Alice Springs
Alice Springs
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View of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill, with MacDonnell Ranges and Heavitree Gap in the background | |
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Interactive map of Alice Springs | |
| Coordinates: 23°42′0″S 133°52′12″E / 23.70000°S 133.87000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Northern Territory |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Established | 1872 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Asta Hill |
| • Territory electorates | |
| • Federal division | |
| Area (2011 urban) | |
• Total | 327.5 km2 (126.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 25,912 (2021) |
| • Density | 79.121/km2 (204.92/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) |
| Postcode | 0870-0872 |
| Mean max temp | 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 282.8 mm (11.13 in) |
Alice Springs (Eastern Arrernte: Mparntwe, [ᵐbaⁿɖʷə], colloquially in English The Alice or Alice) is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin and Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Charles Todd. The town is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre, nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.
The area's original inhabitants, the Arrernte, have lived in the Central Australian desert for tens of thousands of years.
Alice Springs had a population of 34,783 as of June 2025. The town's population accounts for approximately 10 percent of the population of the Northern Territory.
The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The surrounding region is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, an arid environment consisting of several deserts. Alice Springs experiences a wide temperature range, with an average maximum in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) and an average minimum in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).