Cavendish Road State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school, located at 695

Cavendish Road Cavendish Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, linking the suburbs of Coorparoo, Queensland, Coorparoo, Holland Park, Queensland, Holland Park and Mount Gravatt East, Queensland, Mount Gravatt East. Geography Cavendish R ...

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. Established in 1952, Cavendish Road State High School was the second state high school to be built in the suburbs of Brisbane. The school is a short distance from the

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. The school motto, ''Nil sine pulvere, nil praeter optima'', translates from Latin as "Nothing without effort, nothing but the best". As part of these "Excellence Programs" the school has developed partnerships with the

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and the

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, which allow eligible students to exit Year 12 with credit, fee free, towards a university degree. A number of relationships with various sporting associations and private businesses (for

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s) in Queensland have also been developed.

Notable alumni

Ian Henderson (Australian politician) Ian Thomas Henderson (born 24 October 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Brisbane to Walter Henderson and Lilian Florence May, ''née'' Kennedy. He attended state schools at Tin Can Bay, Mooloolaba and Mount Gravatt and t ...

Loretta Harrop Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born July 17, 1975, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete. As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harr ...

, gold and silver winning olympic triathlete *

Dick Johnson (racing driver) Richard 'Dick' Johnson (born 26 April 1945) is a part-owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. ...

, five-time

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, three-time winner of the

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and was inducted into the

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in 2001 *

Tahj Minniecon Tahj James Rodney Minniecon is an Indigenous Australian soccer player who most recently played for Davao Aguilas FC in Philippines Football League in 2018. Early life Tahj James Rodney Minniecon grew up in Brisbane and went to Cavendish Road ...

, soccer player for the

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Stephen Page Stephen George Page (born 1965) is an Australian choreographer, film director and former dancer. He is the current artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Indigenous Australian dance company. Page is descended from the Nunukul peopl ...

, Artistic director of the

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and choreographer of various routines for the ceremonies of the 1996

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and 2000

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Dario Vidošić Dario Vidošić ( ; ; (born 8 April 1987) is a former Australian footballer and current coach who is the interim manager of A-League Women club Melbourne City FC Women. Club career Early life Vidošić was born on 8 April 1987 in Osijek to ...

, soccer player for the

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and as an attacking midfielder for the

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, defensive tackle and first Australian to win a

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with the

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in 2013. *

Katrina Gorry Katrina-Lee Gorry (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar in the A-League and for the Australia national team. She was the 2014 Asia's Footballer of the Year. Club career G ...

- soccer player *

Luke Brattan Nathan Luke Brattan (born 8 March 1990) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Sydney FC. Born in England, Brattan moved to Australia at a young age, playing youth football for Rochedale Rovers a ...

- soccer player * Jennifer Boyce - base player for

Ball Park Music Ball Park Music are an Australian five-piece indie rock band from Brisbane, who formed in 2008. The band consists of Sam Cromack, Jennifer Boyce, Paul Furness, Dean Hanson and Daniel Hanson. Their debut studio album '' Happiness and Surroundin ...

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Cavendish Road State High Homepage
{{Authority control Public high schools in Brisbane Educational institutions established in 1952 1952 establishments in Australia

Notable alumni

See also

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