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CENTRAL AUSTRALIA   

Altitude of Alice Springs:
700 metres / 2300 feet
Northern Territory Highest point: Mount Zeil at 1,525 metres, West MacDonnell Ranges

Area of Alice Springs:
Alice Springs Town: 149 square kilometres (as of 1979 there have been six boundary changes since 1888)

Alice Springs Municipality:
327 square km - includes the airport

Southern Region: 542,500 square km - Alice Springs falls within the Northern Territory Government's Southern Region.

Source: Northern Territory Government Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment (IPE)

ALICE SPRINGS

With a stunning landscape which is ever changing, Alice Springs is an exciting frontier town with a large heart

Alice Springs lies almost in the geographical centre of the immense Australian landmass, some 1500 kilometres from the nearest major city
 
Indigenous Population

At 30 June 2001 the Territory's estimated resident Indigenous population was 57,600, 29% of the total population of the NT.

The traditional owners of Alice Springs are the Central Arrernte people also as a hub it attracts Aboriginal people from all over Central Australia and beyond. Speakers of Warlpiri, Kaytetye, Ngaanyatjarra, Alyawarre, Luritja, Pintupi, Pitjantjatjara, Warumungu, Yangkunytjatjara,  Pertame, Eastern and Western Arrernte, as residents or visitors. Find out more....

Gallery Gondwana was established in 1990 at 43 Todd Mall, the main street in Alice Springs town centre, near the canvas "sails" a local landmark. From its inception Roslyn Premont, the owner, encouraged local artists and supplied canvas and paint and eventually a studio, it is a gathering place for local and visiting artists.

The gallery caters for both visitors and residents

Alice Springs
43 Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia
Tel: +61 8 8953 1577  Fax: +61 8 8953 2441

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