Reid Residents' Association

Reid Residents' Association

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

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Commonwealth Park Concept Vision 2025 – Public Engagement
Please​ take the opportunity to add to the NCA’s 'early thinking on options and opportunities for the revitalisation of Commonwealth Park' during this engagement period. Submissions need to be forwarded by Friday 20 June ’25.
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Tour of the Federal Capital Commission houses in Canberra
The National Trust (ACT) has organised a tour of the Federal Capital Commission houses in Canberra and David Hobbes and Katrina Keller, both highly experienced heritage architects, will be leading the tour. Reid will feature, of course, and the tour...
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AGM 26 March 2025
AGENDA 6:30pm Wednesday 26 March 2025 Mercure Hotel, Ainslie Avenue Guest Speaker: Tony Maple Before Reid: The People at the Heart of Old Canberra Welcome and apologies Address by Tony Maple, guest speaker Confirmation of minutes of 2024 AGM Matters...
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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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