16-509: Thebarton ( / ˈ θ ɛ b ər t ən / THEB -ər-tən ), formerly Theberton , on Kaurna land, is an inner-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens . The suburb is bounded by the River Torrens to the north, Port Road and Bonython Park to the east, Kintore Street to the south, and South Road to the west. Many buildings and landmarks that bear
32-525: 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; i.e., 18.7 per cent of the total population. The Thebarton campus of
48-510: The Kaurna people , who would craft spears from the red gum branches gathered on the banks of the Torrens there. The suburb of Thebarton was named after the home of Colonel William Light , the first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia, where he lived with his de facto wife Maria Gandy and her brothers. Light named his home after Theberton Hall of Suffolk, England , where he
64-683: The State Library of South Australia and other local institutions. Thebarton was part of the then largely rural District of West Torrens until 1883, when the residents of the more urban suburbs of Thebarton, Mile End and Torrensville successfully petitioned to become the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton . In 1997 the Town of Thebarton re-amalgamated with the City of West Torrens. Thebarton has
80-653: The University of Adelaide , also known as Adelaide University Research Park, occupies a complex of former industrial buildings in the northeastern corner of the suburb. The Wheatsheaf Hotel in George Street is a popular pub and music venue. It offers craft beers and wine from small producers, and also brews its own beers. Apart from regularly showcasing live music, "the Wheaty" also hosts book clubs, Morris dancers , knitting groups, and roller-derby parties. In 2017,
96-660: The Walkerville Co-operative Brewing Company Ltd , and its subsequent acquisition by the South Australian Brewing Company in 1939, it was renamed from Walkerville Brewery to Southwark Brewery in 1949 and the company's Walkerville Nathan beer was renamed Southwark beer in 1951. The brewery closed on 17 June 2021, with its landmark chimney tower heritage-listed , to be preserved when the site is redeveloped. The artefacts in its on-site museum are being donated to
112-713: The Wheaty Brewing Corps was named Australia's best small brewery at the national Craft Beer Awards, and it has been inducted into the SA Music Hall of Fame . In 2021 it started selling its own beers in cans, to take away. Thebarton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Thebarton is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line . 34°54′S 138°34′E / 34.900°S 138.567°E / -34.900; 138.567 Kaurna Too Many Requests If you report this error to
128-565: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 550346446 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:53:42 GMT Town of Thebarton The Town of Thebarton was a local government area of South Australia from 1883 until 1997. It was seated at the village of Thebarton , now an inner west suburb of Adelaide . The township of Thebarton
144-621: The name of Thebarton were in the history municipality, the Town of Thebarton , which included most of the adjoining suburb of Torrensville . These include the Thebarton Oval , the Thebarton croquet and bowls club, Thebarton Theatre , and Thebarton Senior College . The historic Adelaide Gaol , nominally shown as being in Thebarton, and the adjacent Thebarton Barracks of the South Australia Police actually lie within
160-472: The northwestern Adelaide Park Lands . A part of Thebarton adjacent to the River Torrens , later the site of the South Australian Brewing Company , was originally known as Southwark . Hemmington , Hemmington West and West Thebarton were also suburbs later incorporated into current-day Thebarton . Prior to European settlement of South Australia , the areas now known as Thebarton and Hindmarsh were called Karraundongga (meaning "red gum spear place") by
176-406: The original Thebarton Town Hall, designed by Alfred Wells and Latham Withall and built by James King, was laid in 1885. However it was gutted by fire in 1948, with its rebuilding and restoration described as "thoroughly horrible" in 1999. The Torrenside Brewery, next to the Torrens on Port Road , was founded in 1886 by A. W. & T. L. Ware, in the then suburb of Southwark. After acquisition by
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#1732773222337192-422: The southern boundary was between one and two city blocks north of the modern Sir Donald Bradman Drive , running from Bagot Avenue to the parklands. In March 1997, the municipality of Thebarton was amalgamated with the City of West Torrens to form the City of West Torrens Thebarton . Mere months later the name of the new body reverted to West Torrens. The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with
208-411: The time of incorporation, all of the modern suburb of Thebarton and most parts of the modern suburbs of Torrensville and Mile End defined the extent of the municipality of Thebarton. The town boundaries were formalised with the River Torrens and Adelaide parklands forming the northern and eastern borders. The town was bordered on the west by the modern Hardys Road, Rankine Road and Bagot Avenue, and
224-460: Was educated. The area was known as Theberton until approximately 1840, with the variant spelling now accredited to a typographical error, rather than a corruption of "The Barton", based on the Old English bere-tun , meaning "barley farm", as was thought for some time. Colonel Light surveyed the town-acre as Section 1 and built Theberton Cottage towards the northern part of the area. The area
240-481: Was first subdivided for housing in February 1839, although it took a number of years for the housing to establish, Thebarton Post Office opening on 24 October 1850. By 1866 the population was estimated at 450 people. Thebarton Racecourse, which operated from as early as 1838 to 1869, was formed on grazing land in the area now known as Mile End , and later subdivided and completely built over. The foundation stone of
256-588: Was split from the City of West Torrens and incorporated on 8 February 1883 as a municipality called the Corporation of Thebarton . The municipality was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois. The inaugural mayor was proclaimed to be Benjamin Taylor and the councillors were proclaimed as Thomas Prichard, James Vardon, Edward Cunliffe Hemingway, William Pepper, James Bernard Broderick, Richard Wilson, Joseph Stevenson and James Manning. At
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