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

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

Even by Aussie standards, Alice Springs is casual: People dress down, and many drive well-equipped four-wheel-drive trucks that are as much a part of the uniform as T-shirts, shorts and Akubra hats.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2023

At Alice Springs they occasionally count, sometimes using their fingers in doing so, up to five, but frequently anything beyond four is indicated by the word oknira, meaning ‘much’ or ‘great.’

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)