Thevenard, South Australia

Thevenard (postcode 5690) is a port town 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-west of Ceduna, South Australia. It is named after nearby Cape Thevenard, which in turn had been named after Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard, a French admiral. At the 2006 census, Thevenard had a population of 776.[1]

Thevenard
South Australia
Lighthouse memorial, Pinky Point
Thevenard
Coordinates32°08′S 133°39′E
Population776 (2006 census)[1]
Established1923[2]
Postcode(s)5690
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location406 km (252 mi) NW of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)District Council of Ceduna[2]
State electorate(s)Flinders[3]
Federal Division(s)Grey[4]
Localities around Thevenard:
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ocean Thevenard Ceduna
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FootnotesAdjoining localities[2]

The port at Thevenard handles bulk grain, gypsum, salt and zircon. Thevenard is a terminus on the isolated Eyre Peninsula Railway network, and receives several trains daily of bulk gypsum from the Lake MacDonnell mine at Kevin near Penong.[5]

Iluka Resources exports 300,000 tonnes of zircon product from Thevenard annually produced at the Jacinth Ambrosia Mine.[6]

The existing jetty has two berths each capable of handling ships of 198m length overall and 28m beam with a berthing pocket 30 metres wide and 9.8 metres deep. A gantry supports a load out conveyor and a discharge boom with a travel length of 160.5m, capable of bulk loading grain at 750 tonnes per hour and gypsum at 950 tonnes per hour, into ships holds with a maximum outreach of 18 metres.[6]

Thevenard is in the District Council of Ceduna local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Flinders and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.[4][3][2]

The most spoken language in Thevenard, other than English, is Greek.[1] Thevenard is also home to the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.[7] Greek immigration to Thevenard has been important in shaping the town's culture, it is believed that the eating of barramundi was introduced to White Australia by Greeks from Thevenard.[8]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Thevenard (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. "Search result for "Thevenard (LOCB)" (Record no SA0066056) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. Regional Development Australia - Whyalla & Eyre Peninsula "Port of Thevenard | Major Projects | Eyre Peninsula | SA" Retrieved 2013-11-24
  6. http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/?page_id=6911
  7. https://neoskosmos.com/en/43068/australias-first-greek-migrants-influenced-modern-australian-cuisine-and-introduced-barramundi-fish-to-the-market/


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