David Mitchell (builder)

David Mitchell (16 February 1829 – 25 March 1916) was a Scottish-Australian builder. He was born in Forfarshire, Scotland. He left for Australia, arriving in Melbourne on 24 July 1852.

Mitchell is noted for building Scots' Church, Melbourne, St Patrick's Cathedral, Eastern Hill, Menzies Hotel in William Street, Melbourne (1857) and Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne (1874). His daughter Helen Porter Mitchell became the Australian opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba.

References

• Joan Campbell, 'Mitchell, David (1829 - 1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 259-260.

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Name	Mitchell, David
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Date of birth	16 February 1829
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Date of death	25 March 1916
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