Alice Springs

Alice Springs Town is 149 square kilometres.  Alice Springs Municipality is 327 square km which includes airport.  Southern Region of 542,500 square km - Alice Springs falls within the Northern Territory Government's Southern Region.  Alice Springs is located on an altitude of 700 metres.  Highest point in the Northern Territory: Mount Zeil at 1,525 metres, rises out of the West MacDonnell Range.

From shopping to the arts to sport and recreation, the people of Alice Springs enjoy a range of quality facilities comparable to any town of similar size in Australia.  Our climate promotes a healthy outdoor lifestyle, and even though it might take some time getting to The Alice, once here, everything is virtually on your front door.

In 1862 explorer John McDouall Stuart led an expedition (his third and final attempt) through the Centre, to the north coast, navigating and mapping the country for white settlement. As arguably Australia's pre-eminent explorer, the Stuart Highway honours his remarkable feats of exploration and leadership.  Following in Stuart's footsteps, the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872 and made it viable for pastoralists to take up leases in the Centre. However, it was the discovery of alluvial gold at Arltunga, some 100 kms east of Alice Springs, in 1887 that provided a population boom for the Centre.

Updated On: 15.02.13