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Bellevue Heights is a suburb in the
City of Mitcham
The City of Mitcham is a local government area in the foothills of southern Adelaide, South Australia. Within its bounds is Flinders University, South Australia's third largest, and the notable, affluent suburb of Springfield which contains som ...
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
. It was originally the rural property of "Windsor Farm" and later "Sturtbrae" when owned by the family of
W. G. Mills, and was named after Bellevue in Sydney by the developer Murray Hill.
The southern part of the suburb includes the northern part of the
Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburbs of Bellevue Heights, Craigburn Farm and Flagstaff Hill within the Adelaide metropolitan area about south of the Adelaide ce ...
.
Bellevue Heights is in the Adelaide foothills. Residents usually have great views of either the city or the Sturt Gorge from their house.
History
Bellevue Heights Post Office opened on 1 September 1960 and closed in 1984.
Amenities
*
Bellevue Heights Primary School
* Nursing Homes
* Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
* Manson Oval Sporting Facility
* Bellevue Heights Tennis Club
* ClearVision Church
Governance
Bellevue Heights is located within the federal
division of Boothby
The Division of Boothby is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian federal electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistrib ...
, the state
electoral district of Davenport
Davenport is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after nineteenth-century pioneer and politician Sir Samuel Davenport. Davenport is a 57.7 km² electorate covering part of outer subu ...
and the local government area of
City of Mitcham
The City of Mitcham is a local government area in the foothills of southern Adelaide, South Australia. Within its bounds is Flinders University, South Australia's third largest, and the notable, affluent suburb of Springfield which contains som ...
.
References
{{City of Mitcham suburbs
Suburbs of Adelaide