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November 19 Newsletter
This edition includes the 75th Anniversary, meeting with government officials, the heritage amendment bill, a Nation Trust survey, traffic count in Reid and more…
Fund Raiser – Jazz in the Garden Saturday 19 Oct 19
Fund raising event for the Early Morning Centre helping people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or socially isolated.
Lecture 14 Oct 19 – Puzzles of a Prime Minister
A lecture at Parliament House, Canberra 14 Oct 19 When summing up the career of Australia’s second Prime Minister, Australian novelist and social commentator, Vance Palmer, concluded that Alfred Deakin was ‘the ideal Australian statesman’.
Lecture – So Much More Than a Prime Minister
A lecture at Parliament House, Canberra 10 Oct 19 on The remarkable contribution to Australian political life made by
Andrew Fisher, Australia’s fifth Prime Minister, has only just begun to receive a measure of the recognition it deserves.
Roger Pegrum Trust Talk, Monday 30 Sep 19
Roger Pegrum will be presenting the Trust Talk, Monday 30 September, on his recenlty published book A Very Great City One Day. He will be raising the issues now confronting us of planning the national capital for the future. Roger has had a long and illustrious career in architecure and his own Reid house is featured in 100 Canberra Houses.
Alexander von Humboldt: The Shakespeare of the Sciences
SPECIAL EVENT Alexander von Humboldt The Shakespeare of the Sciences Join us to celebrate the many achievements of Alexander von Humboldt—polymath, geographer, naturalist and explorer, and the first person to describe the phenomenon and cause of human-induced climate change. On the 250th anniversary of his birth, the National Library ofRead article …
RRA Newsletter – August 2019
Invitation to RRA 75th anniversary dinner on 19 September with guest speaker Dr David Headon; concerns with rebuilt Mr Fluffy houses erosion of Reid Housing Precinct heritage values; Neighbourhood Watch report; St John’s new roof & Community Fair, 19 October; 14th Reid Open Houses & Gardens, 10 November.
Council bypasses heritage to approve new house in Reid
We draw your attention to Paul Costigan’s article ‘Council bypasses heritage to approve new house in Reid’. This article emphasises the necessity for informed judgement when considering the impact on the character of Reid and the other unique heritage precincts in the ACT.
Stand up for Historic Reid
Reid residents are up in arms over the proposed Mr Fluffy rebuild at 23 Dirrawan Gardens, within the Heritage-listed Reid Housing Precinct. Read all about it!