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Information sheet: past students

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To find past students, check school admission registers.

Admission registers

Admission registers are usually located at:

Check the availability of your school’s admission register at Queensland State Archives.

Closed schools

For researchers interested in first-day students, a list of their names may be found in the earliest school file at the State Archives. Students on this list were not always the ones who attended on the first day.

Access restrictions

Special permission is needed to access registers covering the past 15 years due to privacy requirements.

You need the permission of both students and their legal guardians to include a list of students from these years in your anniversary book/CD.

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Last updated: November 2007

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