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Going, going, gone! This is where we review threatened sites:

9 Hazel Street, Oaks Estate. The Robertson house and yard

The title was originally transferred to Amelia Southwell in 1895, transferring to Mary Robertson in 1919. Walter Richard (Dick) and Mary Robertson (nee McCauley) built the house that stands on block 11 in about 1912/13. The house is the last example of a workerÕs shanty left in the ACT...........


Old 'Socks' camp at the base of Mt Ainslie.

An old fellow lived at the based of Mount Ainslie behind Campbell High School in an old tin hut until he died in the mid to late 1980s. He was referred to as "Socks"..........


The Valley Homestead and yards

The house on this site was built by Thomas Gribble, who emigrated from England in 1857 and married Catherine Warren in 1860. The couple settled in Gungahlin in the 1860s in a slab house..........


Ginninderra Blacksmith's Workshop

The Ginninderra Blacksmith's Workshop is on the eastern side of the Barton Highway 300 metres south of the Gold Creek Road..........

History of Ruins

By Helen Cooke