 It comes from the Latin phrase "inter alia", meaning "among other (things)".In 2006, Alia College moved into the historic Kawarau building, an italianate mansion built in 1893 for Robert Robinson and extended in the early 1900s by merchant and philanthropist Frederick Cato.It then bought the site in 2015, hosting a ceremony to celebrate

Alia College provides the same curriculum as mainstream schools, but differs in its approach to delivery in many ways.