Thebarton, South Australia

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Thebarton (located at [34°54′S 138°34′E], postcode 5031, altitude 31m) is a suburb the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb of Thebarton was named after the home of Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia. The Colonel Light named his home, after the Theberton Hall of Suffolk, England where he was educated. The variant spelling is accredited to a typographical error.

Thebarton has a significant Greek Australian population, and is the suburb with the largest Greek Australian population per capita in Australia. In fact, according to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2001, the suburbs of Thebarton and neighbouring Torrensville together, are home to 4,471 Greek Australians, that is 18.7 per cent of the total population. Thebarton also has Adelaide's largest Greek Orthodox church, St. George.

History

The area was first subdivided for housing in February 1839, although it took a number of years for the housing to establish. By 1866, the population was estimated at around 450 people.

Government

Thebarton is in the City of West Torrens local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of West Torrens and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Adelaide.

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