Yearly Archives: 2015
Glebe Anzac Day 2015 Service
Posted on 26th April 2015Spilling out onto Glebe Point Rd, a larger crowd than usual gathered around the Diggers Memorial in Foley Park on Saturday morning to mark the centenary of Anzac Day.
Environment Policy 2015
Posted on 12th April 2015The Constitution of the Glebe Society includes amongst its objects to improve the amenity of Glebe by making Glebe a cleaner and healthier environment and to preserve and enhance the natural and architectural character of Glebe.
In keeping with these objects, the Glebe Society is committed to improving, preserving and enhancing the following aspects of the natural environment.
Fish ’n’ Ships Event Went Off Swimmingly
Posted on 28th March 2015The Fish ’n’ Ships event on Tuesday 17 March was a great success. Alan Linklater kindly sent us a a photo of his sketch of Strides Shipbreaking yard, which he drew in 1964.
Could We Return a Tram to Glebe Point Rd?
Posted on 28th March 2015The proposal is to create a very large mural, duplicated from an historic photo, on a large wall near the end of the ‘tram lines’ that are visible in the bitumen in Glebe Point Rd.
The Gallipoli Pine
Posted on 28th March 2015The Glebe Society has donated a Gallipoli Pine sapling (Pinus halepensis) to the University of Sydney to commemorate those who served in World War I .
Photographs from the Bernard Smith Collection
Posted on 28th March 2015The City of Sydney has digitised the Bernard Smith Collection of photographs of Glebe. The collection of about five hundred images catalogues Glebe’s built environment ca 1970. The photographs can be viewed on the City of Sydney website.
Flowerpots for Diversity
Posted on 28th March 2015Enter the flower pot: the latest in habitat creation.
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – March 2015
Posted on 28th March 2015A major difficulty for the Glebe Bushcare Group has been the arrival of groups of backpackers/campers who are now living in the parking area near the wetlands adjacent to Chapman Rd.
The City has completed the restoration and repair of the wall on the western boundary of the John Street Reserve and the native flora in the adjacent area is thriving.
What Will Happen to the Bidura Children’s Court?
Posted on 28th March 2015A number of people have asked the Society what will happen to the Children’s Court as a result of the sale of the Bidura site. I was told that the Children’s Court is being relocated to the Albion St Children’s Court site, which was closed in 1983 when Bidura Children’s Court opened.
Millers Point – Community or Commodity?
Posted on 28th March 2015The public screening of the documentary ‘Millers Point – Community or Commodity’ served to illustrate the inherent injustice in the current policies impacting upon public housing tenants.
NSW Needs to Get Serious about Social Housing
Posted on 28th March 2015Glebe as a community is committed to public housing, including the Glebe Estate which is fundamental to Glebe’s built and social character.
The NSW government has decided to develop a long overdue social housing policy. They produced a discussion paper on Social Housing in NSW and called for responses.
The Abbey site, 156 Bridge Rd
Posted on 28th March 2015The derelict cottage, Hamilton, one of the buildings of Ferdinand Reuss Jr, would be demolished and the site excavated to permit underground car parking. The cottage would then be rebuilt on the original footprint and with the same height and design. This is now taking place in accordance with the approval.
An Inner West Transport Solution?
Posted on 28th March 2015The inner West faces worsening traffic congestion with redevelopment of the Bays Area and Plans for WestConnex to feed vehicles onto the Anzac Bridge and Victoria Rd.
Yet there is a simple, low-cost way to reduce congestion in our neighbourhood: re-open Glebe Island Bridge as a level, broad, safe pedestrian link between Rozelle and Pyrmont.
Meet the Candidates – NSW Election 2015
Posted on 28th March 2015The Glebe Society hosted a ‘Meet the Candidates’ event at Glebe Town Hall on Friday 27 February. Candidates for the seat of Balmain were invited to attend and speak with the local community. All candidates who had registered in time were invited, including Verity Firth (ALP), Patrick Fogarty (Australian Cyclists Party), Lyndon Gannon (Liberal) and […]
Glebe Society Response to the Social Housing Discussion Paper
Posted on 23rd March 2015The NSW social housing system faces many challenges – funding is decreasing, operating costs are rising and homes are ageing. This makes it difficult to maintain existing properties as well as to build more homes to meet the increasing demand for housing assistance. The NSW Government has released a paper, “Social Housing in NSW: a […]
International Focus on Glebe
Posted on 14th March 2015Glebe’s charms are about to be given an international focus through two separate projects, one interested in Glebe Walks, and the other in St Helen’s Community Garden.
Full House for Glebe Voices at Blackwattle Cafe
Posted on 14th March 2015Gale Edwards, international theatre director, led a highly successful Glebe Voices at the Blackwattle Café on 18 February. The capacity crowd, sitting in every nook and cranny (including the outside areas, peering in through doorways), listened enthralled to Gale’s account of her career in theatre.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee – February 2015
Posted on 14th March 2015At our February meeting, the possibility of a future capture and release programme to reintroduce blue wrens into Glebe was discussed. It is planned to hold initial discussions with Bird Life Australia about the mechanisms for such a translocation of a bird species.
Bidura Site Redevelopment
Posted on 14th March 2015ACC Development, which purchased the site, and its two owners are reported as saying they wish to retain the Heritage-listed buildings, but demolish the concrete building at the rear to build ‘a more modern, nicer block of apartments for the area. We, too, want to make sure we build something respectful to the area’. This will also mean staying within the City’s development controls for the site.
Planning Matters (March 2015)
Posted on 14th March 2015R J Williams Lodge (274-6 Glebe Point Rd), Durham Court (417 Glebe Point Rd) and Former Nurses’ Home (184 Glebe Point Rd)
The Wall at Forest Lodge School
Posted on 1st March 2015Shortly before Christmas, the Principal of Forest Lodge Public School took issue with a few of the points made by Liz Simpson-Booker in her article in Bulletin No. 10 of 2014, page 7, ‘From the Terraces – Unsightly!’.
Vale Tom Uren
Posted on 1st March 2015Tom Uren, who died on 26 January this year at the ripe old age of 93, was a big man in every way. Much has been written about his contribution to Australian political life, his experiences as a POW on the Burma-Thailand Railway and in Japan, and his humanitarian work. But he was also a great friend of Glebe, and a huge contributor to the preservation of the suburb we know and appreciate today.
No WestConnex!
Posted on 14th March 2015There is growing community opposition to the WestConnex road project which is fast becoming an issue in the run up to the State Government elections due on 28 March.
