Mitcham, South Australia

Mitcham is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.

Mitcham
Adelaide, South Australia
Mitcham
Coordinates34°59′13″S 138°37′30″E
Population
Postcode(s)5062
LGA(s)City of Mitcham
State electorate(s)Waite
Federal Division(s)Boothby

Created as a village separate from Adelaide ("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").[3]

Politics

Mitcham is located in the federal electorate of Boothby and the state electorate of Waite, which both tend to be safe Liberal seats.

It is the seat of the Mitcham Council.

The area is generally affluent.

Notable Residents

Theodore Ambrose (1880-1947) medical practitioner[4]

Major Rupert Downes (1885-1945) surgeon and soldier[5]

Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895-1991) conservationist and mammalogist[6]

John Harvey Finlayson (1843-1915) newspaper editor[7]

Laura Margaret Hope (1868-1952) medical practitioner[8]

Doris Egerton Jones (1889-1973) writer[9]

Ellen Thornber (1851-1947) schoolmistress[10]

Joseph Garnett Wood (1900-1959) botanist[11]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mitcham (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mitcham (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  3. Chinner, Christine; Osborn P. (1974). Mitcham village sketchbook. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd. pp. 8–10. ISBN 0-85179-748-2.
  4. Joske, Prue (1979). "Ambrose, Theodore (1880-1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. Hill, A.J. "Downes, Rupert Major (1885–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. Harris, Colin (2014). "Finlayson, Hedley Herbert (1895–1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. Love, J.H. (1972). "Finlayson, John Harvey (1843–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. Jones, Helen (1996). "Hope, Laura Margaret (1868–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. Edgar, Suzanne (1983). "Jones, Doris Egerton (1889–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  10. Scarfe, Janet, "Thornber, Ellen (1851–1947)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 January 2020
  11. Specht, Ray, "Wood, Joseph Garnett (1900–1959)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 January 2020


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