17-676: Bellevue Heights is a suburb in the City of Mitcham local government area . 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 . Bellevue Heights is in the Adelaide foothills. Residents usually have great views of either
34-476: Is Flinders University , South Australia's third largest, and the notable, affluent suburb of Springfield which contains some of the city's most expensive properties. Before the arrival of European settlers, the Kaurna people lived in the region. The first Europeans to settle in the area were a group of sailors who jumped ship in 1837 and founded a settlement at Coromandel Valley as a hiding place. Mitcham village
51-610: The City of Unley , and as of July 2020 the only three in Australia. The City of Mitcham includes all or part of 32 suburbs: The City of Mitcham is divided into 6 wards, each of which elect 2 or 3 representatives to the Council. They cover suburbs roughly as follows. The first rail service in the City Mitcham was a horse-tram track, first opened in 1879. The line was converted to electricity in 1911, and further tram lines were opened in
68-577: The Mitcham , Torrens Park , Lynton , Eden Hills , Coromandel , Blackwood , Glenalta , Pinera , and Belair railway stations, as well as the former Clapham railway station . In addition to bus services operated by Adelaide Metro , the City of Mitcham operates a door-to-door community bus service for the elderly and people living with a disability. The council has two which that travel weekly to local shopping centres. In 2018/19, transport accounted for 26% of
85-685: The Stolen Generations . In 1972 the children were relocated to Blackwood due to low numbers and Colebrook Home was demolished in 1973. It was officially closed in 1981. The former location of Colebrook Home is now the Colebrook Reconciliation Park, a memorial to the children and families impacted by Colebrook Home. The Blackwood Reconciliation Group and the Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta (a number of former residents of Colebrook Home) combined to organise community gatherings on
102-547: The City of Mitcham in 1989, but the council was able to lobby to prevent its dissolution. Colebrook Home, first established in Quorn in the Flinders Ranges in 1927, moved to Eden Hills in the 1940s to secure better water supply. The home was an institution for Aboriginal children, with the intention of removing them from the influence of their Aboriginal families so they could be better assimilated into white society as part of
119-577: The City of Mitcham's greenhouse gas emissions, with 23% coming from cars alone, making automobile transport the second-biggest contributor to the council area's emissions. The City of Mitcham has invested in six electric vehicle charging stations (four in Torrens Park and two in Blackwood ) to assist the transition away from fossil fuels. 35°1′S 138°38′E / 35.017°S 138.633°E / -35.017; 138.633 Tree Cities of
136-627: The FAO and Arbor Day Foundation. The aim is to celebrate and recognise cities and towns of all sizes throughout the world which have shown a commitment to maintaining their urban forests . From the end of 2019, any municipal government which has responsibility for its trees were able to apply to become a designated Tree City of the World. The goal shared by both organisations is "to foster a robust and diverse network of communities, practitioners, advocates, and scientists that will lead to sustainable urban forests across
153-773: The World Tree Cities of the World is a worldwide programme managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Arbor Day Foundation in the US, whereby municipalities of any size can apply to earn the designation "Tree City of the World". The programme was launched at the first World Forum on Urban Forests held in October 2018 in Mantua , Italy, in 2018 by
170-502: The city or the Sturt Gorge from their house. Bellevue Heights Post Office opened on 1 September 1960 and closed in 1984. Bellevue Heights is located within the federal division of Boothby , the state electoral district of Davenport and the local government area of City of Mitcham . City of Mitcham The City of Mitcham is a local government area in the foothills of southern Adelaide , South Australia . Within its bounds
187-554: The council in the early 20th century. From 1958, these tram lines were shut down and replaced with bus services. The City of Mitcham is currently serviced by the Belair railway line , which runs via the Adelaide–Wolseley railway line that connects Adelaide to Melbourne . This railway line was constructed from 1879 to 1887, and expanded from a single track to a double track in 1919 to manage increasing traffic. The council area includes
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#1733318508432204-653: The east, with the Sturt River forming the southern boundary. It lost the part of the council west of South Road to the District Council of Brighton (later the City of Marion ) on 19 December 1854. In 1871, Unley and surrounding areas were severed from the Mitcham council to create the Corporate Town of Unley . It lost another area on 25 October 1883, when portions of the council around Stirling were detached to form
221-548: The globe". The Tree City USA programme began in 1976, co-sponsored by the National Association of State Foresters and the United States Forest Service , established a method by which the forest managers could be assisted in their work and recognised for it. However the importance of urban forests has been realised as even more vital in a time of global warming , pollution and crowded cities, adding to
238-493: The new District Council of Stirling . From 1854 to 1869, the council rented offices in the Adelaide City Centre to conduct their business, only relocating to within the council itself in 1870. Its current council chambers in Torrens Park were first built in 1934. The District Council become a Corporation in 1944, and it gained city status in 1947, becoming the City of Mitcham. The state government planned to dissolve
255-535: The site starting in 1997. Two statues have been sculpted to commemorate the Stolen Generations (the 'Fountain of Tears' in 1998 and the 'Grieving Mother' in 1999). Mitcham is one of three suburban Adelaide councils to be awarded a " Tree Cities of the World " designation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation , along with the City of Burnside and
272-587: The well-being of residents and workers of villages, suburbs, towns and cities. Five core standards are necessary to be met by a Tree City of the World: On 4 February 2020, 59 cities were announced as having achieved the designation of Tree City of the World. There were 27 in the United States, with the rest scattered across the world, from large cities such as New York City and San Francisco , European cities such as Milan , to smaller municipalities such as and
289-591: Was established on Brown Hill Creek in 1840, named after Mitcham , a village in Surrey . The council was founded on 10 May 1853 as the District Council of Mitcham and was the first local government area formally founded in South Australia after the City of Adelaide . The council initially covered an area of 108 square kilometres, stretching from the Adelaide Park Lands in the north to Mount Barker Road in
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