Alice Springs

American  

noun

1. a town in Northern Territory, in central Australia.

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Alice Springs British  

noun

1. Former name (until 1931): Stuart.  a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The body of the girl, known as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found on 30 April, five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared last Saturday after she was put to bed at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs just before midnight.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Dole said the scenes outside the hospital were "not acceptable" and were not "reflective of what we've seen from the community of Alice Springs in the last five days".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Lewis has been flown from Alice Springs to Darwin and has been taken into police custody, Dole said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

One such stone, for example, may be seen in the land of the Arunta tribe near Alice Springs.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir