Mitchell is a locality on

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. Its boundaries were set to roughly the northern two thirds of the

Hundred of Mitchell The County of Musgrave is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1876 and named after Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of South Australia ...

, from which it draws its name, in 2003. Mitchell includes the former locality of Lake Brimpton, 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 Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was a British politician. He served as Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia. Life He was born in Porthgain, Pem ...

after Samuel James Mitchell MP in 1903.

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