Hartley Street School

A healthy classroom

Mrs Ida Standley was the first teacher in this school. She was the principal as well. It was in 1914. In those days there was no electricity. Water came from wells. When Mrs Standley retired, a...

A Trip Back in Time

Gosh, this was a surprise and yet why should it be so? Walking around the school made me feel as if I was actually living in the times this school was built. Such a good place to visit to remind u...

Small but interesting

Another one of the historical buildings/museums just off Todd Mall, easy to fit them all in a morning and quite inexpensive. Only $2.00 to enter and a small, yet interesting display of early school d...

national trust

a national trust attraction. the first school opened in alice springs. was going to be demolished in 80s but national trust stepped in and turned into informative museum. worth a look if in area as on...

Small but informative

This small school gives a good view of what education was like from the 1930s to the early 1960s. The historical information about the school and the first teacher is informative. Note that it is only...