Type: | town |
Towitta | |
State: | sa |
Coordinates: | -34.53°N 139.255°W |
Established: | 1 June 1876 |
Established Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 5353 |
Dist1: | 8 |
Dir1: | northwest |
Location1: | Sedan |
Lga: | Mid Murray Council |
Stategov: | Chaffey |
Fedgov: | Barker |
Near-Se: | Sedan |
Near-W: | Keyneton |
Near-Nw: | Truro |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Towitta is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia at the foot of the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It is a rural community dominated by growing cereal grain crops. Its name is taken from Tewitty, the native name of a permanent spring nearby.[2] The town was surveyed by H.C. Talbot in March 1876, and the Towitta public school was open from 1880 to 1942.[3]
The murder of Bertha Schippan in January 1902 occurred on a farm to the north of the township of Towitta. Her sister Mary was later acquitted in Adelaide of the murder, which has never been officially solved.[4] In 1984, the ABC produced a television film titled The Schippan Mystery covering the case.