Thevenard (postcode 5690) is a port town in the far west of

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...

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. It is contiguous with the larger town of Ceduna. Its name derives from nearby Cape Thevenard, which in turn was named after

Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard (; 7 December 1733 in Saint-MaloCunat, p.387 – 9 February 1815 in ParisCunat, p.389) was a French politician and vice admiral. He served in the French ruling regimes of Louis XVI, those of the Revolution, Napoleon ...

, a French admiral. In the , Thevenard had a population of 563. The port handles bulk grain,

gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate Hydrate, dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, drywall and blackboard or sidewalk ...

, salt and

zircon Zircon () is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV) silicate, and its corresponding chemical formula is Zr SiO4. An empirical formula showing some of th ...

. Thevenard is a terminus of the privately operated

Lake MacDonnell–Thevenard railway A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a depression (geology), basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land an ...

, which delivers three trains of bulk gypsum daily from the Lake MacDonnell mine, to the west. Production from the mine, owned by Gypsum Resources Australia, is about 3.5 million tonnes (3.4 million long tons) per year.

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exports about 300,000 tonnes (295,000 long tons) of zircon concentrate from Thevenard per year, which the company mines and processes at the Jacinth Ambrosia Mine, north-west of Thevenard; delivery is by road.Regional Development Australia – Whyalla & Eyre Peninsul
"Port of Thevenard , Major Projects , Eyre Peninsula , SA"
Retrieved 2013-11-24 The jetty has two berths, each capable of handling ships of length over all and beam, with a berthing pocket wide and deep. A gantry supports a load-out conveyor and a discharge boom with a travel length of capable of bulk loading grain at per hour and gypsum at per hour into ships' holds with a maximum outreach of . Thevenard is in the

District Council of Ceduna The District Council of Ceduna is a Local government in Australia, local government area located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists p ...

local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly

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and the Australian House of Representatives

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. Greek immigration to Thevenard, especially by people in the fishing industry, has been important in shaping the town's culture.

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from Thevenard are believed to have introduced eating

barramundi The barramundi (''Lates calcarifer''), Asian sea bass, or giant sea perch (also known as dangri, apahap or siakap) is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Carangiformes. The species is widely distributed in the I ...

Anglo-Celtic Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians is an ancestral grouping of Australians whose ancestors originate wholly or partially in the British Isles - predominantly in England (including Cornish), Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as the Isle of Man and ...

External links

Ceduna Online

References

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