Monthly Archives: September 2021
The Glebe Society’s 2021 AGM
Posted on 14th September 2021Find out what the Glebe Society has been doing over the past year. Read about or watch the 2021 AGM including reports from the President and each subcommittee. See who received a Commendation this year.
Blue Wren Subcommittee Annual Report 2020-2021
Posted on 13th September 2021The Blue Wren Subcommittee was active this year, despite COVID. Read about the subcommittee’s work on biodiversity and environmental protection.
Community Development Subcommittee Annual Report 2020-2021
Posted on 13th September 2021The Community Development Subcommittee maintained a range of activities in collaboration with other community groups during the year, despite restrictions related to COVID-19.
Heritage Subcommittee Annual Report 2020-2021
Posted on 14th September 2021As ever, the Heritage Subcommittee has been working hard to preserve the heritage of Glebe and Forest Lodge – and never have the odds been so heavily stacked against heritage protection.
Transport & Traffic Report for 2020-2021
Posted on 13th September 2021The Management Committee continued working in transport and traffic matters even though the subcommittee did not have a convenor in 2020-2021. Particular concerns were the traffic associated with the building of the new Fish Markets and the Bridge Rd cycleway.
COVID19 in Glebe / Forest Lodge – How you can help
Posted on 13th September 2021In response to the current Covid19 situation in Glebe/Forest Lodge, members and others are asked to consider making a financial donation to Glebe Youth Service (GYS). GYS is providing food and other essential items to families who are positive or who are having to isolate.
Blue Wren sighting in Glebe!
Posted on 7th September 2021In May this year two Superb Fairywrens were spotted at Glebe Point, the first confirmed sighting since 2016
Blackwattle Bay State Significant Precinct Study
Posted on 13th September 2021Blackwattle Bay opens Glebe up to the sky and water, and gives the suburb a wonderful aspect and the opportunity for water sports like rowing, dragon boating and canoeing. The incredible popularity of the foreshore walk is due to its proximity to the water and the sense of space and relaxation that it brings. All this is threatened by the Blackwattle Bay Precinct Plan.
Things to do in lockdown – one of our self-guided Glebe Walks
Posted on 8th September 2021Why not try one? Each walk is based on a theme: Politicians, Publicans and Sinners, The Pocket Parks of Glebe, Glebe Waterfront Walk, Early Glebe Architects, Late Victorian Streetscapes, The Rocks of Glebe Point, and Sydney University – the early Science precinct.
2021 Annual General Meeting: 10 October
Posted on 8th September 2021The Glebe Society’s 2021 AGM will be held at 11 am on 10 October by Zoom. All members are welcome. Nominations for membership of the Management Committee should be submitted by 1 October.
This month’s mystery photo – September 2021
Posted on 13th September 2021Try your hand at this month’s mystery photo – which pub is this and what are they doing?
Inspirational artwork from the students of Glebe Public School
Posted on 13th September 2021The students of Glebe Public School provide the community with some inspirational words during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Vale Janet Venn-Brown
Posted on 13th September 2021Well-known Australian artist, Janet Venn-Brown, died on 6 August, aged 96. Janet had a long association with Glebe and the Glebe Society. Read more about her fascinating life.
The decline in community services ‒ Council election issue
Posted on 13th September 2021One of the candidates in the Mayoral election, Labor candidate Linda Scott, has a policy commitment to ‘Re-Establish Community Centres and City of Sydney Town Halls’. This is directly in line with the Glebe Society’s proposal to Council that a staffed community centre be established in Glebe Town Hall.
An unsuccessful proposal for the development of part of Glebe
Posted on 13th September 2021In the 1840s, a new, and poorly-managed, Sydney Council proposed to use Grose Farm (now the University of Sydney) as a cattle market and abattoir.
Protecting our environment – sewage pumping stations serving Glebe
Posted on 14th September 2021Four low level sewage pumping stations serve Glebe and surrounding areas, part of a network constructed at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries in response to the outbreaks of typhoid which plagued Sydney from the 1870s to 1890s. Built at a time when small-scale utilitarian buildings were given as much careful attention as public buildings.
A man who punched above his weight – John McColl
Posted on 12th September 2021A much-loved boxing trainer and community member, John McColl, died in August at the age of 81 years. After a successful boxing career he set up and ran the Glebe Estate Boxing Gym that was once located on Wentworth Park Rd. As well as training state and national champions, the gym played a vital social role in the Glebe community.
