Category: Heritage

Ainslie was named after James Ainslie who was the first overseer of Duntroon Station.  He was wounded at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and came to Australia shortly afterwards.  In 1825 Ainslie was employed by Robert Campbell to take a mob of seven hundred sheep southwards from Bathurst to …

History of the YMCA’s Management of the Community Facility at 11 Rutherford Crescent, Ainslie, ACT The existing building at 11 Rutherford Cres, Ainslie was established in the 1940s in a manner consistent with the Garden City design ethos expressed across Ainslie. The building was a controversial response to an identified …