Memorial Cemetery
This is the resting place of many pioneers, including:
- the remarkable Eddie Connellan and his family (a row of white marble headstones)
- famous Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira
- Harold Bell Lasseter, who died trying to find a lost gold reef
- Miss Olive Pink an early anthropologist
There is also a special section in this cemetery devoted to the early 'Afghan' cameleers and their descendants who were a vital part of the early exploration and settlement of Central Australia. They are buried facing Mecca.
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The Sculpture Garden
A feature of this special area is the 300 year-old sacred Corkwood tree, which the building was designed around. The Sculpture Garden lies at the foot of a sacred hill which forms part of an important Arrente and Women's Dreaming Story.
Public art located in the Sculpture Garden and the environs of Araluen include major works by prestigious Australian sculptors Joan Brassil - Time Mirages, 1987, inspired by the hand back of Uluru to it's traditional owners , and Trevor Weekes - The Split, 1984, depicting notable Central Australian landmark Standley Chasm.
Mess House
Between Territory Craft and the eastern entrance to the Araluen Centre is a small cottage known as the Mess House, which was built as a residence for the Chief Engineer of Connellan Airways. Today it is used as offices. A memorial to Roger Connellan, the son of Eddie Connellan who was killed in an aircraft accident in 1977 is located near the Mess House.
Araluen Homestead
The homestead, built in 1947 is the original Connellan family home. The homestead is now a private residence. The top of a terraced area near the house was the site of the first swimming pool in Alice Springs and the large circular lawn was a tennis court, both belonging to the Connellan family.
Kookaburra Memorial
The Kookaburra Memorial is dedicated to the memory of Keith Anderson and Bob Hitchcock who perished after their aircraft, the "Kookaburra", made a forced landing in the Tanami Desert on the 10th April 1929 while searching for Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. Found fourteen days later, the wreck was abandoned until 1978 when it was recovered by aviator and adventurer Dick Smith. The Kookaburra remains were displayed in the Memorial in 1982.