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

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..........