Braitling

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Braitling | city = [[Alice Springs]] | state = nt | image = | caption = | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | pop = 3,149 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC70039 |name=Braitling (NT) |accessdate=25 September 2017 |quick=on}}</ref> | est = | postcode = 0870 | area = 1.5 | lga = [[Town of Alice Springs]] | stategov = [[Electoral division of Braitling|Braitling]] | stategov2 = [[Electoral division of Namatjira|Namatjira]] | fedgov = [[Division of Lingiari|Lingiari]] | coordinates = {{coord|23|40|51|S|133|52|9|E|display=inline,title}}

| maxtemp = 28.9 | maxtemp_footnotes = <ref name = climate>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_015590.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> | mintemp = 13.3 | mintemp_footnotes = <ref name = climate/> | rainfall = 282.8 | rainfall_footnotes = <ref name = climate/>

| near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = }} '''Braitling''' is a suburb of the town of [[Alice Springs]] in the [[Northern Territory]], Australia. It is on the traditional Country of the [[Arrernte people|Arrernte]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History |url=https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about-alice-springs/more/a-brief-history |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Alice Springs Town Council |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The suburb is named after Bill and [[Doreen Braitling]], who established [[Mount Doreen Station]] in 1930.<ref name="namereg">{{cite web|title=Braitling|url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=22285|website=NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref>

== Sport == Arunga Park Speedway {{coord|23|40|13|S|133|52|33|E|}} on the eastern edge of Braitling, off the Herbert Heritage Dr<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayaustralia.org/tracks/nt/arunga-park-speedway |title=Arunga Park Speedway |website=Speedway Australia |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> hosted important [[motorcycle speedway]] events, including qualifying rounds of the [[Speedway World Championship]] (starting in 1986).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Electoral division of Braitling]]

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[[Category:Suburbs of Alice Springs]]