Alice Springs School of the Air Visitor Centre

Worlds biggest classroom

This "classroom" covers more than 1.3 million square kilometers! Fascinating to see what goes into providing an education for the children of the outback.

I hour to learn how education delivered to remote area

This place is origin of first online school prototype, esp., it’s obvious in COVID19 pandemics. Traced back to the years just after WWII, the school of the air originated in delivery of education to k...

An authentic experience on the way of life in Remote Australia.

The Alice Springs School of the Air was a great stop on our tour. You were given a lovely talk which explained much about the concept of this way of schooling. Unless a person comes from remote areas ...

Inspiring

The development of this service from 1951 when pedal radio provided the energy to the use of satellites today was very interesting. I bought a trilogy of books written by one of the early students wa...

REMOTE EDUCATION AT ITS BEST

This was part of an AAT Kings Tour of Alice Springs highlights. Great tour of the site including the classrooms and some of the museum exhibits. It gave us a great insight into remote education and th...