Topic: Alice Springs

Tensions on the rise

Advertisement . IN 1790, Bennelong, the Sydney-born Aboriginal friend to the colonisers, was present when Governor Arthur Phillip was speared at...

Pugsley: Crusader dedicated to kidney research

DR DAVID Pugsley is a naturalised Australian who has devoted decades to improving the kidney health of Aborigines. . . The former Englishman was...
The year is 2039, and in Alice Springs, Australia, a dead fish falls from the sky. This is even odder than it might seem, because the man at whose...

In a wet country

I saw many things during a visit to Australia last summer, but the image that has stuck with me is of Alice Springs' Todd River. There were bicycle...

88 Natural Wonders Of Australia

Most of the Australia's geographical regions are unique. The outstanding natural resources have attracted thousands of visitors. Here are 88...

Aboriginal group moved to Alice Springs

A group of aboriginal Australians who fled the remote community of Yuendumu was moved to Alice Springs Saturday. The first of several families arrived in Alice Springs yesterday but would not speak to the media, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The group ...

Aussie marathon drive to boost Aboriginal health

The four men, plucked from Australia's hard-scrabble desert communities, are the first graduates of a scheme by the country's most successful marathon runner, Robert de Castella, who hopes to uncover a competitor for the 2016 Olympics.Last weekend the runners ...
The Devil's Marbles are something you will not see in the rest of the world. The Devil's Marbles are off the Stuart Highway, just about ten kilometres past Wauchope, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Unless you are travelling round ...

Fiesta hood becomes artists' canvas

By Jeremy Hart. . It can sell for millions in New York, London and Sydney auction houses. But it's created by desert-dwelling artists in the most...
An American woman reached a settlement with Qantas after she sued the airline because a child next to her on a flight from Alice Springs to Darwin...