the Inland', was founder of the Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service. He was ordained into the Presbyterian Church in 1911 and took up missionary work in northern South Australia. Flynn was appointed Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church in Australia in 1939, a position he held until 1942.
Nicholls
Nicholls House has been named in honour of Sir Douglas Nicholls to affirm Moreton Bay Boys’ College’s commitment to assist our boys being young men of faithful service.
Sir Douglas Nicholls was Australia’s first Aboriginal State Governor. As well as being an excellent sportsman, he devoted much of his life to social work. As a minister of the Church of Christ he worked to uphold the rights of the Aboriginal people. He was awarded two medals by Queen Elizabeth II and became Governor of South Australia in 1976.