Overview of Alice Springs: Modern History

In 1862, John McDouall Stuart led an expedition into Central Australia and the area where Alice Springs is located. Until the 1930s, however, the town was known as Stuart. The Overland Telegraph Line linking Adelaide to Darwin and Great Britain was completed in 1872. Read More »

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Overview of Alice Springs: Modern History is based on Alice Springs by Ryan Holliday, Robert Krátký, adam, Ikan Kekek, Inas, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.