Wedding traditions of Alice Springs
A desert town in Arrernte country, where kinship rules for marriage are older than the town.
Alice Springs is on the land of the Arrernte people and the centre of a region of many Aboriginal communities. In Aboriginal societies kinship systems, such as skin names in some groups, define who may marry whom. Customs differ from one nation to another and are for the people concerned to describe.
A wedding here
Most Aboriginal people in the region now marry through church or civil ceremonies, with a family gathering on country. Songs, dance and a feast of bush foods and store foods may be part. Details of ceremony are often private to the community.
Law and change
Australian law sets the minimum age at 18, and a historic practice of promised marriage of girls is not recognised. The same law applies across the country, and same-sex marriage has been legal since 2017.
Wedding customs of Alice Springs
Also part of it, and being written: Arrernte people (The traditional owners.), Kinship (The structure of relatives.), Skin name (The kinship category.), Indigenous Australians (The peoples.).
A wedding trail idea for Alice Springs
- Alice Springs Telegraph Station A historic site.
- Anzac Hill A lookout over the town.
- Todd Mall The town's main street.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
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