Hartley Street School
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The former Hartley Street School, of Alice Springs, was initially constructed in 1930 to cater for an increase in population resulting from the town's status as a railway terminal. Enrolments over the next decade caused continual overcrowding and in 1945 a kindergarten and classroom, designed by the architect, B.C.G. Burnett, were constructed. The wooden floors and distinctive octagonal shape of the new addition with its adjacent classroom provide a great contrast with the concrete floored, simple design of the earlier construction. The buildings reflect the changing styles and requirements of school design at different periods.
On 20 September 1950, the first broadcast was made from a small studio inaugurating the School of the Air. In 1953, students of secondary level and four teachers were moved to a new school under construction at the base of Anzac Hill. By 1964, the school was earmarked for closure as the first three grades had already been moved to the new school at Traeger Park with the last remaining pupils transferring in 1965.
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Hartley Street School - exterior view
