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Huxtable Albert (Alf) H.

2016-01-16T00:15:47Z

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|Also known as="Alf"
|Date approximate2=No
|Principal occupation=Blacksmith
|Date approximate3=No
|Date of death=1951
|Date approximate4=No
|Place of decease=Mallala
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Alf Huxtable contributed to the Mallala community in many ways. In the early days of the Mallala Football Club he was a player and an official for a  number of years.

In 1923 he was appointed as an auxiliary fireman for the Fire Brigades Board of S.A., in charge of the Mallala Township unit. He held that position until his death in 1951. He and his son C.W. ("Cam") Huxtable were in charge of the Township and Rural Fire Services for some 50 years between them.

Alf Huxtable served the Mallala Institute as Secretary, Librarian and Caretaker from 1929 to 1951. He was a foundation member of the newly-established Mallala Bowling Club shortly after World War 2 and served as the greenkeeper. He was made a life member of the Club for his services. He was also a part-time employee with the District Council of Mallala, in charge of the public gardens in the township and the watering of new tree plantings in various streets and the Mallala Oval grounds.

As a former blacksmith, he had a colourful turn of phrase, which he could produce if he thought that someone was not "playing the game" or not contributing enough to the community. He could not understand why anyone would not want to give voluntarily to improve the community facilities. He did not suffer fools gladly.

Alf Huxtable was employed by East Bros & Co. of Mallala for 50 years - 20 years as foreman.

The photograph of Railway Terrace shows the premises of East Bros & Co. was across the Dublin Road from the Fire Station( the small shed in the foreground of the Mill). While at work Alf was able to attend the Fire Station rapidly when  the fire alert was called.

Albert Henry Huxtable (Alf) was appointed the first foreman of the newly established Mallala Fire Brigade Service in a letter to the District Council of Grace dated 4th September 1923. Alf was a volunteer with the Mallala Country Fire Service for 27 years.
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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-14T07:04:43Z

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|Also known as=Fire Engine, Reo Speedwagon hose carrier,
|Date made or found=1928
|Date approximate=No
|Place made=Lansing, Michigan
|Place used=Adelaide S.A., Mallala S.A.
|Place found=Mallala Country Fire Service
|Current location=Mallala Museum S.A.
|Used in=1928 - 1985
|Ceased use=1985
|Date approximate2=No
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'''Reo Fire Engine [hose carrier]'''

The vehicle on display at the Mallala Museum is a 1928 Reo Speedwagon model DA, Reg. No. RCV730, Engine no. 16E23449. It is a 6 cylinder side valve motor and has 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was imported from U.S.A. as a cab/chassis and the fire engine body was built in Adelaide. The Reo’s early years in service were spent in Adelaide until World War Two when it was delivered to the RAAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Mallala, where it was used for fighting fires from 1941 to 1945. The Reo was then returned to the S.A. Fire Brigade in Adelaide, but in 1965 it was purchased by the District Council of Mallala. It was used as a back-up vehicle by the Mallala E.F.S. for firefighting in the town of Mallala only, as it carried no water and needed to be connected to a water hydrant. In 1981 the Mallala C.F.S. members repainted the Reo using funds supplied by the D.C. of Mallala.
The REO Fire truck was replaced as a working unit in 1985 by a new Ford Trader.

The Reo was finally donated to the Mallala Museum for safe keeping. In 2011 some work was done on the Reo with a new 6 volt battery and hoses purchased. In late 2015 a new honeycomb radiator was fitted and the vehicle is now in very good mechanical condition.

The Reo Fire Engine is a regular entrant in the annual Mallala Christmas Street Party, being used to convey Father Christmas to the Mallala Oval.

'''A history of the Reo Motor Car Company'''

Ransome E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company [later as Oldsmobile, to become part of General Motors].
In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile, and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager.
Originally the company was to be called “R.E. Olds Motor Car Company”, but the owner of Olds’ previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by customers. Olds then changed his companies’ name to his initials – R.E.O. – which soon became one word – Reo, and the Reo Motor Car Company was in business.

A truck division was added in 1910 and in the following years built models such as Speedwagon from 1915, Flying Cloud from 1927 and Royale from 1931.
In 1936 Reo ceased the production of automobiles to concentrate on light trucks and fire engines.

The company finally closed its doors in 1975.
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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-13T20:52:26Z

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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-12T10:41:41Z

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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-12T10:38:21Z

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|Also known as=Fire Engine, Reo Speedwagon hose carrier,
|Date made or found=1928
|Date approximate=No
|Place made=Lansing, Michigan
|Place used=Adelaide S.A., Mallala S.A.
|Place found=Mallala Country Fire Service
|Current location=Mallala Museum S.A.
|Used in=1928 - 1985
|Ceased use=1985
|Date approximate2=No
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'''Reo Fire Engine [hose carrier]'''

The vehicle on display at the Mallala Museum is a 1928 Reo Speedwagon model DA, Reg. No. RCV730, Engine no. 16E23449. It is a 6 cylinder side valve motor and has 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was imported from U.S.A. as a cab/chassis and the fire engine body was built in Adelaide. The Reo’s early years in service were spent in Adelaide until World War Two when it was delivered to the RAAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Mallala, where it was used for fighting fires from 1941 to 1945. The Reo was then returned to the S.A. Fire Brigade in Adelaide, but in 1965 it was purchased by the District Council of Mallala. It was used as a back-up vehicle by the Mallala E.F.S. for firefighting in the town of Mallala only, as it carried no water and needed to be connected to a water hydrant. In 1981 the Mallala C.F.S. members repainted the Reo using funds supplied by the D.C. of Mallala.
The REO Fire truck was replaced as a working unit in 1985 by a new Ford Trader.

The Reo was finally donated to the Mallala Museum for safe keeping. In 2011 some work was done on the Reo with a new 6 volt battery and hoses purchased. In late 2015 a new honeycomb radiator was fitted and the vehicle is now in very good mechanical condition.

The Reo Fire Engine is a regular entrant in the annual Mallala Christmas Street Party, being used to convey Father Christmas to the Mallala Oval.

'''A history of the Reo Motor Car Company'''

Ransome E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company [later as Oldsmobile, to become part of General Motors].
In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile, and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager.
Originally the company was to be called “R.E. Olds Motor Car Company”, but the owner of Olds’ previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by customers. Olds then changed his companies’ name to his initials – R.E.O. – which soon became one word – Reo, and the Reo Motor Car Company was in business.

