Tonsley is a southern suburb of
Adelaide
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, the capital city of
South Australia
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.
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
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car plant was opened in 1964. The factory was taken over by
Mitsubishi Motors Australia
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in 1980 and closed in 2008.
The former vehicle factory is being developed as the Tonsley Innovation District with light industry, campuses of
TAFE
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and
Flinders University
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as well as residential development.
The suburb is served by
Tonsley railway station on the
Flinders railway line.
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