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Government House, the residence and workplace of the Governors of the Falklands, stands towards the western end of Stanley off Ross Road West. The original stone building was started by Governor Moody in 1845 and has had extensions and alterations by subsequent governors over the years. |
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The Secretariat houses the offices of the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Secretary and all their ancillary departments for the Civil Service. The lower story built in 1938 was partly damaged by fire in the 1950's. It was repaired and another floor was added to give the imposing building we see today. |
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Gilbert House, on Ross Road, is the Offices of the Legislative Assembly. The building is listed, and historically important having being built in the 1850s as shelter for new immigrants until houses could be provided for them. It was basic with cooking having to be done outside on the beach. It became the ‘Victoria Cottage Home’ in 1908, a nursing home for the sick until the first King Edward Memorial Hospital was built in 1915. |
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The current Town Hall was opened in 1950 to replace the old Town Hall which burned to the ground in 1944. It houses the Post Office, Philatelic Bureau, the Legislative Assembly Chamber and the Legal Justice Department. It is used as a venue for dances and social events. |
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The new King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (1987) in Stanley is the island's only hospital. It is also the base for dental and community health. It has 29 beds, including 18 acute, a two bed intensive care unit, an isolation unit, maternity bed and seven long stay nursing home beds. For minor surgery there is a theatre, an anaesthetic room and a pharmacy. Outpatient and community care facilities include two dental surgeries and a day centre. |
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Originally by the Royal Marines Falkland Islands Garrison Company between 1870 and 1872, the Police Station replaced the small wooden building used as a gaol in the Dockyard. The new building was impressive for its day and was extended and used for other purposes over the years including a telephone exchange, wireless station and Fire Brigade offices. During the 1982 conflict it was hit by a British missile. It has since been repaired and extended. |
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Schools
Primary and secondary education in the Falklands is in line with the English National Curriculum. Great value on is placed on education and there are two modern schools. The Infant and Junior School caters for children from 3 to 11 years.
The Falkland Island Community School building was opened in 1992 by Lord Shackelon. It is modern with two IT suites, three science laboratories, and specialist classrooms covering all subjects. A particular feature of the building is that it incorporates Stanley’s Leisure Centre which includes in its facilities a swimming pool, a sports hall and playing fields which can be used by the students for PE. Older children from camp attend the Community School in Stanley and are housed in Stanley House hostel. |
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Stanley house was built in 1878 as a residence for the Colonial Managers of the fledgling Falkland Islands Company,the biggest and most influential landowners and employers of the time. A large house was needed to accommodate and entertain visiting dignitaries and directors also farm managers. It boasted a tennis court, fine lawns and gardens and employed a considerable staff for domestic work and gardens. In 1970 the Government purchased it as a School Hostel for camp children. During the 1982 conflict it was occupied by Argentine forces then British for some months before reverting to a school hostel. |
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