A truck division was added in 1910 and in the following years built models such as Speedwagon from 1915, Flying Cloud from 1927 and Royale from 1931.
In 1936 Reo ceased the production of automobiles to concentrate on light trucks and fire engines.
The company finally closed its doors in 1975.
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|Sources=Mallala Brigade C.F.S., Mallala Museum records,
|FlickrID=3851207773, 4795360295,
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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-12T10:35:09Z

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|Also known as=Fire Engine, Reo Speedwagon hose carrier,
|Date made or found=1928
|Date approximate=No
|Place made=Lansing, Michigan
|Place used=Adelaide S.A., Mallala S.A.
|Place found=Mallala Country Fire Service
|Current location=Mallala Museum S.A.
|Used in=1928 - 1985
|Ceased use=1985
|Date approximate2=No
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'''Reo Fire Engine [hose carrier]'''

The vehicle on display at the Mallala Museum is a 1928 Reo Speedwagon model DA, Reg. No. RCV730, Engine no. 16E23449. It is a 6 cylinder side valve motor and has 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was imported from U.S.A. as a cab/chassis and the fire engine body was built in Adelaide. The Reo’s early years in service were spent in Adelaide until World War Two when it was delivered to the RAAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Mallala, where it was used for fighting fires from 1941 to 1945. The Reo was then returned to the S.A. Fire Brigade in Adelaide, but in 1965 it was purchased by the District Council of Mallala. It was used as a back-up vehicle by the Mallala E.F.S. for firefighting in the town of Mallala only, as it carried no water and needed to be connected to a water hydrant. In 1981 the Mallala C.F.S. members repainted the Reo using funds supplied by the D.C. of Mallala.
The REO Fire truck was replaced as a working unit in 1985 by a new Ford Trader.

The Reo was finally donated to the Mallala Museum for safe keeping. In 2011 some work was done on the Reo with a new 6 volt battery and hoses purchased. In late 2015 a new honeycomb radiator was fitted and the vehicle is now in very good mechanical condition.

The Reo Fire Engine is a regular entrant in the annual Mallala Christmas Street Party, being used to convey Father Christmas to the Mallala Oval.

'''A history of the Reo Motor Car Company'''

Ransome E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company [later as Oldsmobile, to become part of General Motors].
In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile, and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager.
Originally the company was to be called “R.E. Olds Motor Car Company”, but the owner of Olds’ previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by customers. Olds then changed his companies’ name to his initials – R.E.O. – which soon became one word – Reo, and the Reo Motor Car Company was in business.

A truck division was added in 1910 and in the following years built models such as Speedwagon from 1915, Flying Cloud from 1927 and Royale from 1931.
In 1936 Reo ceased the production of automobiles to concentrate on light trucks and fire engines.
The company finally closed its doors in 1975.
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|Sources=Mallala Brigade C.F.S., Mallala Museum records,
|FlickrID=3851207773,
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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-12T10:29:54Z

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|Date made or found=1928
|Date approximate=No
|Place made=Lansing, Michigan
|Place used=Adelaide S.A., Mallala S.A.
|Place found=Mallala Country Fire Service
|Current location=Mallala Museum S.A.
|Used in=1928 - 1985
|Ceased use=1985
|Date approximate2=No
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'''Reo Fire Engine [hose carrier]'''

The vehicle on display at the Mallala Museum is a 1928 Reo Speedwagon model DA, Reg. No. RCV730, Engine no. 16E23449. It is a 6 cylinder side valve motor and has 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was imported from U.S.A. as a cab/chassis and the fire engine body was built in Adelaide. The Reo’s early years in service were spent in Adelaide until World War Two when it was delivered to the RAAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Mallala, where it was used for fighting fires from 1941 to 1945. The Reo was then returned to the S.A. Fire Brigade in Adelaide, but in 1965 it was purchased by the District Council of Mallala. It was used as a back-up vehicle by the Mallala E.F.S. for firefighting in the town of Mallala only, as it carried no water and needed to be connected to a water hydrant. In 1981 the Mallala C.F.S. members repainted the Reo using funds supplied by the D.C. of Mallala.
The REO Fire truck was replaced as a working unit in 1985 by a new Ford Trader.

The Reo was finally donated to the Mallala Museum for safe keeping. In 2011 some work was done on the Reo with a new 6 volt battery and hoses purchased. In late 2015 a new honeycomb radiator was fitted and the vehicle is now in very good mechanical condition.

The Reo Fire Engine is a regular entrant in the annual Mallala Christmas Street Party, being used to convey Father Christmas to the Mallala Oval.

'''A history of the Reo Motor Car Company'''

Ransome E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company [later as Oldsmobile, to become part of General Motors].
In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile, and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager.
Originally the company was to be called “R.E. Olds Motor Car Company”, but the owner of Olds’ previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by customers. Olds then changed his companies’ name to his initials – R.E.O. – which soon became one word – Reo, and the Reo Motor Car Company was in business.

A truck division was added in 1910 and in the following years built models such as Speedwagon from 1915, Flying Cloud from 1927 and Royale from 1931.
In 1936 Reo ceased the production of automobiles to concentrate on light trucks and fire engines.
The company finally closed its doors in 1975.
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|Sources=Mallala Brigade C.F.S., Mallala Museum records,
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Reo Fire Engine

2016-01-12T10:18:32Z

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|Also known as=Fire Engine, Reo Fire Truck
|Date made or found=1928
|Date approximate=No
|Place made=Lansing, Michigan
|Place used=Adelaide S.A., Mallala S.A.
|Place found=Mallala Country Fire Service
|Current location=Mallala Museum S.A.
|Used in=1928 - 1985
|Ceased use=1985
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'''Reo Fire Engine [hose carrier]'''
The vehicle on display at the Mallala Museum is a 1928 Reo Speedwagon model DA, Reg. No. RCV730, Engine no. 16E23449. It is a 6 cylinder side valve motor and has 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was imported from U.S.A. as a cab/chassis and the fire engine body was built in Adelaide. The Reo’s early years in service were spent in Adelaide until World War Two when it was delivered to the RAAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Mallala, where it was used for fighting fires from 1941 to 1945. The Reo was then returned to the S.A. Fire Brigade in Adelaide, but in 1965 it was purchased by the District Council of Mallala. It was used as a back-up vehicle by the Mallala E.F.S. for firefighting in the town of Mallala only, as it carried no water and needed to be connected to a water hydrant. In 1981 the Mallala C.F.S. members repainted the Reo using funds supplied by the D.C. of Mallala.
The REO Fire truck was replaced as a working unit in 1985 by a new Ford Trader.

The Reo was finally donated to the Mallala Museum for safe keeping. In 2011 some work was done on the Reo with a new 6 volt battery and hoses purchased. In late 2015 a new honeycomb radiator was fitted and the vehicle is now in very good mechanical condition.

The Reo Fire Engine is a regular entrant in the annual Mallala Christmas Street Party, being used to convey Father Christmas to the Mallala Oval.

'''A history of the Reo Motor Car Company'''

Ransome E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company [later as Oldsmobile, to become part of General Motors].
In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile, and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager.
Originally the company was to be called “R.E. Olds Motor Car Company”, but the owner of Olds’ previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by customers. Olds then changed his companies’ name to his initials – R.E.O. – which soon became one word – Reo, and the Reo Motor Car Company was in business.

