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Located on the northern edge of town, the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve marks the original site
of the first European settlement in the region and originally included the area
now covered by the township of Alice Springs.
The Telegraph Station was one of twelve repeater stations constructed along the
Overland Telegraph Line in the early 1870s to relay messages between Darwin
and Adelaide and is the best preserved station along the Overland Telegraph
Line.
The completion of the line herald a new era for fast direct communication
between Britain and her then independent Australian colonies.
Operating for 60 years, and then serving as a school for Aboriginal children,
visitors today can view many of the restored stone buildings, including internal
furnishing from the period 1895-1905. The Post and Telegraph Office continue to
operate, but only on occasions of special historical significance.
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