Australian Towns & Cities
Northern Territory: Alice Springs
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

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

Fingerboards:
Fingerboards on Wills Tce, Alice Springs, showing distances to major centres via Stuart Hwy, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd Mall:
Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd Mall:
Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd Mall:
Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd Mall:
Todd Mall shopping precinct in the Alice Springs CBD, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd River:
Pedestrian footbridge and floodway (Undoolya Rd) over Todd River at Alice Springs, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Todd River:
View of the Todd River from the Undoolya Rd pedestrian footbridge, Alice Springs, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Alice Springs CBD:
View of Alice Springs and Bath St from Anzac Hill, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Alice Springs CBD:
Dusk view of Alice Springs and Bath St from Anzac Hill, 2001.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

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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