A truck division was added in 1910 and in the following years built models such as Speedwagon from 1915, Flying Cloud from 1927 and Royale from 1931.
In 1936 Reo ceased the production of automobiles to concentrate on light trucks and fire engines. The company finally closed its doors in 1975.

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|Sources=Mallala Brigade C.F.S., Mallala Museum
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Pitt Oscar Wyndham

2015-11-14T09:16:00Z

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|Also known as=Dick Pitt
|Date of birth=1895
|Place of birth=Currency Creek
|Date of arrival=1908
|Date approximate2=No
|Principal occupation=Butcher and baker
|Date approximate3=No
|Date of death=1989
|Date approximate4=No
|Place of decease=Mallala
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With his father, E.P.Pitt and his brother R.D.Pitt, Oscar Pitt operated the butchering, baking and catering business in one form or another for many years before, during and after World War 2.The butcher shop (which still exists) was on the corner of Chivell St and Wasleys Road, and the property included various buildings and a yard where the 2 or 3 horses were stabled, extending to Joseph St.

Other properties owned in conjunction with the business were the bakehouse on the other corner of Chivell St,/Joseph St, two cottages for workmen in Joseph St., the slaughteryard in the north-eastern corner of the town (now owned by the Konzag family), several acres of land in Dublin Road near the railway,and several more acres in Balaklava Road where the new slaughterhouse was built.

His father, E.P.Pitt was active in the community. He served on the District Council of Grace and in 1926 was the President of the Football Club when Oscar was Captain and his brother Ron was Secretary. E.P.Pitt was also involved in the Mallala Coursing Club.

Oscar was also similarly active. He was a Trustee of the Mallala Institute, a Committee member for some 23 years, and Caretaker for several years. He was a founding member and President of the Mallala Bowling Club, and was the Club Champion.

'''''In the photograph of the District of Grace Councillors E.P.Pitt is the councillor in the back row on the left.'''''
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Pitt Oscar Wyndham

2015-11-14T09:14:58Z

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|Also known as=Dick Pitt
|Date of birth=1895
|Place of birth=Currency Creek
|Date of arrival=1908
|Date approximate2=No
|Principal occupation=Butcher and baker
|Date approximate3=No
|Date of death=1989
|Date approximate4=No
|Place of decease=Mallala
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With his father, E.P.Pitt and his brother R.D.Pitt, Oscar Pitt operated the butchering, baking and catering business in one form or another for many years before, during and after World War 2.The butcher shop (which still exists) was on the corner of Chivell St and Wasleys Road, and the property included various buildings and a yard where the 2 or 3 horses were stabled, extending to Joseph St.

Other properties owned in conjunction with the business were the bakehouse on the other corner of Chivell St,/Joseph St, two cottages for workmen in Joseph St., the slaughteryard in the north-eastern corner of the town (now owned by the Konzag family), several acres of land in Dublin Road near the railway,and several more acres in Balaklava Road where the new slaughterhouse was built.

His father, E.P.Pitt was active in the community. He served on the District Council of Grace and in 1926 was the President of the Football Club when Oscar was Captain and his brother Ron was Secretary. E.P.Pitt was also involved in the Mallala Coursing Club.

Oscar was also similarly active. He was a Trustee of the Mallala Institute, a Committee member for some 23 years, and Caretaker for several years. He was a founding member and President of the Mallala Bowling Club, and was the Club Champion.

'''''In the photograph of the District of Grace Councillors E.P.Pitt is the councillor in the back row on the left.'''''
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-13T10:53:32Z

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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-13T10:46:00Z

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|Date approximate2=No
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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger and the recessional.

Mrs Weatherspoon (senior) drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler.

Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice.

Mr H.B. Crosby, M.P. gave a stirring address and the service concluded with the hymn "Oh God our help in ages past", the benediction and the National Anthem.

The committee responsible for the movement in Two Wells are: Chairman Mr T.W. Day, Treasurer Mr F. Bender, Secretary Mr A.K. Halliday, and Messrs R.T. Murrell, E.A. Brooks, J. Rowe, M.P. Murphy, R.J. Laurie, A.M. Willcocks and H.H. Roberts.
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-13T04:44:45Z

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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-07T00:42:40Z

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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-07T00:40:23Z

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|Date demolished=
|Date approximate2=No
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{{Site
|Also known as=Two Wells Soldiers Memorial
|Street name=Old Pt Wakefield Road
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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger and the recessional.

Mrs Weatherspoon (senior) drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler.

Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice."

Mr H.B. Crosby, M.P. gave a stirring address and the service concluded with the hymn "Oh God our help in ages past", the benediction and the National Anthem.

The committee responsible for the movement in Two Wells are: Chairman Mr T.W. Day, Treasurer Mr F. Bender, Secretary Mr A.K. Halliday, and Messrs R.T. Murrell, E.A. Brooks, J. Rowe, M.P. Murphy, R.J. Laurie, A.M. Willcocks and H.H. Roberts.
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T11:44:19Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger and the recessional.

Mrs Weatherspoon (senior) drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler.

Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice."

Mr H.B. Crosby, M.P. gave a stirring address and the service concluded with the hymn "Oh God our help in ages past", the benediction and the National Anthem.

The committee responsible for the movement in Two Wells are: Chairman Mr T.W. Day, Treasurer Mr F. Bender, Secretary Mr A.K. Halliday, and Messrs R.T. Murrell, E.A. Brooks, J. Rowe, M.P. Murphy, R.J. Laurie, A.M. Willcocks and H.H. Roberts.

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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T10:10:12Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger and the recessional.

Mrs Weatherspoon (senior) drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler.

Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice."
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T07:36:54Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger: The recessional. Mrs Weatherspoon, senior, drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler. Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice."
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T07:35:31Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger: The recessional. Mrs Weatherspoon, senior, drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler. Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme sacrifice."
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T07:34:20Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers of the Port Gawler District. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, C.E. Tidmarsh, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger: The recessional. Mrs Weatherspoon, senior, drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler. Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme." sacrifice.
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Two Wells War Memorial

2015-03-03T07:28:15Z

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Unveiling Ceremony at Two Wells as reported in the Bunyip (Gawler newspaper)
11th November 1921November 1921.

"Sunday was a special day at Two Wells when residents gathered in the Memorial Park to witness the unveiling of the Memorial to fallen soldiers of the Port Gawler district. The attendance was very large. The memorial is placed in the centre of the park which fronts the showgrounds and is part of the design prepared for the committee by Mr Reade, the State Town Planer.

The stone is Murray Bridge red freestone and the monument stands 17 feet 6 inches high from the ground. It was prepared and erected by the South Australian Monumental Company and is a splendid piece of work. Rising from a square base, there is the prepared base showing the names of the district men sacrificed in the war.

