Named in honour of Dr Helen Mary Mayo OBE, 1878–1967. Mayo worked in the areas of maternal and child health and welfare in South Australia, was the first woman elected to an Australian University Council in 1914 and co-founded the Mothers' and Babies' Health Association in 1927.
Area
9,135 sq km
Location description
The Division of Mayo consists of:
Alexandrina Council,
City of Victor Harbor,
District Council of Yankalilla,
Kangaroo Island Council,
Mount Barker District Council,
part of the Adelaide Hills Council,
part of the City of Mitcham, and
part of the City of Onkaparinga
Demographic Rating:
Rural – outside capital cities and without majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.