Alice Springs Telegraph Station, Alice Springs

Name: Alice Springs Telegraph Station
Address: Alice Springs, Australia

#26 among attractions in Alice Springs

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Alice Springs Telegraph Station, Alice Springs

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The Alice Springs Telegraph Station is located within the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve, four kilometres north of the Alice Springs town centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Established in 1872 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide, it is the original site of the first European settlement in central Australia. It was one of twelve stations along the Overland Telegraph Line. ()

Elevation: 1995 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 23°39'10"S, 133°53'20"E

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Alice Springs Telegraph Station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Todd Mall, ANZAC Hill, The Residency, Hartley Street School.

3.2 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Todd Mall, Alice Springs
83 min walk • The Todd Mall is a mostly pedestrian mall in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia which serves as its "main street" and is one of the primary locations for shopping and leisure in the town. It contains many of the town's restaurants.
2.9 miS
Lookout, View point, Memorial
ANZAC Hill, Alice Springs
75 min walk • ANZAC Hill, at 608 meters, is located in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Arrernte name of ANZAC Hill have been recorded as both Untyeyetwelye and Atnelkentyarliweke.
3.2 miS
Museum, History museum
The Residency, Alice Springs
82 min walk • The Residency holds significance for the people of Alice Springs as a tangible symbol of their brief legislative independence from the rest of the Northern Territory. It also provided a hub of social and cultural activities for the local residents.
3.3 miS
Museum
Hartley Street School, Alice Springs
84 min walk • Hartley Street School in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, was the first purpose-built school in the town. Its oldest buildings were constructed in 1929, and it opened in 1930 to cater for the growing population in the town following the completion of the railway line from Adelaide to Alice Springs.
2.9 miS
Theater
Totem Theatre, Alice Springs
75 min walk • The Totem Theatre is a theatre located in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the home to the Alice Springs Theatre Group who manage the venue and produce amateur theatre productions.
3.5 miS
Park
Billy Goat Hill, Alice Springs
89 min walk • Billy Goat Hill, or Akeyulerre, is located in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia and, together with the nearby ANZAC Hill, has important Dreaming associations include two sisters, alongside uninitiated boys, who were travelling north and were engaged in...
3.7 miS
Botanical garden, Park, Garden
Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs
95 min walk • Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
3.6 miS
Museum, History museum
Women's Museum of Australia, Alice Springs
93 min walk • The Women's Museum of Australia, formerly the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame, is a museum focused on the place of women in Australian history, situated in the restored HM Gaol and Labour Prison Alice Springs building in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
3.8 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs
97 min walk • The Araluen Cultural Precinct, formerly the Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, is a cultural precinct which includes the Araluen Arts Centre, the Museum of Central Australia, Central Australian Aviation Museum...
3.2 miS
Theater
Pioneer Theatre, Alice Springs
83 min walk • The Pioneer Theatre, also known as "Pioneer Walk-In Theatre" and "Snow Kenna's Walk-In Picture Theatre", was a theatre in the Northern Territory of Australia located in Alice Springs.
3.7 miSW
Museum
Strehlow Research Centre, Alice Springs
95 min walk • The Strehlow Research Centre is a museum and cultural centre within the Museum of Central Australia, which is situated in the Araluen Cultural Precinct in the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.