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==History==
==History==
A repeater station was built for the[[Overland Telegraph Line]] in 1871 at a waterhole named "Alice Springs" after the wife of the prime mover for the enterprise, the South Australian Postmaster-General, Charles Todd. The town of Stuart - named after the first white man to explore the area, James McDouall Stuart - was founded nearby in 1889 and renamed Alice Springs in 1933. A rail line from [[Adelaide]], ("The Ghan"; named after the Afghan camel drivers associated with the Telegraph Line,) arrived in 1929 and was finally connected with [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]], 1500-odd km to the north, in 1993. For many years it was near the southern end of the sealed road - the Stuart Highway ("The Track", as it is known) - built during ((World War II]].
A repeater station was built for the[[Overland Telegraph Line]] in 1871 at a waterhole named "Alice Springs" after the wife of the prime mover for the enterprise, the South Australian Postmaster-General, Charles Todd. The town of Stuart - named after the first white man to explore the area, James McDouall Stuart - was founded nearby in 1889 and renamed Alice Springs in 1933. A rail line from [[Adelaide]], ("The Ghan"; named after the Afghan camel drivers associated with the Telegraph Line,) arrived in 1929 and was finally connected with [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]], 1500-odd km to the north, in 1993. For many years it was near the southern end of the sealed road - the Stuart Highway ("The Track", as it is known) - built during [[World War II]].
It became a major centre for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 1931 and the equally innovative "School of the Air" in 1951.
It became a major centre for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 1931 and the equally innovative "School of the Air" in 1951.