Netherby is an inner-southern suburb of

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which lies within 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 so ...

. It is bordered by the suburbs of

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, Kingswood,

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and

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. Netherby is located within walking distance of Mitcham Square Shopping Centre and sports facilities.

Schools

Unley High School Unley High School, located in Netherby, South Australia. History Unley High School was founded in 1910 as one of the first public high schools to be established after Adelaide High School in 1908. Initially it was under the control of the He ...

and

Urrbrae Agricultural High School Urrbrae Agricultural High School is a public high school in the Australian state of South Australia, with approximately 1,016 students. The school is located in the Adelaide suburb of Netherby, about south-east of the Adelaide city centre. ...

are located within the suburb. The suburb is in close proximity to Mercedes College and Scotch College as well a
St Josephs
an
Mitcham Primary schools
and Mitcham Girls School.

Governance

Netherby is located in the federal electorate of Boothby, and has been represented since 2016 by

Nicolle Flint Nicolle Jane Flint (born 15 July 1978) is an Australian politician. She was the member for Boothby in South Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia and succeeded ...

of the

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. This seat has been held by the Liberal party since 1948:

John McLeay, Sr. Sir John McLeay, (19 November 1893 – 22 June 1982) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party and served in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives from 1949 to 196 ...

(1949–1966), John McLeay, Jr. (1966–1981) and

Steele Hall Raymond Steele Hall (born 30 November 1928) is a former Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970. He also served in the federal Parliament as a senator for South Australia from 1974 to 1977 and f ...

(1981–1996). At the state level it is in the electorate of Waite, which has been Liberal-held since the first election was held for it in 1993. The incumbent member is

Sam Duluk Samuel John Duluk is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 2015 to 2022, representing Davenport until 2018 and then Waite. He was formerly a Liberal, but resigned to sit as an independe ...

. During the 2020 electoral district redistributio

Netherby was transferred to the Electorate of Electoral District of Unley, Unley. The local council of Netherby is the Mitcham Council.

References

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