Named afterRev. John O'Reilly, who arrived in Western Australia aboard the "Palestine" from London on 24/01/1870. Roman Catholic Clergyman at Fremantle, 1874-1886. Served on Board of Education, 1874. Appointed first Bishop of Port Augusta, South Australia in 1886, later as Archbishop of Adelaide.DescriptionApproved by Nomenclature Advisory Committee, May, 1979.
