, motto_translation = ''Further beyond''
, established =
, authority =
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
, schooltype = Private school
, gender =
Co-educational
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, religious_affiliation =
Lutheran
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, slogan = ''Excellence in Christian co-education''
, region =
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, city =
Indooroopilly
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Geography
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...
, state =
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, country = Australia
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, enrolment = 1986 (in 2017)
[
, grades = ]Prep
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year 12
, head_name = Head of College
, head = Tim Kotzur
, staff = 183 teaching, 182 non-teaching (in 2017)[
, colours =
, houses =
, affiliation = Associated Independent Colleges
, homepage =
St Peters Lutheran College (SPLC) is a Lutheran ]co-educational
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private school in Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia with teaching campuses in Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people.
Geography
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...
and Springfield
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* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
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* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
, and an outdoor education centre in Crows Nest. The college provides prep
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to year 12 education, with domestic day schooling at Springfield, with domestic and international day and boarding at the larger Indooroopilly campus. In year 9, students spend five-weeks completing the Ironbark Outdoor Education Program at the outdoor education centre in Crows Nest.
The college was founded in 1945 with the initial purchase of Ross Roy House, later expanding through neighbouring properties and the opening of the Springfield campus in 2008. Both Ross Roy and the chapel have been listed in the Queensland Heritage Register
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since 2012.
In 2017, St Peters had an enrolment of 1986 students with a teaching staff of 183 teachers with 182 non-teaching staff.
Symbolism
There are certain symbolic icons present in the college emblem, including Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...
's iconic white rose
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from his seal, and an inverted cross
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for St Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupation ...
, leader of the Apostles in the early Christian Church
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, who was crucified upside-down.
The School's motto
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, ''Plus Ultra
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'', which is Latin
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for "Ever Higher", is said to emphasise the college's desire for the students to reach their goals in their learning.
Campus
Starting with the 1897 Villa "Ross Roy", bought and used as the first building of St Peters in 1945, the college campus has seen significant growth and change over the years.
Theile house, a four-storey building comprising computer labs, classrooms, Year 11/12 lockers, and the Theile study centre, was recently renovated and extended. The facilities in the new building include a study centre for students in years 11 and 12, with three private study/meeting rooms and numerous computers and laptops available to students. The girls' boarding houses have also been renovated, now featuring air conditioning, and a multi-purpose court.
There are three libraries on campus. The Senior School library
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is a three-storey facility where students and staff can access a collection of fiction and non-fiction. There are approximately 80 computers and students have access to a number of databases to which the school subscribes.
In 2013, a Performing Arts Centre was also opened. This is a three-storey facility including an auditorium, theatrette, orchestra and band rooms, music and drama classrooms, and rooms for instrumental tuition and practice.
Ironbark
Ironbark is the outdoor campus of St Peters Lutheran College. Located near the town of Crows Nest, some north of Toowoomba
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and north-west of Brisbane, the property consists of of heavily timbered, undulating granite country. The donation of land in 1971, provided the College with an opportunity to develop and implement an outdoor education program. After several years of discussion and planning, a pilot program was run in 1974. Following the success of the pilot program, Ironbark has been part of the College curriculum since 1976. Ironbark was named for the Eucalyptus
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Crebra, the narrow leaf Ironbark
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Instead of being shed annually as in many of the other species of ''Eucalyptus'', the dead bark accum ...
, which grows across the property.
Heads of College
The heads of college have been:
Curriculum
The St Peters curriculum
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is designed to provide a continuum of experience and knowledge acquisition from Prep
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to Year 12. To this end, St Peters offers programs within four separate sub-schools: Lower Primary (P–4), Upper Primary (5–6), Junior High (7–9) and Senior School (10–12). Each sub-school operates semi-autonomously with its own Head of Sub-School and administration. The Senior School offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
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.
Since 2004, the school has run an exchange program in conjunction with sister school, Immanuel college, in Adelaide
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, South Australia
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. The focus of the exchange program, or "Mind Change" as it is known, is to allow gifted students from both schools a chance to meet students their age who they can relate their interests to.
Sport
St Peters Lutheran College is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC).
AIC premierships
St Peters Lutheran College has won the following AIC premierships.
