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Alice Springs (Eastern Arrernte: Mparntwe [3]) is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin and Palmerston.The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd.
Pine Gap is a joint United States-Australian satellite communications and signals intelligence surveillance base and Australian Earth station approximately 18 km (11 mi) south-west of the town of Alice Springs.
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Kilgariff is situated on the traditional Country of the Arrernte people. [11] [12]The suburb's name is derived from Bernie Kilgariff, an Alice Springs resident who served as the first Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at its creation in 1974 and who was elected in 1975 as one of the first two senators elected to represent the Northern Territory in the Australian Senate.
The Gap is a suburb of the town of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is located at the Heavitree Gap . It is on the traditional Country of the Arrernte people.
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Haasts Bluff west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. Haasts Bluff, also known as Ikuntji, is an Aboriginal Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, 227 kilometres (141 mi) west of Alice Springs.
ANZAC Hill, Alice Springs, c1939 ANZAC Memorial Service, Alice Springs, 1939. A popular walk in Alice Springs is along the Lions Walk to ANZAC Hill. [3] This observation point gives panoramic views over the township of Alice Springs. ANZAC Hill is also a Geodetic Fundamental Point for Surveyors, and levels are taken from a marker on the hill.