1. Reid Horse Stables Presented by Elizabeth Estbergs

2. 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

3. 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?

4. 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

5. Stables in the ACT  Acton  Kingston  Reid

6. Reid 1915  Extracted from map: Dept of Home Affairs, Lands & Survey Branch Canberra 1915.  Yellow arrow points to St John’s Church.

7. Reid 1933  Extract from map compiled and drawn by Property & Survey Branch, Dept of the Interior Canberra 1933

8. Locality Plan Plan 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)

9. 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

10. Site Plan Reid Stables internal site plan on file T.L. 5186 pt 1 Department of the Interior. Planning and Development Branch. Stabling Accommodation Reid (1942)

11. 2. Newspaper items

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

13. 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.

14. 4. Plaque on Casino wall