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Kym Richards (Archer),Nigel Baker,Bill Black,Anne Whitaker (Brown),Linda Bunch,Peter Charlton,Patricia Cooper,Scott Doyle,Ian Elz,Ian Elz,Lyn Douglas (Evans),Pauline Rose (Fawcett),Craig Fradgley,Lyn Geisel,Lyn Geisel,Barry Geyer,Ron Goodall,Anne Gorwyn,Robert Hancock,Louise Hand,John Hicks,Suzette Shepherd (Hine),Robyn Harrison (Hodge),Richard Jones,Alison Grice (Kingsbury),Donna Williams (Kontze),Lyn Ahern (Love),Steven Matthew,Louise Mcdowell,Michael Pahoff,Deborah Hyde (Rees),Debbie Cowper (Smart),Ian Smith,John Snowball,Stephen Travers,Stephen Travers,James Tully,Sharon West
Departing Students
Lance Allan
Left the Gold Coast 1974 to manage family hotel. Married in 1979 to Pauline, we have 3 daughters & 1 son. I'm curently employed by QANTAS AIRWAYS LTD (15 years) & living at Redcliffe.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Brian Clark
Married for 36 years to Suzanne Smith from the class of 1973. Teacher of Manual Arts for all that time. One son, Matthew, married. Lived locally almost all my live. Cheers to all.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Wayne Collett
im still here have been motorcycle mechanic post office cleak and now a milkman for the last 15 years divorced with 2 daugters and two beautiful granddaughters living in brisbane for the last 18 years
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Barry John (Tex) Cornford
Update live in Brisbane re-married, retired, 3 grandchildren, remember some names not too good on faces and I am not the only one
Last Updated : 13/09/2019
Barry (Tex) Cornford
Live in Ipswich work for Telstra, single father of two sons, live in UK, daughter lives with mother. Ex-army.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Cay Crosby (Cumming)
Married with 3 children. Living in Brisbane since 1971.
Last Updated : 09/04/2019
Julie Lackey
Now work at Miami High as a Teacher Aide in the Special Ed Unit, who'd have thought that!? My name is now Julie Badke - married with two sons.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Marcus wayne Lewis
hi , i am divorced with 3 daughters and working on the coast as a bricklayer,i often wonder what has happened to the people that i went to school
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Charmaine White (Lindsay)
Live on the Gold Coast. 2 sons and 2 granddaughters. Where are you Michelle Pluskovits, Bev Todd, Lynette Plowman and the rest of the netball team?
Last Updated : 04/05/2013
Julie McMahon (Mercer)
Married to Garry 30yrs. 1 son 1 daughter and 1 grandson. Living in Melbourne. Love to hear from old friends. 10 Todd Court Cranbourne. (03) 59967977. Visit Queensland every year.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Michelle Lambart (Pluskovits)
Still living on the Gold Coast, I remember Sandra Jackson, Maurice Cole, Beverley Todd would love to hear from everyone from way back then:)
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Hugh Ragg
Maried 2 Sons, 2 stepdaughters back living on the coast. Technical Operations Manager in the Corporate world. Flying is my passion still surfing and enjoying life love to catch up with the old gang.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lindsay Russell-Smith
Still on coast, father of 3 boys married 30years.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Gary Russo
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Alison/Renee Harvey (Rzeszkowski)
Just attended the 50th Anniversary. It was an interesting afternoon. Still looking for Shane Simmon. Retired Tweed Heads South. Caravanning around Australia for the last 10 years with my husband Merv Harvey.
Last Updated : 05/05/2013
Julie Simpson
Married, 2 children, live on the Gold Coast.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
John Smethurst
Married Veronica Persson from Malmo Sweden in 1994. 2 children, Mathilda and Noah. Currently teaching at Benowa SHS and coaching school's champion AFL teams. Lives at Runaway Bay, still surfs every day.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Deborah Priestley (Smith)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Frank Stephens
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Dianne Tickle
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Jane Low (Tully)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013

Grade 11

Russell Brown,Ros Capeness,Annette Coulter,Vanessa Lawrence (Cox),Neville Davis,Neville Davis,Lynn Best (Dawney),Denise Holt (Dixon),Denise Dixon,Cathie Dolan,Ron Fawcett,John Fradgley,Peter Gardiner,Leslie Gordon,Gail Griffiths (Hancock),Linda Charteris (Harris),Linda Charteris (Harris),Steve James,Geoff Pahoff,Amanda (Mandy) Geikie (Rose),Maureen Edwards (Schmidt),Mary Shepherd (Schuster),Deb Harrison (Smith),John Waller,Jennifer Scott (Zimmerle),Jennifer Scott (Zimmerle)
Departing Students
Vanessa Goode (Cambray)
Can't remeber anyone from high school but thought someone might remember me. Second marriage, four kids, eight grandkids.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Peter Christie
Married Sandy with 2 boys live at Mermaid GC. Have been back 14 yrs after 20 yrs in Sydney. Was in Building now in the Tourist Bus industry, as Mermaid Tours & Transfers.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Mick Murphy
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013

