Yearly Archives: 2025
A very Glebe photo
Posted on 6th November 2025The Glebe Society-sponsored Character of Glebe Prize at this year’s (2025) Glebe Art Show went to Lucinda Loane for her dramatic image of the ‘Tunnel at Glebe’.
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee: November 2025
Posted on 28th October 2025Updates from the Blue Wren group including the sad discovery of deliberate damage to seedlings and establlsihed plants in the Orphan School Creek Reserve.
President’s Annual Report 2025
Posted on 1st October 2025Duncan Leys’ report to members at the 2025 annual general meeting, in which he talks about some of the upcoming threats to Glebe and Forest Lodge.
36th Annual Glebe Music Festival (2025)
Posted on 12th June 2025Details about the Glebe Music Festival concerts in November 2025, plus information about special concerts in July and October.
Glebe Talks: Fishy Business
Posted on 2nd October 2025Hear former senator John Faulkner on his new book, ‘Fishy Business’, detailing the history, characters, and politics of the Sydney Fish Market. Wed, Nov 5, 6–7 pm, Gleebooks Café. $30 (incl. food/wine).
Wentworth Park decision up in the air
Posted on 2nd October 2025In 2020, the NSW Government promised that Wentworth Park would become public open space when the greyhound racing lease ends in 2027. It now says no final decision has been made.
New proposal for Glebe Island Bridge
Posted on 8th October 2025Architect Andrew Benn has reimagined Glebe Island Bridge’s restoration, arguably preserving its heritage while enabling the expanded ferry service planned for the new Sydney Fish Market.
PUG Men’s Shed Fundraising Evening
Posted on 15th September 2025Pyrmont Ultimo Glebe (PUG) Men’s Shed is hosting a benefit night to raise funds for Glebe Youth Service. Click for details.
Whack-a-mole traffic solution
Posted on 8th October 2025Proposed changes to the Western Distributor will put more traffic onto the streets of Glebe and Pyrmont.
Tour of Toxteth Park: September 2025
Posted on 1st October 2025An insightful walking tour of Toxteth Park (also known as Toxteth House) led by historian Max Solling, with Joanna Mead, Archives & Records Manager at the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre in Toxteth House.
This month’s mystery photo: October 2025
Posted on 8th October 2025A fascinating photo this month! Where was it taken and what is going on?
This month’s In Focus photo competition: October 2025
Posted on 8th October 2025This month Helen Randerson spotted unique building details in Campbell Street, probably from the late 1930s–1940s, in a style not usually seen in Glebe.
Did you know? – St Johns Road
Posted on 8th October 2025This story of a former corner shop overlooking Orphan School Creek exemplifies the shift toward denser land use that reshaped Glebe and Forest Lodge around the turn of the 20th century.
Music at the Glebe Art Show
Posted on 2nd October 2025The Glebe Art Show is back at the Tramsheds with another great Show from 8 to15 October. This year, there will be a series of evening short concerts to complement our local artistic creativity.
This month’s In Focus photo competition: September 2025
Posted on 30th September 2025We received only one entry this month, but it is a cracker shot and a clear winner!
Recent Development Applications
Posted on 8th October 2025Each week the Heritage Subcommittee reviews the City of Sydney’s website for DAs relevant to Glebe and Forest Lodge. A list is on our website.
Vale Neil Macindoe
Posted on 24th September 2025Ted McKeown honours Neil Macindoe, former Society president and planning convenor, known for his role in the 1996 film Rats in the Ranks. Neil passed away in June.
A win-win solution for Glebe’s Hill
Posted on 19th September 2025The Society has written to the City of Sydney proposing a win-win solution for Glebe’s Hill, between the the Jubilee Park Light Rail Station and the Tramsheds.
Pyrmont cares
Posted on 15th September 2025Pyrmont Cares collects quality household goods and gives them to locals in need. Volunteer-run and donation-funded, it helped nearly 200 people last year while reducing landfill waste.
Changes at Glebe Youth Service
Posted on 24th September 2025Glebe Youth Service will become an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation (ACCO). More than 70% of GYS’ users identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, but it will remain a welcoming place for all members of the community.
Development applications in Glebe and Forest Lodge, from July 2025
Posted on 29th September 2025The Heritage Subcommittee reviews the City of Sydney’s website for Development Applications (DAs) each week, to see if there are any heritage issues that should be commented on.
Communications Subcommittee Annual Report 2025
Posted on 26th September 2025The Society’s main communications tools are the Glebe Society Bulletin produced 10 times per year, our main website and the President’s Update emails.
This month’s mystery photo: September 2025
Posted on 24th September 2025The September Mystery Photo, from State Library of NSW, is the pneumatic tube system at Grace Bros Model Store Broadway, used to transfer money in canisters from sales points to a secure cash office.
Gone and Forgotten – Dann Street, Forest Lodge
Posted on 19th September 2025By Rodney Hammett, August 2025, from Bulletin 6/2025 (August) In the 1860s much of what we now know as Forest Lodge was owned by just a few landed gentlemen. George Wigram Allen not only owned Toxteth Park in Glebe but also several parcels of land in Forest Lodge; the others being Thomas Holt, Thomas Ware […]
Glebe Society Annual General Meeting 2025
Posted on 30th July 2025The 2025 AGM was held on Sunday 14 September at the Community Hall, Tramsheds. View the Secretary’s report on the meeting, audited financials, annual reports, and draft minutes from the 2024 AGM.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2025
Posted on 8th September 2025Some things have improved since last year, but others remain unresolved. Ongoing issues include Bridge Road, ebikes on pavements and bus routes.
Heritage Subcommittee Annual Report 2025
Posted on 13th August 2025The Heritage Subcommittee met monthly in 2025 to research, advocate, and engage with the public on Glebe’s history and heritage. It reviewed 107 DAs, responded to public queries, published articles, and contributed to heritage policy.
Blue Wren Subcommittee Annual Report 2025
Posted on 15th August 2025The subcommittee and the bushcare groups have made much progress in the past year towards increasing the diversity, abundance and distribution of indigenous fauna and flora in Glebe–Forest Lodge.
Obituary: Grahame Murray Budd (1930–2025)
Posted on 9th August 2025Grahame Budd, longtime Glebe resident and pioneer of Australian Antarctic science, died in June, aged 95. Read about Grahame’s life and legacy, including the first ascent of active volcano Big Ben, the highest mountain on Australian territory.
The shared pedestrian-cyclist footpath by the new Sydney Fish Market
Posted on 13th August 2025The shared pedestrian–cyclist path at the new Fish Market poses serious safety risks. With foot traffic expected to increase and no separation of pedestrians from bikes, accidents are inevitable.
