Explore – National Trust

History In Place

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The History in Place program encourages students from primary school to visit a local heritage site and produce their own documentary video about a subject that inspires them.

Click here to open the Interactive Court Room Judge/Magistrate The Judge presides over the court and deals with any legal issues that arise during the trial. He/She informs the jurors about their role and instructs them about what the law is. The Magistrate hears cases and makes decisions in the Magistrates’

Learn about the family who built the McCrae Homestead

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“The kitchen is finished. It is made of posts stuck upright in the ground; it is plastered with mud.” Letter from Alexander McCrae to Georgiana, his mother, May 1845

Then and Now: The Past in Your Class

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Students will take part in a 50 minute program in their own classroom that explores what school was like for Melbourne students during the 1880s.

The Old City Watch House

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Students actively explore this confronting place and its people from a number of different perspectives through role-play, multi-media interpretation and self-exploration.

Rippon Lea Education Programs

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This program examines the past through family history, childrenís life, schooling and domestic work. It includes toys, games, sports, period clothes and exploration activities.