Our Facilities & Campuses
The School covers four sites:
- 395 Argyle Street, North Hobart
- 23 Commercial Road, North Hobart
- Bell Street / Queens Walk, New Town
- Lallaby Road, New Town Bay
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Documents:
- Argyle Street Campus
- Commercial Road Campus
The Argyle Street Campus
Morris – Friends’ Primary Years
Morris – Friends’ Primary Years is made up of Kindergarten, housed in Swarthmore, Prep – Year 2 classes, located in the Wells building, and the Years 3 – 6 classes in the Walpole building. There are specialist art and music classrooms, a library, a student support centre and various other teaching and office areas.
Morris has approximately 450 students enrolled in 18 classes; two of each from Kindergarten –Year 4 and three of each for Years 5 – 6.
The Morris Office is located in the Gatehouse and is open between 8.00am and 4.00pm, during term time.
Clemes
Years 11 and 12 occupy Clemes, Palfreyman and Meredith buildings. There are approximately 330 students enrolled in Clemes.
Friends’ Early Learning
Friends’ Early Learning operates from 7.30am to 6.00pm on school days and provides a pre-kindergarten educational program, before and after school care, long day care and vacation care.
The Farrall Centre
This purpose-built facility was constructed in 2010 and allows up to 800 people to gather for a range of events and activities. It is available for hire, subject to availability (see below).
Quaker Meeting House
The Hobart Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is on the Boa Vista Road site.
Walker House
Student accommodation is provided for boarders in Walker House with vehicular entry from Lewis Street.
The Farrall Centre
This purpose-built assembly hall was constructed in 2010 (opened in 2011) and allows up to 800 people to gather for a range of activities. It has state-of-the-art audio visual facilities and services in a modern and contemporary space. The venue is named after past Co-Principals Lyndsay and Stephanie Farrall.
The Commercial Road Campus
The High School (Years 7 – 10)
The High School is located on our Commercial Road Campus and includes specialty art rooms, a ceramics space, commercial food studies kitchen, indoor gym, basketball courts, library, science rooms, the Bill & Marjorie Oats Theatre, and a number of multi-purpose outdoor spaces. It is also home to historic Hodgkin Hall.
Administration
The Commercial Road Campus is also home to our administrative offices including finance, community engagement, enrolments, the Principal and Deputy Principal offices and main school reception.
Archives
Our dedicated archival space is located on the Commercial Road campus, though you can find a number of historic and donated artifacts throughout both campuses of the School.
Friends' Health & Fitness
This complex contains an indoor heated swimming pool, spa, steam room, gym and physiotherapist’s rooms. The School uses the centre for Physical Education classes and for Co-curricular activities. Parking and main entrance are on Wilson Street.
For more information, please visit their dedicated website.
Venue and Facilities Hire
The Friends’ School is a community orientated organisation that provides some of its facilities and venues for external hire. These venues include The Farrall Centre (Argyle Street Campus), Hodgkin Hall (Commercial Road Campus) and our Bell Street Grounds. Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions and relevant health and safety guidelines, we are currently permitting limited external hire or non-school related activities at our outdoor or indoor venues. This includes external hire or non-school use only in The Farrall Centre and Bell Street Grounds. We require each external hirer to provide a COVID-19 Safety Plan and designated Safety Officer for each event on school premises. Where indoor spaces are used, we are employing additional cleaning to comply with Public Health guidelines. Unfortunately, this additional cleaning cost is passed on to the hirer.
Please submit your venue hire enquiry by using the following online form:
Venue Hire Enquiry Form
If you have any queries or would like to discuss, please contact us at bookings@friends.tas.edu.au
