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Mitcham, formerly known as Mitcham Village, is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.

Mitcham Adelaide, South Australia
Mitcham
Coordinates	34°59′13″S 138°37′30″E
Population	1,820 (2016 census)[1] 1,605 (2006 census)[2]
Postcode(s)	5062
LGA(s)	City of Mitcham
State electorate(s)	Waite
Federal division(s)	Boothby

History

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").[3] The reserve area occupies what was used as the village green.[4]

Governance

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]}

Notable residents

• Theodore Ambrose (1880–1947) medical practitioner[5]
• Major Rupert Downes (1885–1945) surgeon and soldier[6]
• Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895–1991) conservationist and mammalogist[7]
• John Harvey Finlayson (1843–1915) newspaper editor[8]
• Laura Margaret Hope (1868–1952) medical practitioner[9]
• Doris Egerton Jones (1889–1973) writer[10]
• Ellen Thornber (1851–1947) schoolmistress[11]
• Joseph Garnett Wood (1900–1959) botanist[12]

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References

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