The 70th Anniversary Film
Indooroopilly State High School opened in 1954 and celebrated the seventy year anniversary in 2024. At the 70th Anniversary event, five alumni generously offered their time to be interviewed, where they recalled memories and shared stories from their time at Indro High.
Click to watch the full-length film on YouTube ...https://bit.ly/2025_ISHSPaCA_70thFilmYouTube
Trailers
Two trailers were created to promote 'The 70th Anniversary Film'. Watch the trailers below on our P&C Association YouTube channel.
Trailer 1
Watch the first trailer on YouTube.
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Trailer 2
Watch the second trailer on YouTube.
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Meet the alumni
Thank you to the people below who volunteered to be interviewed on camera at the '70th Anniversary' event held Friday 11 October 2024. Sharing their stories enabled us to capture wonderful first-person memories of Indooroopilly State High School from the perspective of alumni students and teachers.
Daphne Hewitt
Daphne recalls memories and tells stories from her time as a student at ISHS from 1960 to 1961, including the incredible 'boys and girls segregated on the school oval' incident.
June Singleton
June recalls interesting memories and tells hilarious stories from her time as a teacher at ISHS from 1978 to 1990. To this day at the Academic Awards ceremony, one student is awarded the June Singleton Special Ancient History Prize.
Christine Shaw
Christine (nee Sweeney) recalls historic memories and tells triumphant stories from her time as a student at ISHS from 1964 to 1968.
Gary Wallis
Gary recalls memories and tells stories about three teachers who impacted his life from his time as a student at ISHS from 1964 to 1968.
Russell Hoekaday
Russell recalls important memories and tells hilarious stories from his time as a student at ISHS from 1963 to 1966.
What else features in the film?
School song
Both trailers and the full-length movie open with the sound of the school song as recorded by students at Indooroopilly State High School.
Leading up to the 70th anniversary event in 2024, the Aspire Senior and Junior vocal ensembles had a blast learning the old school song, thanks to a special request from our amazing alums! Recorded by Mr Victor Findlay and edited by Miss Georgia Kennedy, it’s a very special way to preserve a cherished piece of our school’s history.
Click the hyperlink below to watch the original video recording on the Indooroopilly State High School public Facebook page. If you do not have a Facebook account you will be prompted to login but thankfully you can click cancel and the video is accessible to watch.
https://bit.ly/2024_ISHS_Song
Museum, Town Crazy, Town Square and more
The core of the 'The 70th Anniversary Film' is the five interviews with the alumni students and teachers. In addition, the entire film is spliced with snippets of the 70th anniversary event, including Town Crazy, Town Square, School Museum, Laser Show and much more.
Meet the creators
Thank you to the dynamic duo below who recorded the alumni interviews and created this 70th Anniversary documentary. The film has captured fascinating memories and stories that will be accessible to future generations for years to come. The 75th anniversary for Indooroopilly State High School will be held in 2029 and this film should feature at that event and future anniversary celebrations.
David Lindsay-Wright
David is a parent of two children who completed their secondary schooling at Indooroopilly State High School with the youngest child graduating Year 12 in 2025.
David is the primary reason this '70th Anniversary' film exists. He funded, directed and produced the film, including shooting hours of footage at the 70th anniversary event in October 2024.
David runs the local media business TExT-TUBE Futures Studios.
Kohsuke Mikawa
Kohsuke is a parent of two children in primary school who will probably attend Indooroopilly State High School in the near future.
Kohsuke is a talented professional videographer. He utilised his skills in video capture, pre-production and post-production to create this '70th Anniversary' film.
Film Premiere
About
Tuesday 4th November 2025, the 'The 70th Anniversary Film' premiere was held at Indooroopilly State High School in the Peter Doherty Theatre. It was a wonderful event and a chance to hear Indooroopilly State High School voices from the past and be part of our school's living legacy.
Nearly fifty people attended the film premiere and they enjoyed the opportunity to step back in time and celebrate seventy years of Indooroopilly State High School. The film premiere featured five remarkable alumni who shared personal stories from their school days from the1960s to the1990s. These firsthand memories bring to life the challenges, perseverance, spirit and triumphs of an era that shaped our community.
Schedule
6:15 pm Arrive and park car at school, 111 Ward Street INDOOROOPILLY 4068.
6:30 pm Doors open at Peter Doherty Theatre.
6:45 pm Pre-film introduction, including alumni Christine and Gary who feature in the film.
7:00 pm Watch 'The 70th Anniversary Film'.
7:30 pm Post-film Q&A.
7:45 pm Mix and mingle with tea and coffee provided.
Flyer
At the premiere of 'The 70th Anniversary Film', an A5 double-sided flyer was printed and copies made available for the attendees. The flyer listed hyperlinks to useful web pages on the P&C Association web site.and the lyrics to the school song. A single-sided A4 landscape PDF version of the flyer is available for download. Click the image below.
A single-sided A4 landscape PDF version of the flyer is available for download. Click the image above or the hyperlink below.
2025_The70thFilmPremiere_FlyerLandscapeA4.pdf
Photographs
More moments from the film premiere coming soon, including photographs and video clips. Stay tuned.