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Located in Central Australia, Alice Springs is the third largest town in the Northern Territory. Originally called Stuart (after European explorer John McDouall Stuart), the town is named after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. The area is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte.
The town is adjacent to the Todd River (which is mostly dry) and also the MacDonnell Ranges. The town features a number of historic buildings, including the old Overland Telepgraph Station, and is close to some of the regions popular tourist attractions including national parks, and is just a few hours away from Uluru.
The Adelaide-Darwin railway services the town and the Royal Flying Doctor Service has its dispatch centre there and the Alice Springs School of the Air, a distance education organisation, is also based in Alice Springs, and provides teaching, education materials and personal communication for remote children in remote areas of the Northern Territory.
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Welcome To Alice Springs: Welcome sign at Alice Springs Airport, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Fingerboards: Fingerboards on Wills Tce, Alice Springs, showing distances to major centres via Stuart Hwy, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd Mall: Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd Mall: Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd Mall: Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd Mall: Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd River: Pedestrian footbridge and floodway (Undoolya Rd) over Todd River at Alice Springs, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Todd River: View of the Todd River from the Undoolya Rd pedestrian footbridge, Alice Springs, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Alice Springs CBD: View of Alice Springs and Bath St from Anzac Hill, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Alice Springs CBD: Dusk view of Alice Springs and Bath St from Anzac Hill, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
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Alice Springs: Dusk view of towards Alice Springs suburbs of Gillen and Araluen from Anzac Hill, 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia |
1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats
Last updated: 14 Nov 2019 00:47
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