Netherby is an inner-southern suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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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
Springfield
Springfield may refer to:
* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
,
Kingswood,
Mitcham
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and
Malvern
Malvern or Malverne may refer to:
Places Australia
* Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne
* Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...
.
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 Josephsan
Mitcham Primary schoolsand 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
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Au ...
. 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
Suburbs of Adelaide
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