Port Gawler holding dear the ten men, their names being:
H.L. Weatherspoon, J. Frost, A.J. Inge, W.C. Murrell, A.S. Radford, L.D. Secomb, L. Wasley, C.W. Westland, J. Weatherspoon.

The memorial is topped by two slender columns that add dignity and appearance to the design.

Grouped around the Memorial were chairs for the aged people, the committee, Members of Parliament and parents who suffered loss being accommodated on a twin trolley.
platform.

The Chairman of the committee Mr. T.W. Day presided. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many people present at what was now becoming a common ceremony throughout the Commonwealth. The Port Gawler movement had its origins two years before when it was decided to lay out a park and crown the work with a monument. When the reserve is completed the committee intend to hand it over to the District Council.

The service took the following form: "Old Hundredth" Prayer - Rev. H.W. Jew, "American Battle Hymn, Lesson, Prayer Rev E.H. Inger: The recessional. Mrs Weatherspoon, senior, drew the cord that released the Union Jack drapings from around the Monument and the audience stood while the Past Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter Dawes of Gawler. Mrs Weatherspoon gave four sons to the Empire - two making the supreme." sacrifice.

Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church

2015-02-15T10:53:53Z

Gwenda:

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|Site type=
|Also known as=Reeves Plains Methodist Church
|Street name=Days Rd.
|Town or Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5151049783, 138.600832347
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
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== ==

In 1873 the Church was built by people of the Primitive Methodist faith on land next to the Reeves Plains School with the first service in September of that year.  Sunday School commenced the following year with an enrolment of 33 children but with an average attendance of twelve.

Following Church Union in 1900 the building became a Methodist Church.

The Sunday School closed in Novenber 1936 and the final service of the Reeves PLains Methodist Church was held on 30 October 1938.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the material was used to build additions to the Red Banks Methodist Hall.

The land was donated to the Reeves Plains Tennis Club.

 

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== Sources ==

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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-15T03:47:08Z

Gwenda:

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|StreetName=Days Road
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|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
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The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was kindly donated for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church and Bible Christian Churches united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the material was used to build the additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
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|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-15T03:43:38Z

Gwenda:

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|StreetName=Days Road
|Locality=Reeves Plains, South Australia
|Geocoordinates=-34.5093079611, 138.604148207
|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
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The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was kindly donated for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church and Bible Christian Churches united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the material was used to build the additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
{{Info
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|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-15T03:42:30Z

Gwenda:

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|StreetName=Days Road
|Locality=Reeves Plains, South Australia
|Geocoordinates=-34.5093079611, 138.604148207
|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
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The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was kindly donated for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church and Bible Christian Churches united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the materials was used to build the additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains School, Redbanks Methodist Church,
|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
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{{Memory|The Mallala Museum committee members would appreciate additional facts and photographs associated with the Reeves Plains Methodist Church or school.}}
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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-14T06:46:01Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
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|StreetName=Days Road
|Locality=Reeves Plains, South Australia
|Geocoordinates=-34.5093079611, 138.604148207
|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=People of the Primitive Methodist faith
}}
The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was kindly donated for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church and Bible Christian Churches united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the materials used to build additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains School,
|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
}}
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{{Memory|The Mallala Museum committee members would appreciate additional facts and photographs associated with the Reeves Plains Methodist Church or school.}}
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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-14T06:43:15Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
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|StreetName=Days Road
|Locality=Reeves Plains, South Australia
|Geocoordinates=-34.5093079611, 138.604148207
|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=People of the Primitive Methodist faith
}}
The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was kindly donated for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans and Bible Christians united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the materials used to build additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains School,
|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
}}
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{{Memory|The Mallala Museum committee members would appreciate additional facts and photographs associated with the Reeves Plains Methodist Church or school.}}
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Reeves Plains Methodist Church

2015-02-14T06:37:39Z

Gwenda: The Mallala Museum Committee would appreciate additional information and photographs pertaining to the Reeves Plains Methodist Church.

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|StreetName=Days Road
|Locality=Reeves Plains, South Australia
|Geocoordinates=-34.50930796108897, 138.60414820723236
|DateEstablished=1873
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1938
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=People of the Primitive Methodist faith
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The church was built in 1873 on a portion of land donated by Mr W. Smith for use by those of the Primitive Methodist faith in the Reeves Plains area. Mr William Smith had been allotted section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the Reeves Plains school in July 1866 and a few years later the church was built in close proximity to the school. A Sunday School flourished for many years.

In 1900 the Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans and Bible Christians united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.

The final service was held in the Reeves Plains Methodist Church on 30th October 1938 and church members then travelled to either Woolsheds, Redbanks or Gawler churches for worship.

The church building was demolished in 1948 and some of the materials used to build additions to the Redbanks Methodist Church.
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains School,
|Sources="Life around the Light" A History of the Mallala District Council Area printed in 1985
}}
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Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T03:49:00Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
'''Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867'''
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
''At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence''.

''The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''''

''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

'''The school closed in 1967''' when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
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| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
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| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
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| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
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| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
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| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
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| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
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| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T03:47:23Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
'''Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867'''
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
''At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence''.

''The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''''

''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T00:40:10Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
''At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence''.

''The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''''

''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T00:38:09Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
''At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence''.

The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''
''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T00:35:54Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence.
The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''
''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T00:34:07Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.

At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence.
The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''
''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
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|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-12T00:31:44Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.

At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence.
The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”

''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-11T06:56:08Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.

At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence.
The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”

''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
|-
| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
|-
| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
|-
| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
|-
| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
{{Info
|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
|Sources=Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area
|FlickrID=8569062445, 4010630267,4011394656,4011394194,4010629129,3864147876,4106719931
}}
{{MemoryHeader}}
{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
{{MemoryFooter}}

Reeves Plains School

2015-02-11T06:51:23Z

Gwenda:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Business
|Locality=Reeves Plains
|Geocoordinates=-34.5146160098, 138.601122246
|DateEstablished=1867
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
==   ==
Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)
“The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.
The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost is 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.
It is situated on a part of Mr. W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence.
The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”

Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.
The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

The school closed in 1967 when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School. The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
|-
| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
|-
| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
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| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
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| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
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| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
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| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
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| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
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| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
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| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
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| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
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| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
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| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
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| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
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| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
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| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
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| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
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| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
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| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
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| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
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| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
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| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
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| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
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| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
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|Related Articles=Reeves Plains Tennis, Reeves Plains Coursing, Reeves Plains Primitive Methodist Church, Barabba School, Dublin School, Establishment of Dublin School, Feltwell School, Grace Plains School, Korunye School,Lewiston School, Long Plains School, Lower Light School,Mallala School,New Two Wells School Opening,Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School,Redbanks School,Stony Point School,Two Wells School,Wild Horse Plains School,Windsor School
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-09-02T11:34:12Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Moseley was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Moseley family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Moseley and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders & Sons Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a sub branch and spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the late 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala from 1960 until 1970.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-09-01T22:29:19Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Moseley was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Moseley family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Moseley and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders & Sons Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a sub branch and spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala from 1960 until 1970.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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Shannon Methodist Church

2014-08-29T06:49:18Z

Gwenda:

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The foundation stone of the Shannon Methodist Chapel was blessed by Mr. Joshua Marshman of Mallala on 8th October 1872.

