Hi Tom
Woops.!
Further my previous, I was wrong about the number
of Employees in Alice Springs, the figure I quoted
would have included the NAR as well.
I understand from a friend who has official info
that the figure was 90 in the early seventies but
has been quoted in other sources as being up to 120.
What ever the numbers, this "downsizing" as others
have pointed out has been repeated across Australia.
In some cases where services were completely withdrawn,
it has had a devastating effect on small Towns, so
those with a service and albeit less employees, are
fortunate in these times.
Cheers
----Tell
Alice Springs NT