Arthur Edward REEVES (1860-1911)

ARTHUR EDWARD REEVES, agriculturist and grazier, "Sea View," Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, is the eldest surviving son of the late Mr. Augustus Reeves, of the same place, who came from Tasmania in the year 1850, and settled on the South Australian Company's No. 1 Section, to which later on was given the name of "Reeves Point." This was the first actual settlement in South Australia. The late Mr. Reeves died in March, 1904, at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. Arthur Reeves was born in 1860, near Reeves Point, and received his education by private tuition. At the conclusion of his schooldays he joined his father in the work of the home farm, and, according to the primitive methods of those early days when tilling the land, drove a team of bullocks attached to a wooden plough. The extent of "Sea View Farm" is 530 acres, of which 300 acres have been cleared, and on this property Mr. Reeves has reaped as much as thirty-five bushels of barley an acre without the use of artificial manures. He combines sheep-raising with the other branches of his business, and also fattens stock for the market.

The homestead is very pleasingly situated, commanding on its eastern side the beautiful Bay of Shoals, on the south Nepean Bay, while from the northerly aspect North Cape is clearly visible. The view comprises a magnificent seascape, which forms one of the finest pieces of scenery on the island.

- Cyclopedia of South Australia 1909, pp. 1010-1011