Arrernte people
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The Arrernte people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at Mparntwe and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. Many still speak one of the various Arrernte dialects. Some Arrernte live in other areas far from their homeland, including the major Australian cities and overseas.
Arrernte welcoming dance, entrance of the strangers, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 9 May 1901, photograph
Artist Albert Namatjira was a Western Arrernte man.
The Hunters of the Central Australian Desert: Arunta Hunter diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Alice Springs
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Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; the third largest settlement after Darwin and Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd, wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. Known colloquially as "The Alice" or simply "Alice", the town is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.
View of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill, with MacDonnell Ranges and Heavitree Gap in the background
Todd River spring, the "springs" that give the town its name
The original Alice Springs Telegraph Station was built 1872 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide
The historic Adelaide House, built 1926, the town's first hospital