[7][8] Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School opened on 19 January 1902.

It features an auditorium seating 674 people, a flat floor space which can accommodate 1,500 people standing, an outdoor 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft) marquee on a hard stand, and a number of meeting rooms.

[13] There is a Gladstone Regional Council administration centre at 101 Goondoon Street.

[14] The Gladstone branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall at 88 Oaka Lane.

[17] However, for two years, there were not sufficient funds to build a church until a generous donation of £200 was received from a local settler.

The church was designed by Mr Ramsay, the town surveyor in Maryborough.

The foundation stone of the first church was laid on 30 October 1867 by Mrs Proudfoot, wife of Rev.

[24] On 11 September 1955, the Governor of Queensland, Sir John Lavarack laid the foundation stone for the new St Andrew's church.

However, in 1902, the land was resumed to build a new railway line between Gladstone and Rockhampton.

[26][28] A site of 2 acres (0.81 ha) bounded by Goondoon Street, Herbert Street and Glenlyon Road was purchased with a plan to build a precinct to eventually comprise a church, a school, a convent and a monastery.

The monastery would serve as both a presbytery and a sanitorium for missionaries working in the Pacific islands.

The architects for the new church and school were Eaton and Bates; the builders were Robinson & Freeman.