Grade 12

Martin Arrowsmith
Live on the Gold Coast with family.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Bruce Boland
Went to QIT. Worked at the Australian Taxation Office since 1974. Have a wife, Kim and 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Stephanie Simpson (Burge)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Steve Capeness
Finished Grade 12 in 1969 but loved the place so much I came back to do Grade 13. Went on to Gatton Ag College and have worked in agriculture since. Live in Hendra, Brisbane and married Karen in 1989. We have been blessed with a son, Nelson. Would love to hear from class mates- does anybody remember and know the whereabouts of Robin and Wayne Walsh, musicians, surfers and good guys from Miami High and Nobbys Beach.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kenneth Dodds
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Karen Doeg
Married with 3 adult daughters. Work as a Secretary, Public Relations person and English Tutor of overseas inbound tour company in Surfers Paradise.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Troy Doyle
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Chris Ellis
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 20/05/2013
Margaret Fedukowicz
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Ian Fisher
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lynn Lazer (Hamson)
Graduated University of Qld 1982 -- Bachelor of Social Work.Three children and three grandchildren. Living and working in the Tweed Shire in Social Work and Management positions 1984-2003. Currently with Disability Services QLD, Bundall. Unfortunately, missed the reunion in 2003 as I did not hear about it!! Keen not to miss any other reunions!!!
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Gail Fowler (Healey)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 30/10/2018
Marion Uithol (Heffernan)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 05/09/2023
John Hooper
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 09/08/2013
John Hooper
BHP Cadet (1970-1974); Mechanical Engineer, Newcastle; Master of Arts Degree in Management. Macquarie University; Justice of the Peace; Information Technology Industry 20 years (1984); Copyright & IP Management, Licensing & Protection; Venture Capitalist; Married 23 years (1981); Snow Skiing; Scuba Diving
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Anthony Lalley
Would be interested to know if anyone has the courage for a 40th re-union - possibly impossible to recognige original faces/bodies/hair. Or just how many many individuals have stayed with the same partner for over 30 years.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Bryan Mansbridge
Married 1974 have 4 children. Have owned small business, been primary school teacher, now property investor. Currently live St Lucia Brisbane.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Vivienne Mays
Looking forward to the 60th reunion
Last Updated : 21/08/2023
Owen Merodon (Merrin)
I eventually went on to become an Architect - QUT- Brisbane. I have been working in Brunei then the Caribbean since 1993. Currently living on the Gold Coast with wife Jo-Anne since 2003. Don't know where I'll be next year - however my e-mail always stays the same. I would love to catch up with any one from 1970 graduating year at Miami.
Last Updated : 24/06/2023
Ian Morice
Nevr left school but nowretired from teaching after 35 years, the last 15 as principal. Living on the Sunshine Coast.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Patricia (AKA Joan) Laffey (Prentice)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Graeme Rankine
I graduated in 1970 and went to ANU for an Honours degree in economics. Then to London Business School where I worked with Professor Peter Standish as a Research Officer. I went back to teach at what was then Canberra College of Advanced Education and ANU. Then to University of Washington for a Ph.D in business. Taught at the University of Arizona (Tucson), Rice University (Houston) and Thunderbird School of Global Management (Phoenix), teaching MBA, EMBA courses and executive education programs in Asia, Europe, Africa, South America. Last year I walked 90-mile Hadrian’s Wall path in UK, and this year walked the 160-mile Way of Saint Francis from Assisi to Rome. Married to Val Amphlett, live in Phoenix and Olympic Peninsula, and have two children, Anna (26), and Andrew (29).
Last Updated : 06/09/2023
Anna Stoddart (Vaggelas)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 21/08/2023
Dennis L. Valdez
Married to Bernie 24 years, two childern Zack (19) Gayle (15). I have been a Miami Dade Paramedic Fire Fighter for 30 years and in real estate brokerage and development fo 35 years. I am starting to put togather a reunion and am trying to join up with the class of 1971. E-mail me if you are interested.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Brandon Wilkinson
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013