Bellevue Heights, South Australia
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Bellevue Heights is a suburb in the City of Mitcham
City of Mitcham
The City of Mitcham is a Local Government Area situated in the foothills of eastern Adelaide, South Australia. Within its bounds is Flinders University, South Australia's third largest....

 local government area. It was originally the rural property of "Windsor Farm" and later "Sturtbrae", and was named after Bellevue in Sydney by the developer Murray Hill.

Bellevue Heights is established around the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is located in Bellevue Heights, South Australia. It channels the Sturt River down to the Adelaide Plains....

, maintaining many parks and reserves throughout the suburb.

Bellevue Heights is in the Adelaide foothills. Residents usually have great views of either the city or the Sturt Gorge from their house.

Amenities

  • Bellevue Heights Primary School
  • Nursing Homes
  • Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
  • Manson Oval Sporting Facility
  • Bellevue Heights Tennis Club

Federal

Bellevue Heights is covered by one Federal Electoral Division, the federal
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

 Division of Boothby
Division of Boothby
The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named after William Boothby , the Returning Officer for the first election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1901....

, whose representative is Dr Andrew Southcott
Andrew Southcott
Andrew John Southcott MP is an Australian politician and medical practitioner. He has been the Liberal Party member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Boothby, South Australia, since the 1996 election.-Early life:...

.(Liberal Party)

State

Bellevue Heights is covered by one State Electoral Division, the state electoral district of Davenport
Electoral district of Davenport
Davenport is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after nineteenth-century pioneer and politician Sir Samuel Davenport. Davenport is a 37.4 km² electorate covering part of outer suburban Adelaide and the southern foothills of...

, whose current member is Iain Evans
Iain Evans
Iain Frederick Evans is a South Australian Liberal Party politician. He studied at Heathfield High School and gained a Bachelor Degree for Building Technology from the SA Institute of Technology . Prior to entering politics he managed a family-owned building and retailing business...

(Liberal Party).
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