The Mitcham police station was built in 1892. The original plans were for a Charge Room, Living Room, one bedroom and a kitchen for the Police Officer in Charge and his family. After complaints that it was too small plans were revised to include an additional bedroom...
The Mitcham Methodist Church as it was then known was built in 1892. Before large churches were built in Adelaide communities worshipped in private homes and then in small multi-purpose buildings used also as schools and community meeting places. By the 1880s there...
The original drinking fountain in this location was part of the Mitcham water works. Built in 1879, these Water Works supplied water to Mitcham village and supplemented the water supplies of Unley and Adelaide. Today remnants of the Mitcham Water Works, are a rare...
Mitcham’s first school Mitcham’s first school was a tiny one room stone building on the Mitcham Reserve that functioned as a school, a chapel and a community meeting place. As Mitcham Village expanded the community saw the need for improved facilities. The...
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