Tonsley, South Australia

Tonsley
Suburb
Tonsley Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
Coordinates: 35°0′30″S138°34′15″E / 35.00833°S 138.57083°E / -35.00833; 138.57083
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
City	Adelaide
LGA	City of Marion
Established	2017
Government
•  State electorate	Elder
•  Federal division	Boothby
Population
• Total	743 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	5042
Suburbs around Tonsley Clovelly Park Mitchell Park Tonsley St Marys Bedford Park
[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

Named after England's Tonsley Hall, ^[5] 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 in 1980 and closed in 2008. ^[6]

The former vehicle factory is being developed as the Tonsley Innovation District with light industry, campuses of TAFE and Flinders University as well as residential development. ^[5]

The suburb is served by Tonsley railway station on the Flinders railway line.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tonsley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search for Tonsley, 5042". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
3. "Geographical names Act 1991 - Notice to Alter the Boundaries of a Place and Assign a Name to a Place" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 27 January 2017. p. 191. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
4. Boundary alteration of Clovelly Park to create new suburb of Tonsley (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. Ref: 2016/05196/01. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
5. "Adelaide's newest suburb Tonsley is born on old Mitsubishi site". The Advertiser. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
6. Davis, Mark; Dowling, Josh; Norrie, Justin (5 February 2008). "Mitsubishi plant to close in March". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 18 October 2017.