Early History of Ainslie
6 May 2025
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 look for suitable grazing land. ...Continue reading ....
Mount Ainslie
6 May 2025
I grew up in Ainslie from about five years old and so the classic, old-volcano, Mount Fuji-type shape of Mount Ainslie has always been a big part of life. As children we had the comfort of the aircraft signal light on top of Mount Ainslie slowly flashing red and green outside our bedroom windows and ...Continue reading ....
Visiting gang gangs
6 May 2025
I returned to Canberra in 2004 after many years travelling the world. It took a while to settle back into this city’s strange ways. When the gang gangs arrived heralding a turn in the weather, I finally felt back at home. They love eating the nuts from my liquid amber tree and delicately hold the ...Continue reading ....
Eleanor Gilbert
2 August 2021
Eleanor Gilbert, BSc Hons (1950- ) filmmaker with an extensive research and ecological background. Her focus is to tell the stories, locate and document the pathways, which are leading out of the maze of oppression and the belly of the Australian genocide to the reinstated sovereignty for First Nations and Peoples. Her recent works include: Star Stories of ...Continue reading ....
Louise Lyon
2 August 2021
My grandparents moved to Ainslie in 1939 where they lived for almost 50 years until they passed away. My mother, Enid Wheeler (nee Guard) spent her teenage years in Ainslie and returned in 1961 with my father and their four children. Her story is in the book. I grew up in Ainslie and have lived here ...Continue reading ....