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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.
Its traditional name is Mparntwe. [3] Alice Springs is an established residential township with a commercial area and rural areas on the outskirts of the town. European settlement of the area dates from 1862. The current mayor is Matt Paterson. He was elected in September 2021 at the age of 30, making him the youngest Mayor in Alice Springs ...
Arrernte welcoming dance, entrance of the strangers, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 9 May 1901, photograph Artist Albert Namatjira was a Western Arrernte man.. The Arrernte (/ ˈ ʌ r ə n d ə /) people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at Mparntwe [1] [2] (Alice Springs) [a] and ...
The Todd River (Arrernte: Lhere Mparntwe / Lhere Imatukua) [1] is an ephemeral river in the southern Northern Territory, central Australia.The origins of the Todd River are in the MacDonnell Ranges, where it flows past the Telegraph Station, almost through the centre of Alice Springs (Mparntwe), through Heavitree Gap at the southern end of Alice Springs and continuing on for some distance ...
She was one of a group of Mparntwe traditional custodians who lobbied to get the Mount Gillen / Alhekulyele climbing track closed. The site is an essential element of the Ayeye Akngwelye Mpartnwe-arenyethe — Dog Story of Alice Springs. It was officially registered as a sacred site in December 2020, and completely closed in March 2021. [6]
Emily Gap, 1900 Cattle in Emily Gap, 1938 - 1948 A close up of cattle in the Gap, c1937. Emily Gap / Anthwerrke is a natural attraction and significant cultural site to the Arrernte people in the East MacDonnell Ranges, eight kilometres to the east of Mparntwe/Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern Territory.
The Museum of Central Australia which sits within the precinct, 2007. The Araluen Cultural Precinct, formerly the Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory of Australia, is a cultural precinct which includes the Araluen Arts Centre, the Museum of Central Australia (incorporating the Strehlow Research Centre), Central Australian Aviation ...
Men and goats in front of Billy Goat Hill in 1924 Water tanks were constructed on top of Billy Goat Hill during WWII. Billy Goat Hill, or Akeyulerre, (in Arrernte) is located in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory of Australia and, together with the nearby ANZAC Hill, has important Dreaming associations include two sisters, alongside uninitiated boys, who were travelling north ...