Mitcham, formerly known as Mitcham Village, is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.
History edit
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]
Governance edit
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 edit
- Theodore Ambrose (1880–1947) medical practitioner[7]
- Major Rupert Downes (1885–1945) surgeon and soldier[8]
- Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895–1991) conservationist and mammalogist[9]
- John Harvey Finlayson (1843–1915) newspaper editor[10]
- Laura Margaret Hope (1868–1952) medical practitioner[11]
- Doris Egerton Jones (1889–1973) writer[12]
- Ellen Thornber (1851–1947) schoolmistress[13]
- Joseph Garnett Wood (1900–1959) botanist[14]
Gallery edit
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mitcham (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Chinner, Christine; Osborn P. (1974). Mitcham village sketchbook. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd. pp. 8–10. ISBN 0-85179-748-2.
- ^ "Mitcham Reserve, Mitcham". City of Mitcham. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Patriotic column". Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXXVI, no. 5, 782. South Australia. 15 November 1919. p. 47. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Orphan Home for Girls". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXIV, no. 10, 122. South Australia. 27 July 1897. p. 2 (One o'clock edition.). Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Carrington Street, Adelaide (1942)" (photo + caption). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Joske, Prue (1979). "Ambrose, Theodore (1880–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Hill, A.J. "Downes, Rupert Major (1885–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Harris, Colin (2014). "Finlayson, Hedley Herbert (1895–1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Love, J.H. (1972). "Finlayson, John Harvey (1843–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Jones, Helen (1996). "Hope, Laura Margaret (1868–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Edgar, Suzanne (1983). "Jones, Doris Egerton (1889–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Scarfe, Janet, "Thornber, Ellen (1851–1947)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 January 2020
- ^ Specht, Ray, "Wood, Joseph Garnett (1900–1959)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 January 2020