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| Thevenard South Australia |
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 Thevenard
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| Population: | 776 (2006 Census)[1] |
| Postcode: | 5690 |
| Coordinates: | 32°08′S 133°39′E / 32.133°S 133.65°ECoordinates: 32°08′S 133°39′E / 32.133°S 133.65°E |
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| Location: | 406 km (252 mi) NW of Port Lincoln |
| LGA: | District Council Ceduna |
| State District: | Flinders |
| Federal Division: | Grey |
Thevenard (postcode 5690) is a port town 3 km east 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]
The port at Thevenard, handles bulk grain, gypsum and salt. Thevenard is on the isolated Eyre Peninsula railway network, and receives several trains daily of bulk gypsum from the Kevin mine near Penong.
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.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Thevenard (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC45071&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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