| Alice Springs Mparntwe Northern Territory | |||||||||
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.JPG) View of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill, with MacDonnell Ranges and Heavitree Gap in the background | |||||||||
  Alice Springs Location in the Northern Territory | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°42′0″S 133°52′12″E / 23.70000°S 133.87000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 25,912 (2021)[1] | ||||||||
| • Density | 79.121/km2 (204.92/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1872 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0870-0872 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 327.5 km2 (126.4 sq mi)[2] (2011 urban) | ||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| LGA(s) | Alice Springs Town Council | ||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | |||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||
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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. Known colloquially as The Alice or simply Alice, the town is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.[4]
The area is also known locally as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years.
Alice Springs had a population of 33,180 in August 2023.[5] The town's population accounts for approximately 10 per cent of the population of the Northern Territory.[6]
The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The surrounding region is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, an arid environment consisting of several deserts. Temperatures in Alice Springs can vary, with an average maximum in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) and an average minimum in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).[7]
- ^ "Alice Springs 2021 Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Alice Springs". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Local Community & Culture Alice Springs Town Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Geoscience Australia Centre of Australia, States and Territories updated July 2006 Archived 12 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine "Officially, there is no centre of Australia. This is because there are many complex but equally valid methods that can determine possible centres of a large, irregularly shaped area especially one that is curved by the earth's surface." See the Geoscience Australia page for further details.
- ^ "Alice Springs Population 2024 | Population Australia". Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alice Springs (Urban Centre)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Alice Springs Airport". Bureau of Meteorology. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
