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Alice Springs

American  

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kumanjayi Little Baby was a Warlpiri girl whose traditional lands are in the northwest of Alice Springs, in the Tanami Desert.

From BBC May 15, 2026

There were few people out and about on Thursday ahead of the vigil in Alice Springs, which has a small population of 30,000.

From BBC May 7, 2026

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

In 1778, they had dispatched two surveyors—Messrs. Barclay and Weinnecke—to proceed in that direction, starting from the neighbourhood of Alice Springs.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

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