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Adelaide House Museum Review
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Adelaide House Museum
- Address: Todd Mall, Alice Springs, Northern Territory | Map It
- Phone: 08/8952-1856
- Category: Museums/Galleries, Hospitals
- Location: Alice Springs
Fodor's Review:
This was the first hospital in Alice Springs, designed by the Reverend John Flynn and run by the Australian Inland Mission (which Flynn founded) from 1926 to 1939. An ingenious system of air tunnels and wet burlap bags once cooled the hospital rooms in hot weather. The building is now a volunteer-run museum devoted to the mission and pioneering days in Alice Springs. The stone hut at the rear was the site of the first field radio transmission in 1926, which made viable Flynn's concept of a flying doctor. The Royal Flying Doctor Service continues to maintain its "mantle of safety" over all Australia's remote settlements.
- Cost: A$5
- Open: Mon.-Sat. 10-4
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