Yearly Archives: 2022
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee
Posted on 20th September 2022Recent Bushcare, Landcare and biodiversity news, including the upcoming bird survey and recent plantings in Federal Park and at the Palmerston steps off Ferry Road.
The future of Wentworth Park when the greyhounds leave
Posted on 20th September 2022The NSW Government has committed to relocating the Wentworth Park greyhound track, which is licenced to the Greyhound Breeders Owners & Trainers Association until 2027, to create one large, unified park. The City of Sydney is currently preparing a draft concept plan for the park, which at the moment is cut in two.
Communications Subcommittee 2022 Annual Report
Posted on 11th September 2022The Communications Subcommittee has overseen the Society’s media activities in 2021-22, including the Bulletin, website, Facebook pages, Twitter, YouTube and the President’s Update email. Convenor Allan Hogan reports on who we engaged with, how we engaged with them and how successful we were in getting our message out to the wider community.
Heritage Subcommittee 2022 Annual Report
Posted on 11th September 2022The Heritage Subcommittee continued their dedicated work towards the heritage preservation and enhancement of Glebe and Forest Lodge for the benefit of our community now and into the future. They contributed to the Review of the NSW Heritage Act 1977 and the Review of the Local Environmental Plan 2012, nominated properties for Blue Plaques and wrote numerous articles in the Bulletin relating to 2037’s history. They also responded to many community requests for heritage and historical information about Glebe and Forest Lodge.
Switch off the lights, a step in the right direction
Posted on 6th October 2022The recent decision by the Independent Planning Commission regarding the advertising on the Glebe Island Silos, to have the lighting switched off at 11 pm, is a welcome improvement.
33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 14th September 2022The 33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival will take place from Friday 4 November to Sunday 27 November. At this year’s Festival, eight concerts are scheduled, at Gleebooks, Glebe Town Hall and Margaretta Cottage in Leichhardt St. Tickets are going fast.
Save the Date: 2022 Christmas Party
Posted on 12th September 2022The Glebe Society’s 2022 Christmas Party will take place on Sunday 11 December. More details to come.
Mystery photo – September 2022
Posted on 8th September 2022Where are we? Somewhere in Glebe or Forest Lodge …
Help save the ferry – complete the survey
Posted on 14th September 2022Please fill out this survey hosted by UTS Bachelor of Management students, who are trying to determine current and potential demand for the ferry service.
Planning Subcommittee 2022 Annual Report
Posted on 11th September 2022The Society has been working to nurture Glebe’s special magic for over fifty years. Active engagement with the planning process is an important part of this. The Planning Subcommittee has been very busy in this area over the last year. Our work has included making submissions on development applications, participating in meetings with the City of Sydney and the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Infrastructure NSW and making detailed submissions on State Significant Developments.
‘The Hill’ as a future wildlife refuge: Meeting with City of Sydney
Posted on 8th September 2022Representatives of the Glebe Society and City of Sydney met recently to inspect ‘The Hill’, a fenced-off area of contaminated land between the Tramsheds and Jubilee Park station. While it currently contains a lot of weedy trees and rubbish, it has great potential to become a flourishing urban wildlife refuge.
From the President – September 2022
Posted on 12th September 2022Read the latest from the Glebe Society President.
Glebe’s Blue Plaque Nominations, Part 7: Matilda Steer
Posted on 12th September 2022by Lyn Collingwood, from Bulletin 7/2022, September The seventh site nominated for a Blue Plaque is 79 Glebe Point Rd where the clairvoyant Matilda Steer (1858-1931) lived. Married to a van driver and mother of six, Steer augmented the family income by charging for private consultations and admission to her public seances at the turn […]
From the President, August 2022
Posted on 8th August 2022In his President’s Report, Ian Stephenson announced that the Society is looking for Convenors for two Subcommittees – Community Development and Environment. He also reports on the National Trust’s ‘No Time to Spare II’ exhibition at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta.
The Glebe Society Community Festival now has its own website!
