Reid Residents' Association

Reid Residents' Association

Highlighting and maintaining Reid heritage and its 'Garden City' design

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Reid Park
Greg Blood, Canberra sports historian, has written a very comprehensive history of Reid Park (aka Reid Oval) and would very much appreciate feedback and additional information via emai, please see p. 1 of the article. Greg had kindly agreed to speak at our Heritage Festival event ‘Beneath our feet’ on 11 May. Bookings for this event open on 24th March.
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AGM 25 and February 2025 Newsletter
RRA AGM meeting 6.30 pm 26 March with guest speaker, Tony Maple 'Before Reid: The People at the Heart of Old Canberra’; importance of conserving our streetscapes; Canberra & region Heritage Festival & RRA’s event is Beneath Our Feet on 11 May at 1:30 pm; Reid Park Sports Ground CMP and the work of sports historian Greg Blood; Australian Institute of Architects renominating Civic Olympic Pool; nominations to the Heritage Council; information on Reid houses in the archives; seeking Reid people to feature in our newsletters; Reid crime statistics; contacts for Reid churches.
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Reid – The suburb

The suburb dates from 1928 and is named after Sir George Reid, Australia’s fourth Prime Minister and a former Premier of New South Wales. It adopts Aboriginal words for its street names.

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About Us

Reid Residents’ Association (RRA) is a volunteer, not for profit residents’ association formed on 14 August 1944 with the following objectives:

  • * foster an appreciation of the present Reid environment and encourage its preservation, taking into account the interest and welfare of the community
  • * support and implement agreed action on Reid community projects and interests.

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Join Us

Membership is free and any Reid resident or other person approved by the committee may apply for membership if they agree to support the association’s objectives.  Residents interested in nominating for a position on RRA committee should contact the committee at info@reid.northcanberra.org.au

Conservation in Reid

The Reid Housing Precinct was included on the Register of the National Estate on 21 October 1980 and is on the ACT Heritage Register. The intent of heritage listing is to retain and conserve the suburb’s intrinsic features:

  • for their ability to demonstrate historical values including ‘Garden City planning principles and architectural and landscape design from the initial period of urban development within Canberra
  • for the aesthetic unity of the streetscapes arising from the harmonious integration of low-density built forms within a mature landscape setting, and high proportion of landscape space and trees
  • for the social values associated with the retention of communal landscaped reserves and community facilities, whilst managing change to meet the contemporary requirements of residential usage.

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