Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Telegraph Station

Ok so the old telegraph stations was the original Alice Springs and was named after Sir Charles Todd's wife by a surveyor, W. W. Mills, whilst he was incorrectly naming a site as a spring instead of a soak. The town of Alice Springs only became known as that in the 1930's, originally it was called Stuart after the explorer of the same name.

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4 comments:

  1. Leeds daily photoJanuary 5, 2011 at 4:17 AM

    I like most readers of your blog have a very vague idea of Alice and the area around it. Mine is mostly fictional, as a boy I loved A Town Like Alice and the movie Walkabout mostly because of Jenny Agutter (who I got meet and photograph because of my Leeds daily photo). Neither of these sources will stand up to the Around Alice Springs but I look forward to the journey of discovery. So thanks Mike.

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  2. Around Alice with MikeJanuary 5, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    That's really nice of you to say. I can always recommend a few good books if you're interested in the local cultures. But hopefully I can get a few more shots in before I leave in three weeks!

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  3. AmandaJanuary 5, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    So your blog will only last 3 more weeks! Or is it just a temporary leave of absence?

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  4. Around Alice with MikeJanuary 6, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    Lol no I've enough photo's to make it last a while then it will migrate...

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