St Johns, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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St Johns is a locality southeast of Kapunda in the northern Barossa Valley, South Australia. Originally a private subdivision on sections 1450, 1451 and 1533 of the Hundred of Belvidere,[2] the boundaries of the locality were formalised in 2000 and the name formally adopted based on long-established use.[3]
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View towards the former church and reformatory from the cemetery | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°21′46″S 138°57′34″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 8 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5373 | ||||||||||||
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The foundation stone for the St John the Evangelist church was laid on 2 April 1850, however the building was not completed until 30 April 1854. A school was opened in 1859, run by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart after 1868. From 1897, the school became a reformatory for girls until it closed in 1909.[4]
