Towitta, South Australia

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Towitta

| state = sa

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| coordinates ={{coord|34.53|S|139.255|E|display=inline,title}}

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| established = 1 June 1876

| established_footnotes ={{cite web |last1=Musgrave Jnr. |first1=A. |title=Untitled proclamation re the Town of Towitta |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1876/27/1048.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=15 July 2019 |page=1048 |date=1 June 1876}}

| postcode = 5353

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| dist1 = 8

| dir1 = northwest

| location1 = Sedan

| lga = Mid Murray Council

| stategov = Chaffey

| fedgov = Barker

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| near-se = Sedan

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| near-w = Keyneton

| near-nw = Truro

|footnotes={{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=Government of South Australia |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Towitta (LOCB) |id=SA0010046 |date=4 March 2010 |accessdate=28 September 2018}}

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Towitta is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia at the foot of the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It is a rural community dominated by growing cereal grain crops. Its name is taken from Tewitty, the native name of a permanent spring nearby. The town was surveyed by H.C. Talbot in March 1876, and the Towitta public school was open from 1880 to 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/condon/teachers/school-list-by-year.asp?School=Towitta |title=School = Towitta - Teachers listed by year |work=Teachers |publisher=University of South Australia |accessdate=28 September 2018}}

The murder of Bertha Schippan in January 1902 occurred on a farm to the north of the township of Towitta. Her sister Mary was later acquitted in Adelaide of the murder, which has never been officially solved.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-19/towitta-murder-mystery-as-compelling-as-ever/8284270 |title='Sensational' Towitta murder mystery of 1902 keeping residents guessing to this day |first=Simon |last=Royal |date=19 February 2017 |accessdate=25 September 2018}} In 1984, the ABC produced a television film titled The Schippan Mystery covering the case.