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The library was opened in 1880 and the school produced a variety of student papers, starting in 1881 as Our College Gazette, QC Gazette, the Queen's Chronicle and, the QC Lictor newspaper in 1950. The school also produced The Queen's College Magazine yearly from about 1912 to the 1974-76 edition.
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was the location of Queen's College from 1854 to 1918. From there it moved to another property at Brickdam and Vlissingen Road, until 1951, when it moved to its current location. The final move saw significant expansion of classrooms and facilities, however an arson attack destroyed 1997.
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grammar school for boys and was aimed at educating the colonial elite. The school was temporarily quartered at what is the current location of the High Court before moving to another property at Main and Quamina Street until 1854. The current site of
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In 1876, the Compulsory Denominational Education Bill secularized education and it became Queen's College of British Guiana as a national institution funded by the government. and in 1975 became
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The school has received the Dennis Irvine Award for academic excellence in the Caribbean 3 times and the
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of 10 houses, named in honor of famous people to the history of Guyana; William Exley Percival,
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Queen's College, Guyana

Georgetown
Coordinates
6°48′51″N 58°09′49″W / 6.8142848°N 58.1637347°W / 6.8142848; -58.1637347
Public
secondary school
Latin
Co-educational
www.queenscollege.edu.gy
secondary school
Georgetown, Guyana
Bishop William Piercy Austin
Anglican
Bishops' High School
co-ed
Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
House system
Walter Raleigh
Benjamin D'Urban
Edwin Moulder
John Henry Dacres Cunningham
Michael Abbensetts
Norman Beaton
E. R. Braithwaite
Forbes Burnham
John Carter
Martin Carter
Guy E. L. de Weever
Phil Edwards

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