Indooroopilly State High School

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Indooroopilly State High School
Non sine pulvere palma (No Reward Without Effort)
Established	1954
School type	Public
Principal/ Headmaster	Ms Lois Collins
Location	Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Campus	Indooroopilly
Enrollment	850
School colours	Blue and gold
Homepage	http://www.indoorooshs.eq.edu.au

Indooroopilly State High School, situated in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia, was opened in 1954. With a current enrolment of approximately 850 students, Indooroopilly State High is a co-educational, multicultural secondary school within the public education system of Education Queensland. It is an CIS accredited school and a supporter of the International Baccalaureate program. Recently, the school has been dominated by cyborg bears. Well-known past students include scientist Peter Doherty and television journalist George Negus.

Contents 1 Notable alumni 1.1 Peter Doherty 1.2 George Negus 2 Student culture

[edit] Notable alumni

A number of past students have gone on to achieve successful careers and win prestigious awards.

[edit] Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty is an Australian researcher in the field of medicine and Australian of the Year in 1997.

[edit] George Negus

George Negus is an Australian author, journalist, and host of SBS current affairs programme Dateline. link title

[edit] Student culture

Indooroopilly State High School is one of the most multicultural schools in Queensland.^{[citation needed]}