Default Location of my desktop

Hi,
I'm not very good at this sort of thing, and my Mac has never really skipped a beat. I'm wondering though, why the default location is now appearing as Perth, WA, when I am, and always have been in Adelaide or surrounds, SA? I am concerned, because my ex-husband spends a lot of time in Perth, and I suspect he has somehow hacked into my computer and can now remotely access my files - and I don't know how to check that either!
TIA,
Jude

Reset the time zone location information.  > System Preferences > Date and Time > Time Zone
If that display is configured for "automatic", then it's possible that there was some bad data somewhere in the upstream network configuration; a bad location got loaded.
Do keep good backups, and preferably keep and preferably rotate at least some backup copies located separately from your Mac.
Not to feed any fears: If you don't trust the software that's been loaded into your system (to the level of changes to your logged in timezone), then your primary and arguably sole recourse is to back up your data, and to wipe and reinstall your Mac from distribution.
Reinstallation is not likely something warranted here. Not without more evidence of a breach than a case of a changed timezone.
In general, learning about and improving your password practices, reviewing current firewall policies, your backups, at what software is installed, and probably a few other details is certainly reasonable.

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