Monthly Archives: September 2025
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.
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!
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 […]
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.
