Population 245 (2011) LGA(s) Town of Alice Springs Area 200 ha Federal division Division of Lingiari | Postcode(s) 0870 Territory electorate(s) Braitling Postal code 0870 | |
Ciccone is an industrial suburb of Alice Springs with a population of around 200 (2015). Ciccone is located right next to Stuart Highway. There are a small number of houses on the north-western side of Ciccone, but the area is mostly industrial.
Map of Ciccone NT 0870, Australia
The suburb is named after Pasquale "Patsy" Ciccone and his wife, Antonia. The Ciccones were early Italian pioneers in Central Australia, who settled in Alice Springs in the 1920s and 1930s and established several mines in the area, mining gold and other metals.
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Ciccone, Northern Territory Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA