Reeves Plains is a settlement in South Australia.[2] It is on the Adelaide Plains, halfway from Gawler to Mallala.
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| Coordinates | 34°31′34″S 138°35′42″E / 34.526°S 138.595°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 129 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5502 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) NW of Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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The Reeves Plains School opened in 1867 and closed in 1967.[3] The post office is also closed.[4] 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.[5] There was also a tennis club at Reeves Plains.[6]
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.[7]
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Reeves Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Reeves Plains School". Mallala Museum. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ various entries in the South Australian gazetteer accessed through Property Location Browser
- ^ "Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church". Now&Then {Mallala}. Mallala Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "REEVES PLAINS". The Bunyip. No. 4, 343. South Australia. 26 August 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 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.
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