1957 History
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Historical school documents
Queensland State Archives
1956 and 1957 Teacher Register - All Regions
DR127407
Teacher Register - All Regions (State and Provisional Schools; Rural Schools; Special Schools; Physical Education Staff; Teachers of Music; State High and Intermediate Schools, Teachers Training College, Technical Colleges, Commercial High School and Agricultural College).
1956 Pages 074-134
Return of all the School in Operation on the 1st January, 1956, with the Attendance of Pupils and the Status and Emoluments of the teachers Employed.
1957 Pages 001-071 only
Return of all the School in Operation on the 1st January, 1957, with the Attendance of Pupils and the Status and Emoluments of the teachers Employed.
1957 Teacher Register - All Regions
DR127408
Teacher Register - All Regions (State and Provisional Schools; Rural Schools; Special Schools; Physical Education Staff; Teachers of Music; State High and Intermediate Schools, Teachers Training College, Technical Colleges, Commercial High School and Agricultural College).
1957 Pages 072-141 only
Return of all the School in Operation on the 1st January, 1957, with the Attendance of Pupils and the Status and Emoluments of the teachers Employed.
Web pages
Department of Energy and Public Works
160 YEARS, 160 PLACES
'Indooroopilly State High School (SHS) opened in early 1954 in response to post-World War II (WWII) population growth in Brisbane’s suburbs and the growing demand for secondary education. In 2016 Indooroopilly SHS retains its original complex of seven timber and brick buildings constructed during 1953-59.'
'From the 1860s until the 1960s, Queensland school buildings were predominantly timber-framed, and standard designs were continually refined in response to changing needs and educational philosophy. In the post-WWII period, the pressures of material shortages and rapid population growth forced the DPW to experiment with prefabrication and new, more efficient structural systems in order to keep up with demand for additional school buildings. Indooroopilly State High School demonstrates a number of examples of these philosophies including prefabricated Boulton & Paul timber units, timber trusses and steel open-web trusses. The buildings also feature differences in roof form, glazing, and verandah and stair arrangements that illustrate changes to standard school building types throughout the late-1950s.'
https://buildings.slq.qld.gov.au/feature.html?id=73d42858-decb-4788-892f-6f7c6478ad11
Queensland Heritage Register
History
Throughout the late 1950s the school continued to expand to successively accommodate all four high school years. A new two storey block which incorporated the latest structural system of steel open-web joists (known as Block D in 2016) was built north of Block B, in two stages, during 1957-58.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/?id=650035