St Paul's Theological College, Moa

Christian missions to the Torres Strait Islands were begun by the London Missionary Society in 1872.

One of the consequences of that transfer was a decision to establish a theological college for the training of native clergy.

[1] This took effect by the expansion of the school established by the Anglican Deaconess Florence Buchanan who served on Moa Island from 1908 to 1911.

[4] [5] The original college building was a simple structure, constructed of coconut leaf and grass, with its floor raised above the ground.

[13] The college reopened on Thursday Island in 1989 with the Very Rev Gayai Hankin resigning as Dean of Quetta Cathedral to become the first principal.