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

Murdoch, 67, was serving a life sentence at a prison in Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern Territory.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

John Wischusen, a hydrogeologist based in Alice Springs, said that the usual formula for determining whether the Todd would flow was 40 millimeters of rain at a rate of 50 millimeters per hour.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

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

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