Thevenard, South Australia

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Thevenard South Australia
Thevenard
Coordinates	32°08′S 133°39′E / 32.133°S 133.650°E / -32.133; 133.650Coordinates: 32°08′S 133°39′E / 32.133°S 133.650°E / -32.133; 133.650
Population	776 (2006 Census)^[1]
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 Ceduna
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	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, salt and zircon. Thevenard is on the isolated Eyre Peninsula railway network, and receives several trains daily of bulk gypsum from the Kevin mine near Penong.

Iluka Resources exports 300,000 tonnes of zircon product from Thevenard annually produced at the Jacinth/Ambrosia mining operation.^[2]

The existing jetty has two berths each capable of handling ships of 198m length overall (LOA) 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.^[2]

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.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Thevenard (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Regional Development Australia - Whyalla & Eyre Peninsula "Port of Thevenard | Major Projects | Eyre Peninsula | SA" Retrieved 2013-11-24

v t e Towns and Localities of the District Council of Ceduna

Bonython Carawa Ceduna Charra Chinta Denial Bay Goode Kalanbi Koonibba Laura Bay Maltee Merghiny Mundamuckla Murat Bay Nunjikompita Petina Pimbaacla Puntabie Smoky Bay Thevenard Uworra Wallanippie Wandana

v t e Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities	Port Augusta Port Lincoln Whyalla

Townships	Arno Bay Baird Bay Ceduna Cleve Coffin Bay Cowell Cummins Darke Peak Denial Bay Elliston Iron Knob Kimba Kyancutta Lock Minnipa Poochera Port Kenny Port Neill Pygery Sceale Bay Smoky Bay Streaky Bay Thevenard Tumby Bay Venus Bay Wangary Wirrulla Wudinna Yaninee Yeelanna

National parks	Coffin Bay National Park Gawler Ranges National Park Lake Gilles Conservation Park Lincoln National Park

Islands	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bicker Isles Boston Island Cap Island Curlew Island Eba Island Entrance Island Flinders Island Germein Island Golden Island Grantham Island Investigator Group Liguanea Island Lipson Island Louth Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Olive Island Pigface Island Price Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island Waldegrave Islands Whidbey Isles Williams Island

Councils	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

v t e Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries

South Australia	Cape Bedout Cape Bouguer Cape du Couedic Cape Forbin D'Estrees Bay Fleurieu Peninsula Gantheaume Bay Maupertuis Bay Fenelon Island Masillon Island Ravine des Casoars Cape Thevenard Vivonne Bay

Western Australia	Cape Clairault Cape Freycinet Cape Mentelle Cape Naturaliste Faure Island Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Peron Peninsula

Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets.

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