Heavitree Gap Police Station, Historic police station and gaol in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Heavitree Gap Police Station is a heritage building located at the southwestern end of Heavitree Gap, displaying architectural styles typical of 19th century Australian law enforcement structures. The facility features spaces designed for policing operations in the harsh central Australian environment.

The first police camp in Alice Springs was set up in 1879 at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and moved to this Heavitree Gap site on 21 April 1886 by Mounted Constables William Wilshire and Erwein Wurmbrand with several native police, becoming central Australia's first permanent police presence. The stone station was built in 1889; before that officers lived in tents and prisoners were held in a bough shed later upgraded to a log hut. In 1904 the buildings were proclaimed a public gaol under the Prison Act 1869, and its first eight prisoners were Arrernte men from Ntaria convicted of killing cattle. The gaol closed in 1909 after the Stuart Town Gaol was built.

The first prisoners held here after the 1904 gaol proclamation were eight Arrernte men from Ntaria (Hermannsburg), convicted of killing cattle; two were juveniles aged 14 and 16. In the late 1930s nurse Eileen Fitzer isolated at the site with 17 mostly Aboriginal children suffering from trachoma, treating about 100 adults as outpatients.

The reserve sits on the southwestern side of Heavitree Gap, south of Alice Springs town centre, and is reached via Len Kittle Drive. The site is a heritage reserve rather than a working police station; the buildings were reconstructed in 1967 and a caretaker occupies the site. Check access before visiting, as the reserve is not a staffed facility.

The building received official recognition as a public gaol under the Prison Act 1869 in 1904, marking its dual role in local law enforcement.