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ANZAC Hill, at 608 meters (1995 feet), is located in 
A popular walk in Alice Springs is along the Lions Walk to ANZAC Hill. This observation point gives panoramic views over the township of Alice Springs. ANZAC Hill is also a Geodetic Fundamental Point for Surveyors, and levels are taken from a marker on the hill.
Alice Springs
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, in the Northern Territory
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The Arrernte name of ANZAC Hill have been recorded as both Untyeyetwelye and Atnelkentyarliweke.
A popular walk in Alice Springs is along the Lions Walk to ANZAC Hill. This observation point gives panoramic views over the township of Alice Springs. ANZAC Hill is also a Geodetic Fundamental Point for Surveyors, and levels are taken from a marker on the hill.
History
Behind the town of Alice Springs, in Central Australia stands ANZAC Hill. In 1932 The RSL club successfully chartered to have ANZAC Hill, the high school and the oval granted as ANZAC Reserve. Dedicated in 1934 to theANZACS
''Anzacs'' (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Austr ...
of World War I, Dawn services are held each year on ANZAC day here, at the memorial.
The Rev Harry Griffiths designed the Anzac Memorial, on top of ANZAC Hill, in 1933. This memorial was unveiled on Anzac Day
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, caption = Anzac Day Dawn Service at Kings Park, Western Australia, 25 April 2009, 94th anniversary.
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1934 and dedicated to Rev Griffiths by Dudley Adamson in 1934.
Rev Griffiths’ ashes were placed in the memorial, along with those of his wife, on 2 June 1987.
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