Yearly Archives: 2015
Planning Subcommittee Annual Report 2014-15
Posted on 14th August 2015The last year has been dominated by big issues and matters of policy rather than specific development proposals, although there are always plenty of minor ones to keep a Planning Convenor on his toes.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee – August 2015
Posted on 14th August 2015Sophie Golding, Urban Ecology Coordinator, City of Sydney attended our meeting on 30 June 2015. Sophie reported that the establishment of the new park adjacent to the Harold Park development was close to the planting stage.
Planning Report (August 2015)
Posted on 14th August 2015Commonwealth Bank, Harold Part, Federal Park Childcare, 10 Bridge Road and Durham Court
Report on the New Members’ night
Posted on 14th August 2015New members were warmly welcomed to the Glebe Society at the Harold Park Hotel on July 22, a chilly evening. Introductions and reconnections were made over drinks, then eating and more drinking around tables where the challenges began!
The Naming of Dave Sands Lane
Posted on 14th August 2015On Sunday 26 July a large number of people gathered at 27 Broughton St, Glebe for a ceremony to celebrate a well-known Australian sportsman. The champion boxer, Dave Sands was honoured when the nearby lane was named in his memory.
NAIDOC Week in Glebe
Posted on 14th August 2015NAIDOC in Glebe has grown to encompass a full week of activities over the last few years and has, in the process, become a great opportunity for all of Glebe to celebrate together
Friends of Centipede
Posted on 14th August 2015The sole purpose of this Friends group, commenced under the auspices of the Glebe Society, is to raise much-needed additional funding for Centipede, a not-for-profit Before and After School Care Centre.
The Dirty Red Digger
Posted on 14th August 2015On a wet and windy Saturday 4 July a small audience enjoyed an amazing pastiche performance at the Glebe Town Hall.
Glebe Music Festival 2015
Posted on 11th August 2015The 26th Annual Glebe Music Festival 6th to 22nd November 2015 In conjunction with the Glebe Society, And supported by the City of Sydney Artistic Director Dr E. David G. McIntosh AM AMusA www.glebemusicfestival.com Concert 1: Friday 6th November at 7pm, Gleebooks (49 Glebe Point Rd): Musical Cabaret with Rex Melville (vocals) and David […]
Glebe Society Opposes Amalgamation of City of Sydney into a ‘Mega-council’
Posted on 30th June 2015Before the last election the incoming government promised there would be no forced amalgamations, but no one seems to believe them. Councils are now required, on a very short timeframe, to undertake a self-analysis entitled ‘Fit for the Future’. These documents will be assessed by IPART, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, which will make […]
June 2015
Posted on 30th June 2015Sydney City Council – Fit for the Future There was an extraordinary meeting of the Council on Thursday 18 June to consider the Council’s submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) concerning the NSW Government’s ‘Fit for the Future’ local government review process designed to reduce the number of Councils in NSW. Without […]
Bidura – a House with a Future
Posted on 30th June 2015Late in 2014 the NSW Government quietly added one of Glebe’s best known historic houses to its For Sale list of publicly owned properties. Bidura, 357 Glebe Pt Rd, was for sale by tender; November was the deadline for bids and in February this year the identity of the new owners was disclosed. Bidura had […]
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee (June 2015)
Posted on 30th June 2015Twenty four Society members and friends attended a lecture (Thursday 7 May in the downstairs meeting room at Benledi) given by Dr Holly Parsons entitled ‘Little birds in a big city – the lives and times of Superb Fairy-wrens’. The President introduced Dr Parsons, who is the Program Manager for Birds in Backyards, and Andrew […]
Our New Logo
Posted on 30th June 2015Early last year, a decision was taken by the Management Committee to review our logo, fondly referred to as ‘the Door’, partly because, like some members of the Committee themselves, it was looking a bit tired and over-exposed, and partly because it only really referred to one aspect of our activities, namely heritage conservation. It […]
Discovering the Chippendale Creative Precinct
Posted on 30th June 2015What an interesting afternoon it was for 14 of us who joined the Glebe Society’s leisurely stroll through the Chippendale Creative Precinct on Thursday 11 June. After a delicious lunch of home-made dumplings and really special teas at the White Rabbit Gallery we were taken on a guided tour of the current exhibition at this […]
Glebites Make Honours List Once Again
Posted on 30th June 2015Once again, Glebe Society members and other Glebites are represented among the Queen’s Birthday 2015 honours list. Glebe Society member David Fraser was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for ‘significant service to tertiary science education, as an academic and researcher, and to the study of human disease […]
UrbanGrowth’s Bays Precinct Consultation – Should We Be Worried?
