A key factor restricting the expansion of Australian Montessori schools over the last hundred years has been an ongoing shortage of trained Montessori teachers, a consequence of
the tyranny of distance made more serious when the volatile working conditions in small schools struggling to survive drive teachers away to find more secure careers. This chapter begins with a history Montessori training including Margaret Homfray and Phoebe Child. It then chronicles the beginnings of training in Australia.