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Coordinates | 34°31′34″S 138°35′42″E / 34.526°S 138.595°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 129 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5502 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 14 km (9 mi) NW of Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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Reeves Plains is a settlement in South Australia. [2] It is on the Adelaide Plains, halfway from Gawler to Mallala.
The Reeves Plains School opened in 1867 and closed in 1967. [3] The post office is also closed. [4] The Primitive Methodist church was built in 1873 next to the school. It became a Methodist church in 1900 and closed in 1938. When it was demolished in 1948, some of the material was used to extend the Redbanks church hall. [5] There was also a tennis club at Reeves Plains. [6]
Reeves Plains economy is predominantly farming and grazing. There is a proposal in 2017 to build the Reeves Plains Power Station on grazing land where the Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline and a high voltage powerline cross the locality. [7]