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

He was being treated at Alice Springs Hospital in recent weeks, reportedly for terminal cancer.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

At the age of 11, the Kaytetye man was sent from his home in Alice Springs to a remote missionary-style school run by Benedictine monks in Western Australia.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

She spent many years in Alice Springs, in central Australia, where she met her husband, before moving to Melbourne, where she still lives, in 2005.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

In 2015, she followed her mother, Bess Price, a teacher and former government minister for the Northern Territory government, into politics, becoming a councillor for the Alice Springs Town Council and, later, a deputy mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

He left Alice Springs on the overland line on the 14th of March to examine the hitherto unknown country to the north and west of Lake Amadeus.

From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest