Yearly Archives: 2014
Glebe Voices – Ethical choice of food and the environment
Posted on 2nd April 2014Åsa Wahlquist, local resident and a Walkley award winning journalist, led a Glebe Voices discussion around the dilemmas of balancing individual ethical choices of food with concern for the environment.
2 Tickets to the Lord Mayor’s NYE Party
Posted on 26th December 2014We have two tickets to the Lord Mayor’s New Years Eve Party to be held at the Opera House. Janice Challinor, our Community Convenor has been given two tickets but is unable to attend, and with the Lord Mayor’s approval, she is offering them to the highest bidder. The proceeds will go to CENTIPEDE at GLEBE […]
Dorothy Hoddinott receives Australian Human Rights Medal
Posted on 13th December 2014Dorothy Hoddinott a long time resident of Glebe and member of The Glebe Society has received wonderful recognition for her outstanding work with refugees. Principal attacks treatment of asylum-seeking children A school principal honoured with the 2014 Australian Human Rights Medal has accused the Federal Government of placing cruel limitations on child asylum seekers and […]
Taking Part in the Garage Sale Trail
Posted on 8th December 2014We called our garage sale ‘Glebe Grunge and Glory’ and were able to use the Glebe Justice Centre building on St Johns Rd as the venue. Held on Saturday 25 October, a dazzling range of pre-loved goods was offered for sale or donation.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee – December 2014
Posted on 8th December 2014Under the leadership of Sophie Golding, Urban Ecology Coordinator, City of Sydney, 16 keen birders undertook a bird survey in seven of our local parks or reserves….
Soiree for Centipede 2014
Posted on 8th December 2014The annual ‘Sunset Soiree’ for Centipede was held on Friday 7 November at the Glebe Rowing Club. A little over 50 people in attendance enjoyed live music provided by local chanteuse Hannah Robinson, the well-chosen words of Glebe Public School’s principal Vicki Pogulis and a most convivial evening under the full moon.
Initiative to Support Mental Health in Glebe
Posted on 8th December 2014The objective of this program is to educate and inform the community about positive service provision and constructive interaction with mental health consumers in our midst.
Glebe Street Fair 2014
Posted on 8th December 2014Despite a worrying downpour of rain the 31st anniversary of the Glebe Street Fair saw the expected thousands of visitors head to Glebe Point Rd to enjoy free entertainment across three stages, more than 250 stalls and the 100 or so businesses that line the street.
Glebe Island Bridge Web Site
Posted on 8th December 2014The Glebe Society has established a website at https://glebeislandbridge.com to celebrate the potential of the heritage-listed Glebe Island Bridge in grid-locked inner Sydney. The bridge potentially offers pedestrians and cyclists a safe, level and picturesque alternative to the noisy and traffic-laden Anzac Bridge.
Remembrance Day 2014
Posted on 8th December 2014About 60 people gathered at Glebe’s Diggers’ Memorial for the Remembrance Day service on Tuesday 11 November. It was heart-warming that children from Glebe Public School and officers from the Fire Station were present.
Opening the Glebe Aboriginal Cultural Space
Posted on 8th December 2014On the afternoon of Tuesday, 11 November, a large crowd gathered at the Glebe Town Hall for this combined event.
December 2014
Posted on 8th December 2014Undoubtedly, the most significant matter this month has been the so-called Bays and Foreshores Experts Summit on 19 and 20 November. The development of this huge site is going to affect all of us and our families for the next 30 years at least, and it is important that the government gets it right by actually listening to the community.
87 Bay Street (Beauty College Site)
Posted on 8th December 2014The City has decided to rezone 87 Bay St, with the aim of permitting greater height and density, but including a significant amount of affordable housing. … The proposal consists of a two-storey podium, mainly for commercial uses, and a series of towers to accommodate 213 units, of which 25 are affordable.
Terrific Summit! Now What??
Posted on 8th December 2014It was a terrific Summit. Almost all the presentations from the overseas experts were both fascinating and highly relevant. UrbanGrowth had gathered an impressive array of experts from around the world with hands-on experience of very similar urban renewal projects and their analyses of what worked and what didn’t were sharply relevant to our context.
Glebe Voices – Is the Past Another Country?
Posted on 4th November 2014The latest Glebe Voices “Is the Past Another Country?” featured Mira Crouch, a long term Glebe resident shared her experiences of arriving and settling in Sydney from Belgrade, by way of Israel, as a young woman in the 1950s.
Glebe Art Show
Posted on 4th November 2014At the recent Glebe Art Show a photograph entitled David & Gayle are just going together won the Glebe Society’s Glebe Prize.
Habitat Restoration for Blue Wrens
Posted on 4th November 2014Light rail corridor to be made blue wren-friendly and restoring habitat in blue wren corridor – John Street Reserve
Varied Habitat along Foreshore Walk
Posted on 4th November 2014The City of Sydney has included in the landscaping design a number of features to provide improved habitat for both plant and animal life. As well as planting hundreds of shrubs and native grasses to provide habitat for small birds and animals, the edge of the foreshore has been improved to create saltwater mangroves and endangered coastal salt marsh habitats.
Opening of the Glebe Foreshore Walk “Missing Link”
Posted on 4th November 2014The latest and the final section of the Glebe Foreshore Walk was officially opened on Saturday 25 October 2014 by Clover Moore.
Commonwealth Bank Promises to Re-open
Posted on 4th November 2014Alex Perry, manager of the Broadway Branch of the Commonwealth Bank has told the Glebe Society “We are committed to having a branch of the bank in Glebe”.
Pop-up Park Day
Posted on 11th November 2014On Friday 10 October 2014 a significant number of Glebe Community members gathered at the park on the corner of Catherine St and Mount Vernon St in Glebe to commemorate the acquisition of the Glebe Estate by the Commonwealth of Australia in 1974. Forty years on the estate is again showing signs of significant ‘wear and tear’ and depredation by the forces of nature.
Bays Precinct Panel
Posted on 30th October 2014On 20 October the University of Sydney Planning Research Centre held a forum to discuss the plan for the Bays.
Community BBQ for White Ribbon Campaign – 24th Nov.
Posted on 17th November 2014The White Ribbon Campaign is an Australia wide campaign aimed at stopping violence against women. Glebe, like many communities, wants to reduce the incidence of this happening locally, so a community barbeque to inform and spread awareness of this unacceptable practice has been organised. It will take place on Monday 24th November between 3.30 and […]
The Bays Precinct Peoples’ Campaign to Protect the Public Interest – Important Meetings
Posted on 27th October 2014The Bays Precinct People’s Campaign Important Meetings On the 4th August 2014 over 200 community members met in Glebe Town Hall to consider proposals for a “People’s Campaign” to defend the public interest in the NSW Governments newly announced Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project. The meeting unanimously endorsed the ‘Peoples Campaign’, a set of essential […]
Residents celebrate 40th anniversary of Glebe Estate
Posted on 23rd October 2014Residents and friends celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Glebe Estate on Friday 10 October 2014 at a street party at the corner of Catherine and Mt Vernon Streets, Glebe. VIPs who attended included Jamie Parker (State MP for Balmain), Tania Plibersek (Federal MP for Sydney and Deputy Leader of the Opposition), Cr Robyn Kemmis […]
Celebrate 40th Anniversary of the Glebe Estate
Posted on 30th September 2014There will be a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Glebe Estate on Friday 10th October from 10.00 a.m. till 11.30 a.m. at the corner of Catherine & Mt Vernon Streets, Glebe. * Free Morning Tea * Winners of the Glebe Community Photography Competition will be announced. * Displays of the Glebe Project. For […]
Bays and Foreshores Annual Report
Posted on 23rd September 2014Glebe Society activity relating to the Bays and Foreshores over the last 12 months has again been inextricably linked with wider developments as well as local activities.
“One Vote One Value” Rally
Posted on 23rd September 2014Rain did not deter them! Hundreds of people, amongst them familiar Glebian faces, rallied in Town Hall Square on Saturday 6 September to protest against the proposed bill concerning council voting amendments that the Shooters and Fishers Party are sponsoring.
Centennary of World War 1
Posted on 23rd September 2014A Glebe Society member, Rod Holtham, has authored a booklet called Glebe and the Great War which is now available at the Glebe Library.
August Glebe Voices: Martin Lawrence on the UN Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Posted on 23rd September 2014On an exceptionally wet evening we had a most enlightening address from Martin Lawrence who, given his research knowledge on ocean acoustics, was asked in 1994 by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to assist with a technical matter related to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
