Mitchell, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Mitchell
State:sa
Postcode:5632 (5607 before 2012)
Lga:District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
Region:Eyre Western[1]
Stategov:Flinders
Fedgov:Grey
Coordinates:-34°N 135.6°W
Near-Ne:Tooligie
Near-E:Karkoo
Near-Se:Yeelanna
Near-S:Kapinnie
Near-Sw:Mount Hope
Near-W:Kiana
Near-Nw:Sheringa

Mitchell is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Its boundaries were set to roughly the northern two thirds of the Hundred of Mitchell, from which it draws its name, in 2003.[2] Mitchell includes the former locality of Lake Brimpton,[3] adjacent to a lake by the same name. The Lake Brimpton school opened in 1932 but has now closed.

The Hundred of Mitchell was named by Governor of South Australia, George Le Hunte after Samuel James Mitchell MP in 1903.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for "Mitchell LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Counties'. Location SA Map viewer. Government of South Australia. 22 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Mitchell . Property Location Browser Report . Government of South Australia . 28 June 2017 . SA0065040 . 24 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Placename Details: Lake Brimpton . Property Location Browser Report . Government of South Australia . 28 June 2017 . SA0038219 . 4 August 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Placename Details: Hundred of Mitchell . Property Location Browser Report . Government of South Australia . 28 June 2017 . SA0045422 . 29 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .