Tonsley is a southern suburb of
Adelaide, the capital city of
South Australia.
History
The suburb of Tonsley was created on 27 January 2017 by dividing the suburb of
Clovelly Park in half. The southern part of the suburb was separated from Clovelly Park and named Tonsley at that time.
Named after England's Tonsley Hall,
it includes the former vehicle assembly plant, which was often called ''Tonsley Park''. The
Chrysler Australia car plant was opened in 1964. The factory was taken over by
Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) in 1980 and closed in 2008.
The former vehicle factory is being developed as the Tonsley Innovation District with light industry, campuses of
TAFE
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...
and
Flinders University
Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...
as well as residential development.
The suburb is served by
Tonsley railway station on the
Flinders railway line.
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