Monthly Archives: March 2018
Kitchen Starter Project
Posted on 1st March 2018What is the Kitchen Starter Pack project? The aim of this project is to provide essential cooking and eating equipment for those in our community who move from temporary accommodation to self-contained housing. The initial focus of the project was on families who move from Elsie Women’s Refuge, a centre which provides crisis accommodation and […]
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee (March 2018)
Posted on 12th March 20182018 Blue Wren lecture Dr John Martin, Wildlife Ecologist from the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney has accepted an invitation to talk to the Society at 6pm on Monday 16 April at Benledi (Glebe Library). His lecture will cover his recent work on urban bird populations in Sydney and will be followed by a glass of […]
Our Community’s Generous Response to Christmas Gift Appeal
Posted on 12th March 2018Our 2017 appeal to members for Christmas gifts for families resident in Glebe received overwhelming support this year.
Kitchen Starter Packs – A New Glebe Society Project
Posted on 12th March 2018This exciting new project will provide essential cooking and eating equipment for those who move from Glebe’s supported accommodation facilities into independent accommodation. Initially the project focuses on families who move from Elsie Women’s Refuge.
Blasts from the Past
Posted on 12th March 2018Sarah Fogg, from the Society’s Communications subcommittee, has dipped into this now-complete archive, to extract some interesting snippets from the first Bulletin for each volume from 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
Your reflections on these snippets are most welcome.
Backstage at the Glebe Society #1. Enquiries
Posted on 12th March 2018One of the less visible aspects of the Glebe Society is its role in handling enquiries from the general public. On average, we handle about 50 enquiries a year
Planning Report (March 2018)
Posted on 12th March 2018Bellevue (55A Leichhardt St), Former Waratah Hotel (92 Glebe Point Rd), Yelvertoft (75 Hereford St), Bidura (357 Glebe Point Rd) and Harold Park
Residents’ Concerns over Bellevue Cottage
Posted on 12th March 2018The Society demanded that issues of parking, noise, hours of operation, and landscaping be addressed before approval was granted.
Vale Nick
Posted on 12th March 2018Nicholas Gerard John Hespe
17th June 1950 – 21 December 2017
Gardening Australia Films in Glebe
Posted on 4th March 2018Costa Georgiadis, host of ABC TV program ‘Gardening Australia’, and a film crew visited Glebe on 19 October. St Helen’s Community Garden and the kerb garden of Jock Keene in Toxteth Rd were the subjects.