Category: Newsletter

Vale: Roger Pegrum. Building Reid’, 100 years centenary event, 18 Oct, DIrrawan Gardens; Looking back to 1926 (TCT article); 99-year leases – how to extend your lease; What’s your house made out of, Canberra red bricks etc.; Aussie Bird Count; Rat Running through Reid Petition; St John’s Fair 17 Oct; Northside Community Games; ACT Neighbourhood Watch Reid Crime Stats; Campbell’s petition to seek changes to Unit Titles Management; Vale Roger Pegrum, notable architect, writer and academic.

GM included guest speaker Thomas Emerson MLA for Kurrajong, an update on Stage 1 UNSW Canberra, residents’ traffic issues and heritage breaches; Special General Meeting authorised a revised constitution; disappointing response from government to our concerns re crashes and rat running; Braddon residents concerned re proposed inappropriate high rise hotel development inRead article …

Special General Meeting on RRA constitution changes; Thomas Emerson MLA guest speaker at the AGM on 25 March; Heritage Festival event with Eric Martin AM 23 April: Inquiries into Missing Middle, Aquatic Strategy,  Fix My Street & Provision of Municipal Services; David Pocock MP Town Hall meeting 25 Feb; Reid traffic issues; National Day of Mourning; Crime statistics; Jazz on the lawn at St John’s 21 Feb; Northside Community Service New Board Games; agendas & nomination form for RRA Committee

Gazanias are an environmental weed; Koels have arrived; Currong St letterbox removal; AGM 6.30 pm 25 March 2026 at Mercure Hotel Braddon; see the list of Reid’s houses approaching the 100-year mark; home batteries advice; Acton waterfront ‘Have Your Say’; Keep Safe! – it’s holiday time; Neighbourhood Watch stats; Seasons Greetings events at St John’s Carols on the Lawn 24 December AND Jazz on the Grass on 21 February.

AGM endorsed the present committee, with two additions, a former treasurer and a new member;  guest speaker, Tony Maple eloquently spoke on ‘Before Reid: people at the heart of old Canberra; UNSW Canberra City Stage 1 Works Approval; lodging applications with
ACT Heritage Council; Commonwealth Park concept Vision 2025; bell ringing at St John’s; profiling Reid residents; Neighbourhood Watch report.

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.

RRA celebrated 80 years in fine form at the Mercure with Chief Minister cutting the cake; Chris Steel MLA has been appointed as Minister for Heritage; Reid Park Sports Ground CMP is awaiting comments from TCCS; rabbits are still a problem; cats are on the prowl; how to deal with rising damp; garden plant escapees; a very notable resident Anne Buttsworth AM PSM with her contribution to the public service, Australian Women’s Archives Project, Early Morning Centre, St John’s Schoolhouse and the RRA; St John’s fabulous community fair; new seats in Geerilong Gardens with one contributed by Judy Patten in memory of John Little, long-term past president of RRA. Neighbourhood Watch stats; holiday reminders; AGM 6.30 pm 26 March 2025.

Special edition for August ’24 marking 80 years of the Reid Residents’ (formerly Progress) Association; celebrate with us 19 September – information by contacting info@reid.northcanberra.com.au; extracts from the first meeting and memories of living in Reid during the 30s and 40s; achievements over time; request for photographs you might like to share, Neighbourhood Watch statistics.

1. Review of the Nature Conservation Act How to have your say on how we protect native plants, animals and landscapes in the ACT. The 10-year review of the Nature Conservation Act 2014 (the Act) is underway. The Act provides the legal underpinning for nature conservation policy, management actions and protection ofRead article …

AGM’s guest speaker, Duncan Marshall AM, Interim Heritage Council Chair outlined the work of the Council; Reid Park Sports Ground Conservation Management Plan progress; JSCNET report A capital for all Australians; Heritage Festival RRA’s Conspiracies, continuity and connections event; Glebe Park under pressure yet again; Your Say Heritage report; history returns to Reid in the form of Sarah, newly residing in Reid, whose great grandmother Annastacia Sullivan, along with her sister Pauline Sullivan came by horse and cart to St John’s Schoolhouse; Neighbourhood Watch statistics; cost of housing is not new; Cotoneaster is classified as a weed.

Apologies for the late web version of the February Newsletter – it had gone into the webmaster’s spam & we, unfortunately didn’t notice it hadn’t been posted. AGM Wednesday 27 March and Reid Park Sports Ground stakeholder Survey open till 31 March

AGM will be held at 6 for 6.30 pm Wednesday 27 March 2024; Reid Park Sports Ground Survey (Heritage Grant) please note the QR code so you can participate; ACT Heritage Festival 13 to 28 April & RRA’s event is Conspiracies, continuity and connections;

ACT Heritage Jurisdictional Review update; Bulky Waste Collections for Reid are on Wednesday 10 April and Monday 8 Jul; an information kit is being prepared advising how to rectify foundations of Reid houses; Crime stats; Reid Personalities: the extraordinary Ian; some confusion over the actual age of our residents’ association; Church news and link to Reid Tennis Club.