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On this day - 1871 (Alice Springs); March 11th
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Saturday, March 11, 1871. : The springs after which Alice Springs, central Australia, was named are discovered

The city of Alice Springs is located 1524 km from Darwin and 293 km north of the South Australian border. It is the second largest city in the Northern Territory, with a population of over 25 000.

In 1862, explorer John McDougall Stuart's third expedition succeeded in finding a route through the Centre of Australia to the north coast, navigating and mapping the country for white settlement. The construction of the Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872, making it viable for pastoralists to take up leases in the Red Centre. The springs after which the town was named were discovered on 11 March 1871 by the team building the Overland Telegraph Line. They lie to the north-east of the town and were named after the wife of Charles Todd, the man instrumental in securing the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line for South Australia. Surveyors William Whitfield Mills and John Ross both claim credit for the discovery of the springs.

Alice Springs was the name given to the telegraph repeater station which operated from 1872 to 1932. The actual town, originally surveyed in 1888, was 3km south of the telegraph station. Until the early 1930s, the official name of the town was Stuart. However, this created confusion for administrators in Adelaide, so on 31 August 1933 the township of Stuart was officially gazetted Alice Springs.

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That bit in the middle is the River Todd which only rarely has water in it, but ... when it does (see pic below)!.

http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1946-Todd-River-in-Flood-1.jpg

http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/c0d/7c8/der-recht-trockene-todd-river-alice-springs.jpg


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Nigel Adkins – birthday today

Full name: Nigel Howard Adkins

Dates: born 11th March 1965, in Birkenhead

Clubs: Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic
Management: Bangor City, Scunthorpe United (physiotherapist role prior to manager position), Southampton, Reading and Sheffield United
Honours:
A) As a club manager:
Bangor City - League of Wales: 1993–94, 1994–95
Scunthorpe UnitedFootball League One: 2006–07
Football League One Playoffs: 2009
SouthamptonLeague One runners-up: 2010–11
Championship runners-up: 2011–12
B) Individual honours:
League One Manager of the Month: February 2007 (Scunthorpe United)
League One Manager of the Month: April 2011 (Southampton)
Member of the Welsh Premier League Hall of Fame.
Winner of the final quarter of the Castrol LMA Managers' Performance table 2010–11 season (Southampton)


Reading manager record: 80 games – W29 D20 L31 (win 36.3%)
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