Grace Plains, South Australia
| Grace Plains South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Grace Plains | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°22′01″S 138°28′01″E / 34.367°S 138.467°ECoordinates: 34°22′01″S 138°28′01″E / 34.367°S 138.467°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5502 [1] | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) |
Adelaide Plains Council Wakefield Regional Council[1] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goyder [1] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wakefield [1] | ||||||||||||
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Grace Plains is a rural locality on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia. It is divided between the Adelaide Plains Council and the Wakefield Regional Council. The formal boundaries were established in June 1997 for the long established local name with respect of the section in the Mallala council; the portion in the Wakefield council was added in January 2000.[1][2] It is named after Grace Montgomery Farrell, widow of Rev C. B. Howard, the first South Australian Colonial Chaplain; she later married James Farrell, Dean of Adelaide.[3]
The first school started in 1865 in a building constructed to be both the school and the Primitive Methodist church.[4] Grace Plains School opened in 1894 and closed in 1969.[5] It also had a Methodist (originally Bible Christian) Church, which opened in 1868 and closed in 1971.[6] Both buildings are now private residences. There is also a tennis court and cemetery.
Grace Plains Post Office opened in October 1879 and closed on 3 April 1884. It reopened on 22 September 1897 and closed on 30 September 1903.[7][8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result(s) for Grace Plains, 5502". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Long Plains, 5501". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Praite, R (1970). Place names of South Australia. Rigby. ISBN 0 85179 083 6.
- ↑ "GRACE PLAINS.". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. VII, (357). South Australia. 10 June 1865. p. 1 (Supplement to the South Australian Weekly Chronicle). Retrieved 3 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Grace Plains School". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Grace Plains Methodist Church". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Grace Plains (1)". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Grace Plains (2)". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 13 September 2016.