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ID: 7001900
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alice Springs (inhabited place)  Alice Springs (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 42 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -23.7000  decimal degrees
Long: 133 52 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 133.8667  decimal degrees

Note: Close to geographical center of continent; agricultural & mining center; winter resort; administrative & supply center for Outback settlements; railway terminus; events include Henley-on-Todd Regatta, mock yacht race on dry Todd River bed.

Names:
Alice Springs (preferred,C,V)
Stuart (H,V)  ............ 1860-ca. 1931

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Northern Territory (territory)  ............  Northern Territory (territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Alice Springs (inhabited place)  ................  Alice Springs (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled 1860 as Stuart
town (C)
agricultural center (C)
mining center (C)
resort center (C)
regional capital (H)  ............  of Central Australian Territory (under name Stuart), 1927-1931

Sources and Contributors:
Alice Springs..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..........................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 16
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 32
Stuart..........  [BHA]
.................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 16
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 32
 
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