radio and television presenter, was dux of the school in 2001.

Dan Anstey

state member for Cooroora from 1989 to 1992.^[6]

Ray Barber

Australian contemporary artist.^[7]

Gordon Bennett

drummer from Powderfinger.^[5]

Jon Coghill

diplomat and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General.^[8]

Max Gaylard

Australian Tennis Player

Jay Gooding

Senator for Queensland since 2014

James McGrath

Olympic canoe racer.

Clint Robinson

the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, was dux of the school in 1974.^[6]

Kevin Rudd

state member for Maroochydore since 1992 and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015.

Fiona Simpson

Deputy Prime Minister and Rudd's future Treasurer, attended the school at the same time but the two didn't know each other as Swan was three years older.^[5][9]

Wayne Swan

List of schools in Queensland

Brady, Tony (November 2012), (PDF), Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 22 (3): 87–99, ISSN 1839-7387, archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2020

"Nambour: The model rural school"