The Shannon Methodist Chapel was officially opened on 17th July 1873 on land donated by Messrs Wright Bros. The builders were Messrs Porter and J. Smith. The original trustees were Messrs G.N. Johnson, N.J.W. Lindsay, J. David, S. Davis, J.P. Sutton, R. Cooper and C. Carslake.

The South Australian Advertiser August 6. 1873 reports: The opening of the new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Shannon's, Hundred of Dublin, was celebrated on Sunday and Monday, August 3 and 4. The chapel is calculated to accommodate from 120 to 140 persons, is a neat structure, substantially built of stone, and covered with slates, and has six Gothic windows and a porch.
Sermons were preached by the Rev. S.J. Nicolls, of North Adelaide, to large congregations, a considerable number being unable to gain admittance. On Monday a still larger company were assembled, and did ample justice to the abundant spread of good things provided by the ladies and bachelors. The public meeting which followed, was presided over by Mr. E. Temby, J.P., and the report read by Mr. J.N.Lindsay. Vigorous speeches were delivered by Mr. Geo.. Marshman and the Revs.J.S.Wayland, A.W.Wellington, and S.J.Nicolls, congratulating the settlers on the erection of a religious sanctuary, and urging them to seek the presence of the great Spirit as an earnest of their future prosperity. The financial appeal was made by Mr. Nicolls, and was heartily responded to, £61/16s/10d being the total proceeds of the two days' services, leaving something less than £150 debt upon the building.

'''''An official program printed for the Jubilee of the Shannon Methodist Church held on July 15th 1923 and over a several day period includes the following article written by the circuit minister Rev. F.G. Rogers:'''''

"If it be true that we live in deeds, not years, then the men who pioneered the mallee lands of Dublin (known as the 30 mile scrub) must surely deserve honour. Fifty years ago these fertile plains, now the envy of the agriculturist, securely fenced and subdivided, dotted here and there with comfortable homesteads, many of which have electric light and all modern conveniences, were covered with dense mallee scrub. The adventure proved the acid test of character, and of some it must be said "weighed in the balance and found wanting" but some endured to the winning of success.

Of the enduring few there were some who, while keen on the conquering of the mallee and the growing of wheat, believed that "man shall not live on bread alone" and believed in the communion of saints - saints who countered for something on the business end of a grub axe in the biting cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer, who could make bread and sew in a pine and pug one-roomed hut and wear a smile seven days a week.

But the temple of God made by hands was not as yet built, there was no lofty spire bidding man to look upward to higher things, no sweet music to charm him from the rough conditions of his daily enviroment, but there was something within him that compelled , like Israel's sweet singer to cry: "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee o God."

Men with hearts big enough to face a mallee allotment are not likely to want something very much for long. We expect them to act, "Act in the living present, heart within and God overhead', and these men acted with the result - Shannon Church.

The real church - a body of men and women who seek to follow their Lord was "born again" (not built) some time previous to building operations starting, and Divine services were held in the homes of disciples.

The homes of Messrs Baker and G.N.Johnson were ever open for the assembling together of saints (and possibly a sprinkling of sinners) with the late Rev. S. Gray being the minister. The growing cause soon demanded a home of its own, and the Rev. S. Gray and Mr. N.Lindsay set forth to spy out the land, and after many inspections decided on the present site.

The ground was donated by the Messrs Wright Bros., but the present trust has quite recently purchased at a nominal figure from Mr Rowe, the fine V-shaped block in front of the church.

Plans and specifications of the original building were prepared by the Rev. J.S.Wayland. The stone work was carried out by Mr. Jonathon Porter, the wood work by Mr. Joseph Smith, and Mr. Uffindale made the furniture.

Messrs G.N.Johnson., N.Lindsay, J.Davis, Stephen Davis, J.T. Sutton, R.Cooper and C.Carslake were on the first trust. The present trust is composed as follows: Messrs G.N. and A.H.Johnson, N.W.Rowe, E.Johnson, H.G.Clark, H.F.Johnson, E.Young, C.W.Burnard and F.Pritchard..

Opening services were arranged for July 17, 1873. The building (although incomplete) was dedicated to the glory of God, and then on the completion of the work, these Israelites (in whom there couldn't possibly be any guile) did it all over again. The opening services were conducted by the Reverends J.S.Wayland and S.J.Nicholls and proved wonderfully successful.

In 1908 and addition to the rear of the church was built to accommodate Sunday School activities. Under the supervision of Mr J. Burton the western wall of the church was dismantled and a T shaped extension added. Mr John Jenkin and son Mr Roy Jenkin carted all the stone for the addition.

'''What a record. This is the year of the jubillee - fifty years of the unfailing goodness of God!'''

'''Who but the Divine Statist can tabulate the results?'''

A mere human could possibly detail the number of services held, the names on the church roll, the sums of money raised and spent. What are these compared with the number of hearts comforted, or to the wayward feet who have been lovingly directed in the paths of peace, to that holy joy that filled the spirits of the men and women made jubilant by a conscious linking up with him who set the joy bells ringing in every soul trusting in him?

Yes the year of jubilee has come, and some who were in the church when it was first formed are here today.

Surely that beautiful poetry of the psalmist, '''"Lord Thou has been our dwelling place in all generations; before the mountains were brought forth, or even Thou had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God",''' must be living in their thought. Some have passed on to their reward, but of us who remain, what shall be said?

Is it our resolve to "carry on" in the name of the King, in his almightiness and gentleness, believing that the things unseen are the things that count?"

''This concludes the article written for the Shannon Methodist Church Jubilee service by Rev.F.G.Rogers.''

After 84 years as a place for worship and social gatherings the Shannon Methodist Church closed in 1957 and the building was demolished in 1966.

The inscription on the plaque mounted on a limestone cairn reads as follows: '''"''To the Glory of God this cairn was raised to recall that on this site stood the Shannon Methodist Church from 1873 to 1966"'''''

In 1966 Mr Ira Jenkin was in charge of the demolition of the church building assisted by Messrs Mervyn and Neville Jenkin. A belief was held by various people in the district that a time capsule in the form of a bottle with information and papers in it had been built into the wall of the original chapel in 1872.

Those in charge of demolition proceeded cautiously and eventually uncovered the bottle. It contained early history of the Shannon district and Methodist Church, an Advertiser dated October 8th 1872 and a Methodist Recorder containing the circuit preaching plan.

