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==Built environment== Alice Springs has many historic buildings, including the [[Overland Telegraph|Overland Telegraph Station]], the Old Courthouse and [[The Residency, Alice Springs|Residency]] and the [[Hartley Street School]]. [[Adelaide House (Alice Springs)|Adelaide House]], a stone building in the middle of the Mall, Central Australia's first hospital, was designed and built by the Rev. John Flynn, founder of the world's first [[Royal Flying Doctor Service|flying doctor]] service, in 1926. It was also the site of the world's first successful portable wireless radio experiment conducted by Alf Traeger. Today it is a museum, one of several significant tourist attractions which form part of The Flynn Trail, a self-guided urban heritage trail.<ref>The Flynn Trail {{cite web |url=http://www.flynntrail.org.au/discovery.html |title=Flynn Trail - heritage tour in Alice Springs |access-date=26 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611001449/http://flynntrail.org.au/discovery.html |archive-date=11 June 2016 }}</ref> Today, the town is an important tourist hub and service centre for the surrounding area. It is a well-appointed town for its size, with several large hotels, a convention centre, and a good range of visitor attractions, restaurants, and other services.
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