First Settlement Recognition
This plaque commemorates formal recognition
by the South Australian Parliament, in 1991,
of Reeves Point, Kingscote,
as the first official European settlement
in South Australia
on 27th July 1836.
It also records the initiative of
the K. I. Pioneers Association
in achieving this recognition.
Unveiled by
Her Excellency
The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell
A.C., D.B.E.
Governor of South Australia
27th July 1992
See also the back story of the struggle for this recognition by the Kangaroo Pioneers Association