Prior to the demolition of the building a petition signed by the residents of the Shannon area requested that the District Council of Mallala take over the jurisdiction of the Shannon Methodist Church grounds and adjoining Shannon Cemetery - to which council agreed.

In 2013 the Shannon Cemetery is a well kept and tidy public burial ground surrounded by native trees. Alan Parker, as a member of the Mallala District Council Greening Committee,organised the planting of trees and bushes.
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|Related Articles=Barabba Primitive Methodist Church, Bethesda Church, Bethesda Church Pedal Organ, Calomba Railway Services, Calomba Store and Post Office, Church Pedal Organ, Dublin Christ Church, Dublin Primitive Methodist Church, Feltwell Cemetery, Feltwell Primitive Methodist Chapel, Foundation of Mallala Methodist Church, Grace Plains Bible Christian Chapel, Grace Plains Methodist Church, Long Plains Church of Christ, Lower Light Methodist Church, Mallala Catholic Cemetery, Mallala Methodist/Uniting Church, Redbanks Methodist Church Hall, Redbanks Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shannon Cemetery, St Josephs Catholic Church, St Malachys Catholic Church, St Paul's Anglican Church, St Peters Anglican Church, Two Wells Methodist Church, Windsor Church,
|Sources=Shannon Methodist Church Jubilee Souvenir 1873 - 1923, Records at the Mallala Museum, Mrs Maureen Parker nee Baker,
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{{Memory|Rev.F.G. Rogers was circuit minister and lived in the Methodist Manse at Mallala 1922 - 1926.
The preacher for the above jubilee celebrations at the Shannon Methodist Church was Rev.A.W.Wellington of Pt.Pirie who had been the first resident minister at Mallala 50 years previously. Rev. Wellington had also preached at an opening service of the Shannon Church on July 23rd 1873.
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{{Memory|Mr Wesley Johnson placed a time capsule in the new cairn during the celebration to officially recognize that the Shannon Methodist Church was once located on the site.}}
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-08-25T09:47:43Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Moseley was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Moseley family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Moseley and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala. The business venture closed in the mid 1960s.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-08-25T00:53:08Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Moseley was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Moseley family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Mosely and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala. The business venture closed in the mid 1960s.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-08-20T12:21:18Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Mosely was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Mosely family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Mosely and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala. The business venture closed in the mid 1960s.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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Barabba School

2014-08-17T05:32:15Z

Gwenda:

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On the 23rd. February 1875 land was set aside for the site of the Barabba School and the area comprised two roods 24 perches.

In 1876 tenders were called for the building of the school room and residence. The school room was completed and open for pupils in April 1877 but the residence was not built until 1885. Until this time the head teacher and his family lived in a small house just north of the [[Barabba Primitive Methodist Church]].

In a speech made by Mr J. Dow at the "Back to Barabba" celebrations in 1945 he states:  ''"The residents applied for a site for a school and they were granted a piece of land of about 1 acre. As it was Government Reserve land at the time, the residents said that they would like to have 5 acres. More land was acquired in October 1876.''

''When the residents of Barabba applied to have a school they were told they would have to raise 100 pound. This was duly done and 80 pound was forwarded toward the cost of the school house, 16 pound for the cost of fencing and 4 pound for an underground rainwater tank. The S.A. Government Gazette of October 5th 1876 states that the tender of Hague and Lake for a school-house and residence was accepted"''

The school opened in April 1877 but no Admission Register exists prior to 1883 at which time there were 58 children on the roll.

In 1898 Miss Amelia White was appointed to Barabba School as head teacher having been transferred from Watts Range School. She was accompanied by her mother and sister. This began a period of stability as Miss White remained at Barabba School until 1926 when she left the Education Department to marry and live in Western Australia. So ended a remarkable teaching career of 28 years at the Barabba School and involvement in the community.

On October 5th 1901 The Chronicle stated: ''"On Friday, the 10th annual schools picnic was held at Owen - adjacent to the railway line. The schools participating were Alma South, Alma North, Barabba, Dalkey Hill, Hundred of Dalkey, Owen, Pinery and Salters Springs. About 200 scholars were present and with parents and friends the company numbered 500. A programme of sports for the children was carried out and also elocutionary items and singing competitions."''

The combined schools picnic at Owen continued to be a popular event.

In 1903 The Country Correspondence wrote:  ''"On Friday 2nd October people began to put in an appearance at 9.30 am. arriving from all points of the compass on bikes, horseback, spring carts, spring drays, spring vans and vans without springs! Buggies from the most up to date Marnie to the old family wagonette, to say nothing of sulkies and dog carts. The morning train also adding to the visitors. The city Volunteer Band provided music for the occasion."''

On December 12th 1913 the first examinations were implemented for the Qualifying Certificate (called the QC) replacing the Class 5 certificate.

This examination was duly replaced by the Progress Certificate in 1944.

On December 12th 1968 notice was received from the Director of Education that approval had been granted for the closing of the Barabba School as from the end of the school term 1968.
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
|-
! Teachers
! Date Commenced
! Date Departed
|-
| Alexander Lawson
| 1878
| 1879
|-
| Henry Allport
| 1880
| Sept. 30th 1882
|-
| John Young
| 1882
| 1883
|-
| Margaret M. W. Myles
| 1884
| 1885
|-
| William Phillips
| 1886
| 1888
|-
| Elizabeth A. Poulton
| 1889
| 1892
|-
| Carl F.W. Hese
| Oct 3rd 1892
| May 8th 1898
|-
| Amelia White
| May 1898
| September 6th. 1926
|-
| John P. Trainer
| Sept 7th 1926
| May 15th 1937
|-
| Henry L. Jacobs
| May 16th 1937
| 1941
|-
| Geoffrey E.H. Glover
| 1942
| Sept 10th 1945
|-
| Rex M. Wilson
| Sept 11th 1945
| 1947
|-
| Sydney G. McRostie
| 1948
| 1955
|-
| Alexander J. Millikin
| 1956
| 1959
|-
| Leon G. Hutchinson
| 1960
| 1963
|-
| Gwen Loveridge
| 1964
| August 28th 1965
|-
| Alec J. Harris
| August
| December 1965
|-
| Gerald W.D. Roberts
| 1966
| 1968
|-
|}

'''Barabba School Honour Roll 1914 - 1918'''

Smyth, A.M.
Roberts, W.N. (Died on active service)
Roberts, R.L.
Coombs,G
Dyer, G. (Died on active service)
Coombs, A.
Baker, F.J. (Military Medal)
Smyth, H
Jeffrey, J
Baker, M.S.
Pitkin, N.V. (Military Medal)
Roberts, H.
Smyth, S.C.
Roberts, H.D.
Wyatt, J.
White, J.
Smyth, H.L.C. (Died on active service)
Norgren, E. (Died on active service)
Hamilton, A.
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Curnow's Garage

2014-08-14T10:52:55Z

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|Date approximate=Yes
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|Date approximate2=No
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John Wilfred (Wilf) Curnow began selling General Motors cars in 1920 through the agency of Clutterbucks and Manns Motors, and these included Buick, Chevrolet and Oldsmobile.

