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Local History Brochures

Discover more about your local area through the local history brochures in the Visit Mitcham series, available for download below. You can also find them at the Mitcham Local History Service.

Wards

Babbage Ward Chronology Babbage%20Ward%20Chronology (5779 kb)
Boorman Ward Chronology Boorman%20Ward%20Chronology (6038 kb)
Craigburn Ward Chronology Craigburn%20Ward%20Chronology (5975 kb)
Gault Ward Chronology Gault%20Ward%20Chronology (5233 kb)
Overton Ward Chronology Overton%20Ward%20Chonology (6010 kb)
The Park Ward Chronology Park%20Ward%20Chronology (7464 kb)

Suburbs

Belair Chronology Belair%20Chronology (5002 kb)
Blackwood Chronology Blackwood%20Chronology (5516 kb)
Coromandel Valley Chronology Corromandel%20Valley%20Chronology (4553 kb)
Colonel Light Gardens Chronology Colonel%20Light%20Gardens%20Chronology (7590 kb)
Eden Hills Chronology Eden%20Hills%20Chronology (5807 kb)
Glenalta Chronology Glenalta%20Chronology (4326 kb)
Hawthorn Chronology Hawthorn%20Chronology (3784 kb)
Hawthorndene Chronology Hawthorndene%20Chronology (9090 kb)
Kingswood Chronology Kingswood%20Chronology (6263 kb)
Lower Mitcham Chronology Lower%20Mitcham%20chonology (9178 kb)
Mitcham Chronology Mitcham%20chonoglogy (5307 kb)
Mitcham Village Chronology Mitcham%20Village%20chronology (11166 kb)
Netherby Chronology Netherby%20chronology (5163 kb)
Panorama Chronology Panorama%20Chronology (3198 kb)

Churches/Cemeteries

Anglican Cemetery Anglican%20Cemetery (3260 kb)
Anglican Churches Anglican%20Churches (5698 kb)
Baptist Churches Baptist%20Churches (5454 kb)
Cemeteries Across Mitcham Cemeteries%20accross%20Mitcham (2679 kb)
Mitcham General Cemetery Mitcham%20General%20Cemetery (6236 kb)
West Mitcham Church and Cemetery West%20Mitcham%20Church%20and%20Cemetery (4022 kb)

Reserves

Blackwood Hill Reserve Blackwood%20Hill%20Reserve (4616 kb)
McElligots Quarry Reserve McElligots%20Quarry%20Reserve (4081 kb)
Randell Park Randel%20Park (4218 kb)
Sleeps Hill Reserve Sleeps%20Hill%20Reserve (5377 kb)

Janet Callen

What Really Happened to the Nashwuk Moana South Australia 1855
Then and Before Glimpses of the Belair Line in the Age of Steam 1883 1969
Glimpses of Blackwood A Journey Through Time 1880 1980
Life and Times at the Belair Hotel

Other

A Hills Rail History by Train(1471 kb)
Brown Hill Creek Chronology Brownhill%20Creek%20Chronology (7174 kb)
Butchering in Mitcham Butchering%20in%20Mitcham (4653 kb)Hills Face Zone Hills%20Face%20Zone (6685 kb)
Local History Service - first decade Local%20History%20Service%20-%20first%20decade (3779 kb)
Local History Service - second decade (5310 kb)
Mitcham in 1901 Mitcham%20in%201901 (6714 kb)
OL Wilson collection OL%20Wilson%20collection (3604 kb)
Petts Collection Petts%20Collection (5727 kb)
Photographic Collection Photographic%20Collection (6640 kb)
Sabine Collection Sabine%20Collection (3474 kb)
Schools in Mitcham Schools%20in%20Mitcham (4661 kb)
Tiled Tabletop Tour Tiled%20Tabletop%20Tour (15632 kb)
Tram lines around Mitcham Tram%20lines%20around%20Mitcham (7794 kb)