Built in 1926, it has been a museum since 1980, telling some history of John Flynn, Alfred Traegar, and now in our new mapping display some Arrernte stories of healing too. Adelaide House was the only medical centre in Central Australia until the opening of the hospital in 1939 and, at its peak, catered for a population of 950 people. Since 1939 it has been used variously as a hostel, as accommoda
tion for nurses during the war, a manse for the Presbyterian Church and a meeting place for church groups. A radio room at the back of the building is where the first test radio transmission was received from Hermannsburg by Maurie Fuss in November, 1926, when Flynn and Alf Traeger were experimenting with radio for the Flying Doctor Service. The museum has some fine displays including the story of the Australian Inland Mission, early journals, maps and publications of the Reverend John Flynn, radio equipment built by Traeger, diagrams of the building and its unique concept, and an extensive collection of historic photographs. Closed to visitors between Dec.