In 1926 General Motors Holden appointed Wilf Curnow as one of their first dealers in South Australia.

He then built the premises at 4 Balaklava Rd. known as Curnow's Garage, where he sold the full range of Holden's products. (A mechanic was Claude Lutz.)

In the mid 1930s, sons Jack and Harry were assisting Wilf; Jack on the Mallala premises and Harry started up his own garage on Adelaide Road and also selling spare parts for the H.V McKay Massey Harris Agency.

In 1940 Harry joined the Air Force, and he eventually rejoined Jack at the Mallala Garage in 1947. The new Holden car was introduced in 1948. Malcolm Dunstan was the mechanic at Curnow's Garage from 1944 to 1990.

In 1956 Harry's elder son Bruce (Kelly) joined the firm, and in 1970 his other son Brian assisted.

Bruce and his wife Josie took over the dealership in 1979, and they eventually closed the Curnow's Garage business on 14 March 1998.
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Curnow Family

2014-08-13T12:34:29Z

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|Date approximate=No
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|Date approximate2=No
|Date approximate3=No
|Date of death=1974
|Date approximate4=No
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'''John (Jack) Leonard CURNOW''' 

Born 1917 in Gawler. Died 1974 in Gawler. 

The earliest Curnow recorded of the family line originated from Garras, Parish of Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall, United Kingdom in 1534.

On 21st December 2a Adelaide Road Mallala 1847, Thomas Curnow and his wife Elizabeth (Moyle) sailed from Plymouth on the ship ‘David Malcolm’ and arrived in South Australia on 23 March 1848. Thomas purchased land around the Salisbury area and farmed there until his death in 1877.

John Lewis Curnow, their grandson, who married Amelia Wright, purchased land at Buckland Park for £4 per acre and in 1910 purchased land at Dublin Road, Mallala for £8 per acre. For health reasons he retired to St Kilda and died there in 1959.
John (Wilf) Curnow, JP, his son, married Elizabeth Darling Turner in 1916 at Mallala where they lived. Wilf, not being interested in farming, became a chaff and fodder merchant and local agent for crop insurance in 1921.

From 1922 he sold the first Chevrolet cars both in Mallala and Gawler, also Holt crawler tractors, H V McKay farm machinery and developed a Cresco Fertilizer Agency.
He established showrooms and an office opposite the original Gawler Post Office in Murray Street, where he sold Massey Fergusson tractors, Buick and Chevrolet cars and became an importer sub-dealer for Clutterbucks from his garage at Mallala and his Gawler premises (which was to become Duldig’s Plasterboard Factory in Murray Street).
He became the first appointed General Motors Dealer in the state in 1926, along with his father, John Lewis Curnow at Mallala, and in 1931 was granted a GM franchise at Gawler. His contribution to the motor industry in the Gawler district is beyond reproach and can never be fully documented.

To raise money for hospital radio equipment on 16th February 1937, there was presentation of a car to Miss Hazel Tape by Mr J W Curnow. Miss Tape later drove to the Hutchinson Hospital and presented books and flowers for the patients to Matron Stanley. This was the final act in the production of the motion picture “One a Minute” by local enthusiasts, calling themselves the “Gawler Metro Amateur Cine Club”. Cameraman was Mr Ross Hamilton, leading lady was Miss Tape, and leading man was Mr Alva Parham. This extract from the media depicts the style of community spirit and charity Gawler enjoyed from the business activities of Wilf Curnow, who died in 1967 at his home in Mallala.

Jack Curnow (Wilf’s son) married Mavis Roberts of Mallala in 1940 and lived in Mallala until 1948.

During World War 2 Curnow’s Garage at Mallala was used to make machine gun parts for the war effort. These were made by an all female workforce including Jack’s wife Mavis along with Jack’s sister Jean and cousin Doris Lutt.

Jack and his father purchased Aero Motors on the corner of Lyndoch Road and Murray Street, Gawler in 1948 and Jack took on the roll of managing director, and the GM franchise, selling and servicing their products including the Holden motor car.
Jack and Mavis along with their two children Glen and Delma moved to Gawler in late 1948.

J. L. as he was affectionately known, besides being a brilliant engineer, was very involved in the Gawler Rotary Club and became a councillor on the Gawler Council. He also supported many local organisations including the Gawler Motor Cycle Club. He devoted more time and effort than was expected of him, and certainly earned a reputation as one of Gawler’s more respected citizens.

The family were stalwart members of the Gawler West Methodist Church. He, with his very good friend Bob Hook (manager of Brown’s Egg Factory) was instrumental in the creation of tennis and basketball courts with lighting, for the use of church members.
Along with raising 3 children, picking up new GM vehicles from Birkenhead, and catering for social events for the business, Mavis volunteered her time to the School Mother’s Club, Rotary, Red Cross and Gawler Hospital Ladies Auxiliary.

Unfortunately Jack had an extremely painful kidney disease which plagued his life from the age of 34. This progressively got worse, eventually leading to having the use of only one kidney. When he was 50 years old he suffered a heart attack, and as the business started to suffer because of his ill health, he built a house at Middle Beach so that he could regularly recuperate. The “shack” became a haven for Sunday School picnics and many happy social events. Health technology, not being what it is today, caused the tablets being taken for his heart to destroy his remaining kidney, and he died at the age of 56, in 1974.
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Curnow Family

2014-08-13T12:33:48Z

Gwenda:

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|Date of birth=1917
|Date approximate=No
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|Date approximate3=No
|Date of death=1974
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'''John (Jack) Leonard CURNOW''' 

Born 1917 in Gawler. Died 1974 in Gawler. 

The earliest Curnow recorded of the family line originated from Garras, Parish of Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall, United Kingdom in 1534.

On 21st December 2a Adelaide Road Mallala 1847, Thomas Curnow and his wife Elizabeth (Moyle) sailed from Plymouth on the ship ‘David Malcolm’ and arrived in South Australia on 23 March 1848. Thomas purchased land around the Salisbury area and farmed there until his death in 1877.

John Lewis Curnow, their grandson, who married Amelia Wright, purchased land at Buckland Park for £4 per acre and in 1910 purchased land at Dublin Road, Mallala for £8 per acre. For health reasons he retired to St Kilda and died there in 1959.
John (Wilf) Curnow, JP, his son, married Elizabeth Darling Turner in 1916 at Mallala where they lived. Wilf, not being interested in farming, became a chaff and fodder merchant and local agent for crop insurance in 1921.

