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Saturday 30 August 2008 - 5.07pm CST
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galleries history
A small selection of photographs from Alice Springs history. We hope to include more shortly. In the meantime, residents can browse our extensive collection of photographic prints which are held in the Alice Springs Collection of the Alice Springs Public Library.
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- Before the arrival of the first steam train camel trains and their Afghan handlers were vital to the development of Central Australia
- August 1929 and the first train NM34 arrives in Alice Springs
- An early shot of Alice Springs Circa 1940.
- Flying Doctor initially operated from Adelaide House - Central Australia's first hospital opened in August 1926
- Camels - the early lifeline of Central Australia
- Kurt Johannsen's Diamond T - an early road train