Medindie (formerly also known as Medindee or Medindi) is an inner northern suburb of

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the capital of

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. It is located adjacent to the

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, just north of

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, and is bounded by Robe Terrace to the south, Northcote Terrace to the east, Nottage Terrace to the north and

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to the northwest. Briars-1910-PRG280 1 13 488

The upper class suburb is mainly residential and contains many fine homes, and a number of historic mansions: "Willyama", (the Aboriginal name for

Broken Hill Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. It is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), in the Barrier Range. It is ...

), at 12 The Avenue was named so by

Charles Rasp Charles Rasp, born Hieronymous Salvator Lopez von Pereira, Local Factbook > Charles Rasp">Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre > About Broken Hill > Local Factbook > Charles RaspAccessed 22 May 2014. (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) is known a ...

, the boundary rider who pegged a mining claim that became Broken Hill, after he bought it in 1887 from Oscar Görger, a local doctor/surgeon; "The Briars" at 15 Briar Avenue, built for George Hawker in 1856, is now the McBride Hospital; and there are many fine houses along Robe Terrace.Susan Marsden (1986
''Metropolitan Adelaide: a short history''
first appeared as chapter 7 of Jenny Walker (ed.), ''South Australia’s Heritage'', Department of Environment & Planning, Adelaide, 1986, pp. 87–100. SA Historians.org.auHeritage Plan Amendment Reports
Walkerville News, April–June 2007, The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, pg.3 In 1884 the Brown sisters established a school on Mann Terrace on the north east fringe of North Adelaide. The school moved to Northcote Terrace north of the current location in 1885 and to its current address at 30 Northcote Terrace in 1893. Initially called the Medindie School and Kindergarten, it acquired the designation of

Wilderness School , motto_translation = Always True , established = 1884 , type = Independent, day and boarding , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , principal ...

in 1918. It is now a girls-only private school. The Big Scotsman

Medindie's median property sale price in the June quarter of 2010 was $1,657,000. The suburb regularly ranks with the highest median sale price in the South Australian Real Estate Institute's quarterly sales statistics. The top sale price in the 12 months to 21 March 2012 was $2,350,000 for a 4 bedroom house on Dutton Terrace.Property Research Report for Medindie 5081
www.homepriceguide.com.au

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