Toowoomba State High School
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Jeannie Adams,Rod Barber,Anthony Barlow,Rosslyn Coles,Geoffrey Compton,Elizabeth McClenahan (Gooderham),Malcolm Snow
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Brendan Laman
Moved to Brisbane immediately after school. Worked there til 1982 when after meeting my wife, we moved to NQ where she is from. 4 great children, 5 grandchildren. I am a guitarist for sanity and have played in various bands in Brisbane, Mission ... [More]
Last Updated : 16/09/2016
Moved to Brisbane immediately after school. Worked there til 1982 when after meeting my wife, we moved to NQ where she is from. 4 great children, 5 grandchildren. I am a guitarist for sanity and have played in various bands in Brisbane, Mission Beach and now Townsville. Still working .... still playing. Life is great. Loved TSHS. 4 guys and 39 girls 10c2a.
Linda O'Gorman (Loughran)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 11/01/2019
Jane McDonald
My last year of school was 1971 in year 10 but I went to another school for year 11 and 12 so technically I am class of 1973
Last Updated : 27/12/2021
Margaret Robertson (Moir)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 01/11/2018
Ken Roy
Last year 1971 year 10
Last Updated : 15/03/2017
Robert Skinner
Would like to know about old friends
Last Updated : 17/09/2017
Dennice Scannell (Troyahn)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 21/10/2018
Jennifer Winter
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Last Updated : 29/07/2023

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Shirley-Anne Ellis (Brose)
8G(1967), 9A1G(1968), 10A1G(1969), 11 (1970), 12 (1971) Science (Biology) at DDIAE - USQ. Worked in Medical Pathology and Animal Heath Laboratories in Toowoomba, Townsville and Brisbane from 1974 to1999. 1999 to 2014 Forensic DNA Analysis in ... [More]
Last Updated : 04/03/2019
8G(1967), 9A1G(1968), 10A1G(1969), 11 (1970), 12 (1971) Science (Biology) at DDIAE - USQ. Worked in Medical Pathology and Animal Heath Laboratories in Toowoomba, Townsville and Brisbane from 1974 to1999. 1999 to 2014 Forensic DNA Analysis in Brisbane. Retired 2014. Lived in Brisbane since 1987.
Eric Bubeck
Classes : 8G, 9A?, 10A?,11A1 & 12A1.
Last Updated : 19/10/2018
Tony Ford
Enjoyed all my high school years at My Lofty!
Last Updated : 25/10/2019
Carmel Ailey (Hayes)
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Last Updated : 11/03/2019
Allan Herrmann
B Sc Dip Ed (UQ); M Ed (UNE); PhD (UTAS). Worked at Thornburgh & Blackheath (Charters Towers); DDIAE (now USQ); DIT (now Charles Darwin U); Curtin Uni; UNSW@ADFA. Retired to Southern Tasmania
Last Updated : 21/03/2018
Eleanor Hicks (Loxton)
Register as a student
Last Updated : 05/11/2018
Alison Muller (Luck)
Very proud to have been a student of TSHS. Really cherish my five years there. Moved on to DDIAE/Mt Gravatt Teachers' College to do a Dip T in Special Education. Married in 1976 and moved to Sutherland Shire (Sydney) where I worked at a school for ... [More]
Last Updated : 12/05/2019
Very proud to have been a student of TSHS. Really cherish my five years there. Moved on to DDIAE/Mt Gravatt Teachers' College to do a Dip T in Special Education. Married in 1976 and moved to Sutherland Shire (Sydney) where I worked at a school for disabled children. Peter and I moved to Brisbane in 1980 and still reside at Chermside West. In 2000, obtained a qualification in TESOL and spent 16 delightful and rewarding years as an ESL teacher. Peter and I have been blessed with four beautiful daughters, four wonderful sons-in-law and are expecting our ninth grandchild in July.
Anne Coates (Maurer)
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Last Updated : 04/08/2018
Glenda Galway (McCarthy)
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Last Updated : 02/09/2022
Peter Turner
I started in Grade 8 and went through to Year 12. My father Daryl Turner was also a Teacher there for many years until his retirement in the Manual Arts department teaching Woodwork and Tech Drawing.
Last Updated : 28/03/2019
Archie Wilson
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 21/10/2018
Scott Young
I thoroughly enjoyed lif at TSHS. In particular, the sport was terrific. After leaving school, I trained as a teacher in Toowoomba and then worked as a teacher, psychologist and manager for the Education Department across Queensland for over 40 ... [More]
Last Updated : 28/02/2019
I thoroughly enjoyed lif at TSHS. In particular, the sport was terrific. After leaving school, I trained as a teacher in Toowoomba and then worked as a teacher, psychologist and manager for the Education Department across Queensland for over 40 years.My family and I moved to Warwick in 1989 where I still live with my wife, Mary.