The Alice Springs RSL Sub-Branch was chartered in 1932 with 12 members. It was granted Anzac Hill and land at its base and was instrumental in having a war memorial built on the crown of the hill. The Sub-Branch occupied a tin hut at the foot of the hill but, in 1948, was required to surrender the land on which it stood and to seek an alternative site on which to establish an RSL club. On 15 June 1948 RSL committee members inspected and approved a site in Todd Street.  The Alice Springs Memorial Club, then an ancillary of the Sub-Branch, was given a sub-lease of the land in December 1950 for club premises with final approval secured in January 1954.  The ASMC membership expanded rapidly and by 1960 the stage had been reached where non ex-service members were in control. The ex-Diggers built new premises and club rooms, now known as the RSL Social Club, in Schwarz Crescent at the foot of Anzac Hill.

Information current to May 2000

Sources:  History of the RSL Club in Alice Springs RSL Social Club & War Museum, pamphlet produced by Alice Springs RSL Social Club, undated

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