Cleve, South Australia
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Cleve () is a town on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is 226 km southwest of Port Augusta and 143 km north of Port Lincoln.
The first European settlers in the area were the McKechnie brothers in 1853. The first European woman arrived in 1862. The town was laid out in 1879 in a square grid surrounded by parklands, imitating Adelaide. It was named after Cleve House, the country seat of the Snow family, cousins of Sir William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia at the time.
Cleve is today the base of the District Council of Cleve, It is in the state electoral district of Flinders and the federal Division of Grey.
The Eyre Peninsula Tribune weekly newspaper is published in Cleve.
The Eyre Peninsula Field Days are a three day long field day held in Cleve every second week of August in even numbered years.
Cleve Area School is a major Agricultural school in South Australia, specialising in dry land agriculture. In 2005, 3 students scored 20/20 in agricultural subjects.[1] The school won the South Australian Westpac Landcare Education Award in 2005 for its exemplary integration of good land management practices into its Agriculture curriculum [2]. Cleve Area School is an Australian finalist in the Westpac Landcare Education Awards for 2006 [3].
[edit] References
- ^ "Local Year 12s excel", Eyre Peninsula Tribune, 2006-01-12. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ^ http://www.landcareonline.com
- ^ Westpac Landcare Education Award (pdf). 2005-2006 National Landcare Awards. Landcare Australia. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