From 1922 he sold the first Chevrolet cars both in Mallala and Gawler, also Holt crawler tractors, H V McKay farm machinery and developed a Cresco Fertilizer Agency.
He established showrooms and an office opposite the original Gawler Post Office in Murray Street, where he sold Massey Fergusson tractors, Buick and Chevrolet cars and became an importer sub-dealer for Clutterbucks from his garage at Mallala and his Gawler premises (which was to become Duldig’s Plasterboard Factory in Murray Street).
He became the first appointed General Motors Dealer in the state in 1926, along with his father, John Lewis Curnow at Mallala, and in 1931 was granted a GM franchise at Gawler. His contribution to the motor industry in the Gawler district is beyond reproach and can never be fully documented.

To raise money for hospital radio equipment on 16th February 1937, there was presentation of a car to Miss Hazel Tape by Mr J W Curnow. Miss Tape later drove to the Hutchinson Hospital and presented books and flowers for the patients to Matron Stanley. This was the final act in the production of the motion picture “One a Minute” by local enthusiasts, calling themselves the “Gawler Metro Amateur Cine Club”. Cameraman was Mr Ross Hamilton, leading lady was Miss Tape, and leading man was Mr Alva Parham. This extract from the media depicts the style of community spirit and charity Gawler enjoyed from the business activities of Wilf Curnow, who died in 1967 at his home in Mallala.

Jack Curnow (Wilf’s son) married Mavis Roberts of Mallala in 1940 and lived in Mallala until 1948.

During World War 2 Curnow’s Garage at Mallala was used to make machine gun parts for the war effort. These were made by an all female workforce including Jack’s wife Mavis along with Jack’s sister Jean and cousin Doris Lutt.

Jack and his father purchased Aero Motors on the corner of Lyndoch Road and Murray Street, Gawler in 1948 and Jack took on the roll of managing director, and the GM franchise, selling and servicing their products including the Holden motor car.
Jack and Mavis along with their two children Glen and Delma moved to Gawler in late 1948.

J. L. as he was affectionately known, besides being a brilliant engineer, was very involved in the Gawler Rotary Club and became a councillor on the Gawler Council. He also supported many local organisations including the Gawler Motor Cycle Club. He devoted more time and effort than was expected of him, and certainly earned a reputation as one of Gawler’s more respected citizens.

The family were stalwart members of the Gawler West Methodist Church. He, with his very good friend Bob Hook (manager of Brown’s Egg Factory) was instrumental in the creation of tennis and basketball courts with lighting, for the use of church members.
Along with raising 3 children, picking up new GM vehicles from Birkenhead, and catering for social events for the business, Mavis volunteered her time to the School Mother’s Club, Rotary, Red Cross and Gawler Hospital Ladies Auxiliary.

Unfortunately Jack had an extremely painful kidney disease which plagued his life from the age of 34. This progressively got worse, eventually leading to having the use of only one kidney. When he was 50 years old he suffered a heart attack, and as the business started to suffer because of his ill health, he built a house at Middle Beach so that he could regularly recuperate. The “shack” became a haven for Sunday School picnics and many happy social events. Health technology, not being what it is today, caused the tablets being taken for his heart to destroy his remaining kidney, and he died at the age of 56, in 1974.
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Curnow's Garage

2014-08-12T07:37:53Z

Gwenda:

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John Wilfred (Wilf) Curnow began selling General Motors cars in 1920 through the agency of Clutterbucks and Manns Motors, and these included Buick, Chevrolet and Oldsmobile.

In 1926 General Motors Holden appointed Wilf Curnow as one of their first dealers in South Australia.

He then built the premises at 4 Balaklava Rd. known as Curnow's Garage, where he sold the full range of Holden's products. (A mechanic was Claude Lutz.)

In the mid 1930s, sons Jack and Harry were assisting Wilf; Jack on the Mallala premises and Harry started up his own garage on Adelaide Road and also selling spare parts for the H.V McKay Massey Harris Agency.

In 1940 Harry joined the Air Force, and he eventually rejoined Jack at the Mallala Garage in 1947. The new Holden car was introduced in 1948. (Malcolm Dunstan was mechanic from 1944 to 1990).

In 1956 Harry's elder son Bruce (Kelly) joined the firm, and in 1970 his other son Brian assisted.

Bruce and his wife Josie took over the dealership in 1979, and they eventually closed the Curnow's Garage business on 14 March 1998.
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|Sources=Mallala Museum research notes - Mallala businesses
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-08-12T07:34:36Z

Gwenda:

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|Date constructed=1925
|Date approximate=Yes
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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Mosely was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Mosely family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Mosely and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala. The business venture closed in the mid 1960s.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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2a Adelaide Road

2014-08-12T07:31:53Z

Gwenda:

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In November 1924 the allotment was purchased by Johann Carl Claudius Lutz – blacksmith of Mallala.

It was transferred to Mary Edith Jane Woolcock in January 1926 and immediately leased for a 5 year period to motor mechanic Edmund Hermann Lutz who operated the garage and petrol outlet.

It was transferred from M. Woolcock to E.H. Lutz in September 1928.

In September 1929 it was transferred to Charles Edwin Reid and sons Mervyn and J.C.K. (Keith) Reid. The allotment remained in the possession of various members of the Reid family until 1957.

Mr E.H. Lutz employed Harry Lutz as a motor mechanic from 1926 – 1932.

Mr Edward H.P. Mosely was Proprietor of the motor repair business from 1932 – 1940. He employed Mr. Jim Duhring of Mallala as a mechanic.

However these were the depression years and some people could not pay their accounts. Times were tough.
The Mosely family moved to Adelaide in 1940 and Edward Mosely and Jim Duhring found employment at a munitions factory.

Mr Harry Curnow moved into part of the premises 1937 to 1940 selling spare parts for the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Company.

With the outbreak of World War Two Harry Curnow enlisted in the R.A.A.F in 1940 and his mother Mrs Wilf Curnow continued to run the business 1940 – 1946.

When Harry returned to Mallala after the end of World War Two he once again became proprietor of the business but soon changed premises to join his brother Jack at [[Curnow's Garage|Curnow’s Garage]] on Balaklava Road Mallala and taking with him the H.V. McKay spare parts business.

Anders Pty Ltd. (Freeling) opened a spare parts outlet on the premises at 2a Adelaide Road in the 1950s and it was managed by Mr O.W. Pitt of Mallala. The business venture closed in the mid 1960s.

Several businesses occupied the premises over the years but each for a short period only.

In 2008 David Bell and Jackie Webb purchased the premises at 2a Adelaide Road Mallala and established on the site their existing business I.R.M. – Inkerman Repairs and Maintenance.
This worked in conjunction with their other business Inkerman Power Clean which had built up to clean 14 chicken farms in the mid - north area of the state.
The premises allowed the company to enjoy convenient office space and to keep on site the materials and spare parts required for their business.

The business employs a manager and several workmen plus using extra casual staff when required for a bigger job.
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