Posted on 9th August 2022Check out the website devoted to those eight memorable days of the Society’s 50th anniversary celebration. View a detailed snapshot of the activities and achievements of the Glebe Society over its 50-year history, through poster and photographic exhibitions, publications, videos, talks, walks and performances …
Forest Lodge home wins NSW Architecture Award
Posted on 9th August 2022“A joyful Forest Lodge home” in Wood St has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Wilkinson Award for the best new home in 2021. Stable House is owned and designed by Qianyi Lim, a Director at Sibling Architecture and Associate Professor of Practice (Architecture) at the University of Sydney.
What and where is ‘The Hill’?
Posted on 9th August 2022‘The Hill’ is a fenced-off area of contaminated Crown land on the northern side of the Tramsheds near the Jubilee Park light rail station. The site of a local garbage tip in the 1890s, the Glebe Society has recommended that it should become an undisturbed urban nature refuge.
A new community centre for Forest Lodge?
Posted on 8th August 2022Pyrmont Community Centre is temporarily using the Harold Park Community Hall while their premises are closed for renovations. Mary Mortimer brings us up to speed on the Pyrmont Community Centre so we can get to know our new, if temporary, neighbours.
‘Toby Tosspot’, Glebe resident and Australia’s first prime minister
Posted on 9th August 2022Australia’s first Prime Minister was nicknamed ‘Toby Tosspot’, a reference to his love of long dinners with more than a few glasses of wine. Another prime minister was nicknamed the Silver Bodgie …
Harbour triumph for the Sydney Heritage Fleet
Posted on 9th August 2022After years of restoration and planning, the ‘John Oxley’ and ‘Kanangra’, two of the stars of the Sydney Heritage Fleet, were manoeuvred to and from Garden Island and returned to Rozelle Bay.
Who worked in your street? Missionary James Henry Mills
Posted on 9th August 2022J.H. Mills was a missionary who worked in the Glebe-Pyrmont district for 35 years. He ran the Glebe branch of the Sydney City Mission from an office in the Mission Hall in Bay St, which opened in 1894. Drinking and gambling were viewed by Mills as major social evils. Read more about his life and his activities as a missionary.
Players in the Pub: 24 August 2022
Posted on 9th August 2022Players in the Pub is performing ‘Shakespeare’s Mothers: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’ by Kath Perry, after William Shakespeare.
News from our volunteer bushcare groups
Posted on 9th August 2022A round-up (no pun intended) of the activities of the Glebe Society’s Bushcare Groups.
Craney Small Grant connects SDN Child Care Centre kids with the bush
Posted on 9th August 2022SDN Child Care Centre in Glebe St have planted a vertical garden of native plants, with the support of a Craney Small Grant. It stimulated the problem-solving skills of the children having to deal with too much rain, not enough sun and visits from local possums.
Mystery photo – August 2022
Posted on 9th August 2022Do you know where this was taken, and what was happening?
What the 2021 Census says about Glebe and Forest Lodge
Posted on 9th August 2022According to the 2021 Census, a typical resident of postcode 2037 might be described as a young- to middle-aged woman renting a flat or terrace and unlikely to have a car. If she is studying, she is probably at university. Very likely to have been born overseas, she is unlikely to be religious, married or living with children.
Blue Plaque Nominations Part 6: 148 St Johns Rd Glebe
Posted on 9th August 2022In September last year the NSW Government called for communities to nominate places linked to notable personalities and events for recognition as part of the NSW Blue Plaques program. The Glebe Society made a number of nominations. The sixth site nominated is 148 St Johns Rd Glebe, the home of activist Lucy Eatock.
A tale of two Prime Ministers
Posted on 6th June 2022Australia’s first Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920), was born in Glebe and our 31st Prime Minister, The Hon. Anthony Albanese also has a close association with Glebe. His childhood home was on Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown, just next to Forest Lodge
Modified Blackwattle Bay Plan still not good enough
Posted on 12th September 2022The Blackwattle Bay Plan has been revised after more than 2,000 objections to the first plan were lodged. While there are some improvements, the site will still be massively overdeveloped.
From the President
Posted on 7th July 2022An update on what’s been happening in the last month, including recent and upcoming Glebe Society Guided Walks, musings on Glebe’s radical history, and info about Hands Off Glebe’s upcoming screening of the movie, ‘The Public’.
