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School Programs for Victoria
Your students can enjoy one of our facilitated education programs at the Old Melbourne Gaol, Polly Woodside Tall Ship, Rippon Lea mansion, Como house or McCrae homestead.
We offer programs that cover a range of discipline areas from history and humanities to maths and geography. See below for more information about program content, curriculum links and making bookings or download our program guide to all Trust Education programs.
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Primary Excursions
McCrae Cross-Cultural Experience
Students experience life in the 1840’s for the Bunurong people and the McCrae family from a youth’s perspective on the Mornington Peninsula pioneer property.
Polly Woodside - Primary Program
Try your hand as a real Able Seaman from the 19th Century and learn the ropes. Learn about the hardship for early settlers aboard a ship.
Como House - Primary Program
With four activities over a full day, students will really get an idea of Now and Then in the context of an early local Melbourne family and their celebrations in the distant past.
Rippon Lea Mansion - If these walls could talk.
Learn about life in the Grand Mansion for those that lived there and those that worked there over the last 150 years.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Guided Tours
Examine Melbourne's early history, the story of the goldfields and come face-to-face with Ned Kelly.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Court Room Dramas
Re-enact a Court Room trial of the Ned Kelly or Elizabeth Scott historic crime cases
Mrs Sargood - Incursion
Let the past come to your classroom and give your students a real experience with Mrs Sargood who can explain what past life was like first hand and give lessons in copper plate hand writing.
Secondary Programs
Old Melbourne Gaol - Court Room Dramas
Choose from 5 trials including contemporary trials like Respect Me and Culpable Driving
Old Melbourne - Guided Gaol Tours
You can now select from four tours that explore Melbourne's social history from a variety of perspectives.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Watch House Experience
Experience the legal process first hand with our Charge Sergeants.
Polly Woodside - [email protected]
Problem solve your way through the life of an Able Bodied Seaman. An ability to manage maths was essential to survival at sea.
Rippon Lea House and Garden - VCE Geography
Learn more about Geography in the vast outdoor area of the Rippon Lea gardens. Look at the subject matter from a different angle in new surrounds.
Tertiary and Adult learning school groups
Guided House Tours for Tertiary/ESL groups
Visit one of our historic properties for a guided house tour and to learn more about local stories, families and how Melbourne used to be - great for adult learning and ESL groups.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Court Room Dramas
Re-enact a court trial to learn more about the legal system during the time of Ned Kelly or Elizabeth Scott
Old Melbourne Gaol - Guided Gaol Tours
Let one of our experienced guides teach your students more about this historic site and the inmates who once stayed here.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Watch house Experience
Allow our police sergeant to show your students what it was like to be processed for a crime before being sent to court
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Students gained an insight into Melbourne's criminal past and what it would have been like to be a convicted criminal and the conditions that they faced. The court room drama gave students a real-life experience about what it would be like if that situation occurred.
Education Resources
How was the Gaol run?
Who was sent to the Gaol?
Why was the Gaol built?
Virtually There 3D Resources
VCE Geography
History In Place
3D Interactive Court Room
Heritage at your Touch
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History In Place
3D Courtroom Interactive Video
Old Melbourne Gaol
Rippon Lea Estate
