Alice Springs Telegraph Station

The stone buildings of the 1872 telegraph station, built on the Overland Telegraph Line that linked Adelaide to Darwin and Australia to the world. The town of Alice Springs grew up around it, and the original 'Alice' spring is in the waterhole beside it.

The restored station, now a historical reserve, has displays on the telegraph operators' lives and on the station's later use as a home for Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations. There are walking tracks and picnic areas, and a 4 km walking and cycling path follows the dry Todd River back into town.