Other sights in Alice Springs
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Telegraph Station
Laying the Overland Telegraph Line across Australia’s harsh Centre was no easy task, as you’ll discover at the small museum at the evocative Telegraph Station. The old stone station dates to the early 1870s and operated until 1932. It later served as a welfare home for Aboriginal children of mixed descent, until 1963. Guided tours operate between 9am and 4.30pm (April to October); phone for times. There’s also an informative station map that guides you through restored homestead buildings, a blacksmith shop and the telegraph station itself.
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National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame
This tribute to Australia’s pioneering women is in the former Alice Springs Gaol, very near the Royal Flying Doctor Service base. Behind the high walls and rolls of barbed wire are stories of the exploits and achievements of women from all over the country, including large pictorial displays on ‘Women First in Their Field’ and ‘Women at the Heart’ celebrating outback heroines.
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Adelaide House
Built in the 1920s as the Australian Inland Mission hospital, Adelaide House was the first hospital in central Australia. Designed by the founding flying doctor Reverend John Flynn, it now displays photographs and implements of pioneering medical practice. At the rear of the building stands a small shed housing the original ‘pedal radio’ invented by Alfred Traeger.
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Old Ghan Rail Museum
The Old Ghan Rail Museum has a collection of restored Ghan locos and carriages to please train buffs and anyone interested in this pioneering railway (originally called the Afghan Express after the cameleers who forged the route).
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Gallery Gondwana
Gondwana is a well-established private gallery, recognised for dealing directly with community art centres and artists. Quality works from leading and emerging Central and Western Desert artists include those from Yuendumu and Utopia.
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Aviation Museum
The Aviation Museum is in the Connellan Hangar, Alice’s original aerodrome. There are exhibits on pioneer aviation in the Territory and, of course, the famous Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Residency
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Old Hartley Street School
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