Springwood State High School is a

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state school located in the

Logan City Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bo ...

suburb of Springwood. The school opened in 1977 to Grade 8 students with its official opening in 1978. Springwood State High School is situated on of bushland and includes a lagoon which is used by senior

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditar ...

students. In addition to this, the school is home to many native animal species including

Koala The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the ...

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and many species of birds. The school is home to one of fifteen air quality monitoring stations in

South East Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. T ...

Former students

Some Springwood High School students have become notable, including: *

Steven Bradbury Steven John Bradbury Order of Australia, OAM (born 14 October 1973) is an Australian former Short track speed skating, short track speed skater and four-time Olympian. He won the 1,000 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his o ...

- First Australian gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics * Jodie Henry - Triple Olympic gold medal winner *

Aidan McLindon Aidan Patrick McLindon (born 26 February 1980) is an Australian politician. He was first elected for the seat of Beaudesert to the Queensland State Parliament for the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election. He resigned from that p ...

- Queensland politician * Grant Musgrove - Ex-Queensland politician (was member for Springwood) * Lorna Jane Clarkson - founder of Lorna Jane fitness clothing stores worldwide *

Quade Cooper Quade Santini Cooper (born 5 April 1988) is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer. Although born in New Zealand, he has represented Australia in rugby at international level. He currently plays for Hanazono Liners in Japan, ...

- rugby union player * Steven Johnson - Australian V8 racing driver

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Springwood State High School
Public high schools in Queensland Schools in Logan City Educational institutions established in 1977 1977 establishments in Australia {{Queensland-school-stub

Former students

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