Reid Horse Stables

Presented by Elizabeth Estbergs

How do we know they existed?

1. Through ACT Government records

2. Through Canberra Times articles

3. Through published local histories

4. Through memorial plaques

1. ACT Government records Where did the working horses live? Who used the working horses? What other uses were the stables put to? When were the stables built? Where were the stables? Why did the stables close down?

Proposed stables

Stabling for business firms at City, Canberra, 1941

Extracted from file T.L. 5186 pt 1

Department of the Interior. Planning and Development Branch.

Stabling Accommodation Reid

Stables in the ACT Acton Kingston Reid

Reid 1915 Extracted from

map: Dept of Home Affairs, Lands & Survey Branch Canberra 1915.

Yellow arrow points to St John’s Church.

Reid 1933 Extract from map

compiled and drawn by Property & Survey Branch, Dept of the Interior Canberra 1933

Locality PlanPlan on file T.L. 5186 pt 1

Department of the Interior. Planning and Development Branch.

Stabling Accommodation Reid

Showing exact location of the stables (1956)

Plan Y 1942 Showing proposal for

establishing of communal stabling.

Restrictions on the use of petrol is partly responsible for the demand

From file T.L. 5186 pt 1

Site PlanReid Stables internal site

plan on file T.L. 5186 pt 1

Department of the Interior. Planning and Development Branch.

Stabling Accommodation Reid (1942)

2. Newspaper items

Newspaper items

Acton stables were used by the government for a variety of purposes.

3. Published local histories Foskett, Alan. You may have lived here for a

while: a short history of Canberra’s hostels, guest houses and early hotels. Campbell, Alan Foskett, 2002

Foskett, Alan. Reid – house of fame; a history of one of Canberra’s most lived-in hostels 1947-1981. Campbell, Alan Foskett, 2000.

4. Plaque on Casino wall