| Mitcham Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Mitcham | |
| Coordinates | 34°59′13″S138°37′30″E / 34.987°S 138.625°E |
| Population | 1,832 (SAL 2021) [1] |
| Postcode(s) | 5062 |
| LGA(s) | City of Mitcham |
| State electorate(s) | Waite |
| Federal division(s) | Boothby |
Mitcham, formerly known as Mitcham Village, is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.
Created as a village separate from Adelaide known as "Mitcham Village", it was ancillary to a sheep station at Brown Hill Creek belonging to the South Australia Company. Prior to British colonisation, the area was inhabited by the Kaurna, an Aboriginal people. A group of about 150 Kaurna formerly camped at "Wirraparinga", now Mitcham Reserve (known for many years as "Brown Hill Creek reserve"). [2] The reserve area occupies what was used as the village green. [3]
In August 1909, the Church of England's Orphan Home for Girls, established by Julia Farr and Mrs W. S. Douglas [4] in Carrington Street in Adelaide city centre in 1860, [5] moved to Fullarton Road, Upper Mitcham. [6]
The suburb is the seat of the Mitcham Council.[ citation needed ]
Mitcham is located in the federal electorate of Boothby and the state electorate of Waite, which both tend to be safe Liberal seats.[ citation needed ]
Brown Hill Creek, also known as Willawilla in the Kaurna language, is a watercourse flowing from the Adelaide Hills through in the inner south suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, in the Australian state of South Australia. It is part of the Patawalonga River catchment.
Belair is a suburb in the south eastern foothills of Adelaide, South Australia at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges.
The City of Mitcham is a local government area in the foothills of southern Adelaide, South Australia. Within its bounds is Flinders University, South Australia's third largest, and the notable, affluent suburb of Springfield which contains some of the city's most expensive properties.
Kensington Gardens is an eastern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Burnside. It includes a large recreational park, Kensington Wama, or Kensington Gardens Reserve.
Scotch College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located on two adjacent campuses in Torrens Park and Mitcham, inner-southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.
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Brown Hill Creek is a south-eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham in South Australia, named in 1991 after Brown Hill Creek which flows from east to west through the locality. The creek itself was named after Brown Hill which rises immediately south-east of Mitcham village.
Unley High School, located in Netherby, South Australia.
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The Sturt River, also known as the Sturt Creek and Warri Parri (Warriparri) in the Kaurna language, is a river located in the Adelaide region of the Australian state of South Australia.
Point Pearce, also spelt Point Pierce in the past, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area, 194 kilometres (121 mi) north-west of the state capital, Adelaide.
William Finlayson was a churchman and farmer in the early days of South Australia, and father of nine children including two sons prominent in the early days of that colony.
John Harvey Finlayson was the editor and part-owner of the South Australian Register.
The Advanced School for Girls was a South Australian State school whose purpose was to prepare girls to qualify for entry to the University of Adelaide. Founded in 1879, the school merged with Adelaide High School in 1907.
Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburb of Aldinga Beach about 46 kilometres south by west of the state capital of Adelaide.
Catherine Maria Thornber was the founder of a school for girls in Unley Park, South Australia.
Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895–1991) was an Australian mammalogist, author and photographer. Associated with the South Australian Museum, he is recognised for his extensive surveys and research on mammals in Central Australia and systematically documenting the knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of the region.
Doris Egerton Jones, also known as Doris Callaghan and Doris Callahan, was an Australian writer of novels and plays.
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