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 | |||||||||||||||
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Thevenard | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°08′S 133°39′E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 776 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1923[2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5690 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 406 km (252 mi) NW of Port Lincoln | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Ceduna[2] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Flinders[3] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[4] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining 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]
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