Posted on 2nd June 2015UrbanGrowth NSW held a marathon consultation – the Sydneysiders Summit and related forums – over five days (14-18 May) on the ‘transformation’ of the Bays Precinct.
Glebe Society objections re Superyacht Marina
Posted on 17th June 2015Glebe Society Objects to SYM Over-Development Proposal. The Glebe Society has lodged its objection to the proposed modification to the Superyacht Marina in Rozelle Bay. The modifications constitute a major increase in the scale of both water-based and on-land development, as well as much more intensive activities. If approved, the previously identified negative impacts- especially […]
More than 15 years on, Olympic-related Impositions Are Still with Us
Posted on 2nd June 2015The massive advertising billboard which sits atop the heritage-listed silos at Glebe Island was erected in the 1990s to help promote the Olympics. The lessee of the billboard, Eye Drive, has sought approval (from the Department of Planning) to extend the timeframes for the approved advertising signage.
Explore Glebe with an Audio Guide
Posted on 2nd June 2015The first two of Glebe Walks have been converted to audio walks, available on the izi.TRAVEL app.
Blackwattle Park Picnic
Posted on 8th May 2015The sun shone on our small group of Glebe Society members enjoying a picnic by Blackwattle Bay on Sunday 29 March – good food, wine, conversation, views –- a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Energy Efficiency Master Plan
Posted on 8th May 2015The draft Energy Efficiency Master Plan for the City of Sydney is open for comment until 4 May. The Master Plan is a good news story as it provides strategies that will achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions while saving money for business and residents.
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – May 2015
Posted on 8th May 2015On Thursday 7 May 2015 at 6:30 pm in the downstairs meeting room at Benledi (Glebe Library), Dr Holly Parsons from BirdLife Australia, will give a talk to the Society entitled ‘Little birds in a big city – the lives and times of Superb Fairy-wrens’. Dr Parsons is the Program Manager for Birds in Backyards […]
Extreme Weather Events and Public Housing
Posted on 8th May 2015The City of Sydney unit of SES was called on to respond to scores of requests for assistance (RFAs) during the recent torrential rains. At some HNSW properties the lack of maintenance by HNSW had obviously increased the potential for such problems.
How Are Women’s Refuges Faring?
Posted on 8th May 2015It is just a year since the much repudiated ‘Going Home Staying Home’ initiative of the NSW State Government radically altered the way in which social services to the homeless and most needy in our community are managed.
Bays Precinct Sydneysiders Summit
Posted on 8th May 2015Urban Growth is holding the Bays Precinct Sydneysiders Summit on Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May 2015. Members are urged to register for this Summit. It may be our last chance to influence what goes into UrbanGrowth’s strategic plan for the Bays Precinct!
Anzac Centennary Grant
Posted on 8th May 2015The Society has received a grant of $28,796 from the Federal Government under the Anzac Centenary Program. The grant is to be used to mount an exhibition entitled Sacrifice, Struggle and Sorrow: Glebe’s Great War 1914-1918. The exhibition will examine the impact of the First World War and its immediate aftermath on the Glebe community.
Lone Pine for Sydney University
Posted on 8th May 2015On the eve of Anzac Day, a special planting ceremony took place in the grounds of Sydney University. The Glebe Society had donated a Gallipoli Pine sapling to the University in memory of all who fought, but particularly in memory of the Glebe men who were associated with the University of Sydney as academics, support staff or students and who enlisted in World War I.
Lone Pine for Foley Park
Posted on 8th May 2015To commemorate the centenary of Anzac, a Lone Pine was planted in Foley Park on Thursday 23 April by Lord Mayor Clover Moore. The pine tree was grown from seed collected from the lone pine at the Australian War Memorial, which in turn was grown with a seed from a pine cone taken from Gallipoli in 1915.
