Maryborough Christian Academy opened as a primary school on 1 February 1983 at the Maryborough Christian Outreach Centre (affiliated with the Christian Outreach Centre a network of Pentecostal churches, now known as the International Network of Churches[1]) with fewer than 40 students.
Pastor David Blair and Principal Brendan Kelly ran the school from 1983 to 1992, including presiding over a 1991 expansion to offer distance education.
[2] In 2002, it was renamed Riverside Christian College, changed the curriculum to follow the Queensland Studies Authority curriculum, and progressively introduced secondary schooling, with Year 10 being added in 2006.
The private R-12 school is situated at 23 Royle Street, Maryborough West(25°31′04″S 152°39′52″E / 25.5177°S 152.6645°E / -25.5177; 152.6645 (Riverside Christian College)).
[4][5] Its student cohort live locally, as well as across Australia and overseas.