Reeves Plains, South Australia

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Reeves Plains
South Australia
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Reeves Plains
Coordinates 34°31′34″S138°35′42″E / 34.526°S 138.595°E / -34.526; 138.595 Coordinates: 34°31′34″S138°35′42″E / 34.526°S 138.595°E / -34.526; 138.595
Postcode(s) 5502
Location14 km (9 mi) NW of Gawler
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Localities around Reeves Plains:
Redbanks Fischer Woolsheds, Wasleys
Korunye Reeves Plains Kangaroo Flat
Two Wells Lewiston Ward Belt, Gawler River

Reeves Plains is a settlement in South Australia. [1] It is on the Adelaide Plains, halfway from Gawler to Mallala.

The Reeves Plains School opened in 1867 and closed in 1967. [2] The post office is also closed. [3] The Primitive Methodist church was built in 1873 next to the school. It became a Methodist church in 1900 and closed in 1938. When it was demolished in 1948, some of the material was used to extend the Redbanks church hall. [4] There was also a tennis club at Reeves Plains. [5]

Reeves Plains economy is predominantly farming and grazing. There is a proposal in 2017 to build the Reeves Plains Power Station on grazing land where the Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline and a high voltage powerline cross the locality. [6]

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References

  1. "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  2. "Reeves Plains School". Mallala Museum. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. various entries in the South Australian gazetteer accessed through Property Location Browser
  4. "Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church". Now&Then {Mallala}. Mallala Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. "REEVES PLAINS". The Bunyip (4, 343). South Australia. 26 August 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  6. Alinta Energy (8 November 2017). "Application on Notification" (PDF). South Australian Planning Commission, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 312/V005/17. Retrieved 11 November 2017.