Walking through the halls of this inner-city vertical school, you’d be hard-pressed to find a hallway, room, or quiet study spot that is not dominated by one thing: geese.

The Queensland Academy of the Arts (QACI) – pronounced “quacky”, like the sound of a duck – has produced a gaggle of successful creatives in the 18 years since it opened its doors, including a K-pop star and several alumni now working in Hollywood.

But if it quacks like a duck, why is the campus covered in geese?

Year 10 Queensland Academy of Creative Industries (QACI) theatre students Flo Penny (left), Lixi Caldwell (centre left), and Hedid Setterlund (right) discuss their theatre projects with Principal Shannon Carter (centre right). Credit: Catherine Strohfeldt

Students at the seven-story selective-entry publi

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