Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve covers an area of 4040 hectares.

The reserve contains the original settlement of Alice Springs on the banks of the Todd River, a cluster of stone buildings dating from 1872. This was the original settlement of Alice Springs when it started out its life as a repeater station on the Overland Telegraph Line. The buildings have been carefully reconstructed and show something of the pioneering lifestyle in Central Australia a century ago.

The Telegraph Station operated for over sixty years, until 1932 when the buildings served as a school for Aboriginal children. During World War II parts of the station were used by the army.

The Reserve is a pleasant location for a picnicking day out, with the spring from which the town acquired its name, being right beside the station.

There are guided tours from April until October at half past the hour, every hour from 8.30 am until 4.30 pm. In the months from November through to March there are four tours a day, at 10 and 11 am, and at 2 and 3 pm. The park opening hours are 8 am until 7 pm, with extended hours October to March when it closes at 9 pm. For further information tel. (089) 52 3993.

Access to the Reserve is by vehicle along the Stuart Highway. It is located four kilometres north of Alice Springs. Alternatively there is a cycling or walking path into the Reserve from the Stuart Highway via Schwartz Crescent, and along the west bank of the Todd River.

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