Arthur Edward REEVES

REEVES

IN MEMORY OF

ARTHUR EDWARD

SON OF AUGUSTUS AND ELIZA

BORN AT REEVES POINT 9-3-1860

DIED AT SEAVIEW FARM 16-12-1911

AGED 51 YEARS

THIRD GENERATION OF

REEVES PIONEERS

About REEVES, Arthur Edward

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

Burial Notes

REEVES, Arthur Edward, son of Augustus and Eliza, born at Reeves Point 9.3.1860, died at Seaview Farm, 16.12.1911, age 51 years; Third generation of Reeves pioneer

REEVES, Arthur Edward

b. 10 Mar 1860

Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA

d. 18 Dec 1911 (aged 51)

Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, SA

unmarried

e. Baptism 11 Mar 1863

Port Adelaide, SA

e. Burial 18 Dec 1911

Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA