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Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Notes

Spencer and Gillen record the Arrernte name for the locality of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station as either 'Chauritchi’ or 'Tchauritji'. Chauritchi is described as "a rocky hill close to Alice Springs" (NTCA, 1899: 326) Brooks notes that the area where Charles Creek meets the Todd River is known as Tyuretye (Sometimes spelt Choritja) and is regaded as the real central point of Mparntwe" (1991:14) T.G.H. Strehlow (1971:770) notes Tjoritja as the "original name for Alice Springs."

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Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Places Alice Springs

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Places Alice Springs

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

Sacred objects of the Arrernte, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1896.

Places Alice Springs

Totems Witchetty Grub, Xyleutes sp., atnyemayte, Euro, Macropus robustus, aranga, Corkwood Nectar, Hakea suberea, unjiamba

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

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Place Details

Specific Location

Alice Springs

State

Northern Territory

Indigenous Name

Tchauritji

Latitude

-23.67200086

Longitude

133.8899517

Totems

Emu Bush Caterpillar, udnirringita

Fieldwork

Spencer and Gillen Expedition 1901-02
Horn Expedition 1894