* Basketball - 2007
* Rugby (2) - 2000, 2012
* Soccer (2) - 2014, 2020
* Swimming (9) - 1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
* Tennis (9) - 1999, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
* Volleyball (3) - 2012, 2013, 2014
Publications
The school has a number of publications that are made available to the school community, including:
*''The Rock'', the Indooroopilly school's weekly newsletter
*''Cornerstone'', the Springfield school's weekly newsletter
*''Pebbles'', a publication for the primary years
*''Plus Ultra'', a magazine printed three times a year
*''The Review'', an annual publication reviewing the previous year
*''Maroon and White'', a publication circulated to boarding families
Chapel
The St Peters Lutheran College Chapel was built in 1968 to a design of the Austrian-born architect
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Karl Langer
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He studied medicine at the Universities of University of Vienna, Vienna and C ...
. Langer's work was in a distinctive sub-tropical modernist
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style and was his last built project. The building has a large well-lit nave with a choir loft, vestry, and meditation chapel and features a large bell tower. It is constructed of load-bearing face brick with a roof of flat metal sheeting.[
]
History
St Peters Lutheran College was established at Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people.
Geography
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...
by the Lutheran Church in 1945 with 56 boarding students. Ross Roy was the main building and focus for early college life with Luther House built by voluntary labour soon after the college's commencement. St Peters has had five heads in its history and is the largest Lutheran school in Australia, today, with an enrolment maintained at approximately 2000 day and boarding students and 350 teaching and non-teaching staff. The boarding enrolments are maintained at 150 students. St Peters Lutheran College – Ironbark Outdoor Education Centre, via Crows Nest, was established in 1974 as a trial program and in 1976 as an ongoing outdoor dducation program. This life changing experience is a five-week program for Year 9 students and indicates St Peters positive and strong commitment to ‘growing’ our Junior High students in significant ways. The ‘Ironbark Experience’ is seen by staff, parents and students as a vital part of the St Peters journey, fostering independence, resilience, teamwork, problem solving, ethical decision making, sustainability and environmental awareness in our young people. Commencing in 2008, St Peters Lutheran College Springfield began as a Prep to Year 8 school. It now caters for Prep to Year 12 and provides the Springfield and adjacent communities with the many benefits of the St Peters journey. All St Peters schools operate under the control of the St Peters Lutheran College Council and Head of College, governed by the Lutheran Church of Australia Queensland District.
Alumni
Alumni
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of St. Peters Lutheran College are known as Old Scholars. All students graduate as Life Members of the St Peters Old Scholars Association (SPOSA). Notable St. Peter's Old Scholars include North Queensland indigenous leader, Noel Pearson
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* , French for Christmas
* Noel is another name for a Christmas carol
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* Noel, Missouri, United States, a city
* Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community
* 1563 Noël, an asteroid
*Mount Noel, Briti ...
, Olympic athletes Dane Bird-Smith
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, Maxine Seear, Georgia Bohl
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Career
In November 2015, at the Australian short course championships, Bohl, aged 18, won her first national ti ...
, Chris Noffke, Shane Gould
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, Ariarne Titmus
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and Pita Taufatofua, and musicians and actors Sigrid Thornton
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, Hamish Prasad, Craig Horner
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Bi ...
, and Sam Atwell
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Born in Nambour, Queensland, he and his family lived in Indonesia for 6 years before returning to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. He has always h ...
.
Other well-known past students include ex-Brisbane Lions
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(now Essendon) Australian football player Mal Michael
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; 1986 Commonwealth Games 1500m Freestyle Gold Medallist Jason Plummer
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Plummer was a member of the St. Peters Swim Club in Brisbane. At the 1985 National Championshi ...
, Federal MHRs Steven Ciobo
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and Michael Johnson; TV sports reporter Stephanie Brantz
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; romance novelist and former Brisbane Broncos
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cheerleader
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Ally Blake
Ally Blake is an Australian writer of romance novels.
Biography
Ally Blake was born in a small town in Outback Queensland, Australia. She graduated from St Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane. She earned her bachelor's degree from the Universit ...
; singer and member of South Korean K-pop
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group ENHYPEN
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Jake Sim, and current Brisbane Lions
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rookie listed Australian football player Adam Spackman.
See also
*List of schools in Queensland
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* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
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