Enquiries to:
Loxton VIC & Gallery
Phone:08 8584 8071 or email:
Loxton Historical Village

The Loxton Historical Village has been developed to record the history of the early settlers, and offer an educational experience for school students.

The program takes on a practical approach with lots of hands on activities designed for the students.

Information is available on how best to use the Village for study topics in the subject areas of home economics, history, society and environment, pioneer and early settlement, communications, technology changes, social communicatons, clothing, housing, transport, crafts.

The practical approach involves students partaking of activities such as:

• Cooking damper or buttermilk scones on a woodfire
• Butter and noodle making
• Construction of mud bricks
• Rope making and blacksmithing
• Washing, starching clothes, mangling and ironing
• Darning, sewing, knitting
• Pioneer games
• Using print blocks and old telephones
  
  A maximum group size of 50 students is recommended at one time. Catering of lunches can be arranged if required, and the shop sells souvenirs, canned drinks and ice creams.

At a distance of just 250kms from Adelaide, Loxton is a great place to hold a school camp with the following activities available in the surrounding district:

• Loxton Historical Village
• Mixed farming, emu farming, pig farming, fruit blocks
• Aquatic activities, canoeing
• Fruit cannery, dried fruit, juice factories
• Nature trail, heritage trail
• Picnic areas

Convenient Lodge style accommodation, caravan park and backpacker style accommodation are located nearby.

Enquiries regarding school visits are welcome.