Reeves Plains School

 

 Land for both the school and church were 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.

Date of Appoinment	Name
1867--1872	Thomas Adams
1872--1873	William Mitchell
1874--1875	Robert C Gilmore
1876--1878	Henry Allport
1879--1881	Annie G. Ryan
1879	Samuel Small
1881--1887	Elizabeth Anna Rudall
1886	Elise Mathilde Rudall
1887 --1889	Richard Francis Fitzgerald
1888	Catherine M. Fitzgerald
1889 Oct-1890 May	Ellen O'Mahoney
1897--1902 June	Louisa Anne Upton

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Sources

• Life around the Light - A history of the Mallala District Council Area

Memories of Reeves Plains School

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.

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