TKIS is the only school in Australia to have produced two Young Australian of the Year recipients (Cathy Freeman and Scott Hocknull).

However, in the mid-1990s, it was largely relocated to a nearby hillside after flooding incidents in 1990[1] and 1991 caused extensive damage to the school.

[2] A wooden pillar from one of the school's original buildings still stands on the grounds, as a monument to these events.

[3] In 2004 TKIS was re-opened with a new Board, Principal (Geoff Mills), new staff and new financial backing.

This company has, since 1998 successfully run the University of Queensland's Foundation Year program in Spring Hill.