Ethical Property Australia was founded in 2013 as a partnership between Melbourne-based donkey wheel Trust and UK-based The Ethical Property Company. Co-Founder, Peter Allen, was formerly Property Director at Ethical Property in the UK where he worked for over 10 years. Based in Melbourne, EP Australia started by taking on the management of donkey wheel house, which had been purchased by the Trust in 2009 and progressively refurbished and let to social enterprises and not-for-profits.