About GNCA
The Committee
The Griffith Narrabundah Community Association [GNCA] is a not for profit, voluntary community based organisation operating in the Griffith Narrabundah area in the south of Canberra. The objects and purposes of the Association are “to protect the amenity and interests of the Griffith and Narrabundah communities, particularly in relation to the preservation of community facilities and open space”.
The GNCA Committee elects a Committee of Management at its Annual General Meeting to administer the affairs of the Association. The current Committee membership includes:
| President | John Edquist |
| Vice President | Wayne Arthur |
| Treasurer | Leo Dobes |
| Secretary | Deborah Price |
| Public Officer | Deborah Price |
| Website Manager | Jane Carter |
| ISCCC Reps | Paul Russell |
| Newsletter distribution | |
| Other members | Sue Ross, Paul Russell |
The Constitution
Click for the GNCA ConstitutionSocial Media
Our Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/TheGNCA.
Click to read our GNCA social media policy.
Meetings
The Committee usually meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm at the East Hotel, 69 Canberra Avenue, to discuss news, issues, current and future projects plus feedback from members. Both GNCA members and non members are welcome to attend. If you wish to attend a meeting, please email info@gnca.org.au to check if the meeting will be ‘in person’ or on Zoom.
The dates for our 2025 meetings are 12 February, 12 March, 9 April, 14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 13 August, 10 September, 8 October, 12 November and 10 December. The AGM will also be held at the East Hotel at 7pm on 22 October.
Membership
Our Wider Association
The GNCA is a member of the Inner South Canberra Community Council (ISCCC), an umbrella organisation representing the community and residents’ groups in the Inner South.
The ISCCC frequently organises forums to consider issues of relevance to residents of the Inner South, and we will publicise these on this page. The ISCCC’s website is www.isccc.org.au, and its email address is info@isccc.org.au A map, which shows which Resident Group covers your area, can be found below on this page or by clicking here.
Other community groups that are members of the ISCCC are:
| Deakin Residents Association | secretary@deakinresidents.asn.au |
| Forrest Residents Group | mail@forrestresidents.org.au |
| Kingston Barton Residents Group | kingstonandbarton@gmail.com |
| Oaks Estate Progress Association | oepa@hotmail.com.au |
| Old Narrabundah Community Council | https://narrabundah.org.au |
| Red Hill Residents Group | redhillresidentsgroup@gmail.com |
| Yarralumla Residents Asociation | info@yarralumlaresidents.org.au |
Current Issues
Since 2000 the GNCA has been involved with many issues of concern to Griffith and Narrabundah residents. Click here to see some of the News.
Your Community
We live in one of the Garden City suburbs which is part of Canberra history. Read more in the Griffith Neighbourhood Plan (634 KB PDF) and about the Garden City (784 KB PDF). It is a special area to be nurtured. Sound planning principles demand that our existing urban open space areas remain protected and community facilities are appropriately maintained. The loss of open space land and community facilities available to the public cannot be justified, especially given that these are already quite limited in the Griffith/Narrabundah/Kingston area. In recent years there has been a lot of urban in-fill and the population has increased