Yearly Archives: 2025
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.
Update on Bridge Road
Posted on 12th August 2025Bridge Road remains a key city route amid disruptive, noisy works. Safety concerns over the permanent cycleway persist, with limited transparency and mounting community frustration.
Glebe Walk report – Rookwood Cemetery, June 2025
Posted on 12th August 2025Guided by Max Solling, we toured Rookwood Cemetery, visiting graves of notable Glebe figures including aldermen Michael Conlon, Ambrose Foss, and George Allen of Toxteth Park.
President’s Message: August 2025
Posted on 12th August 2025Glebe’s Hill researchers recommended transforming the degraded site into biodiverse greenspace. Further information required: how contaminated is the soil and how can it be remediated?
This month’s mystery photo: August 2025
Posted on 16th August 2025This month’s mystery photo – has it got you in a bind?
This month’s In Focus photo competition: August 2025
Posted on 30th August 2025Submissions this month included sunset and street views, and our iconic bridge and Blackwattle Bay. Our winner this month is Rodney Hammett’s Sunset from Northcote Lane.
Report on Bridge Road Cycleway Public Meeting
Posted on 12th August 2025At a packed 6 July meeting, safety auditor Zoran Bakovic presented his Bridge Road cycleway audit. The Transport Minister and departmental reps were absent. Locals voted against the proposed design.
Glebe Society AGM: You are invited
Posted on 12th August 2025The AGM is coming up on Sunday 14 September at 11am in the Harold Park Community Hall at the Tramsheds. Guest speaker: heritage architect Scott MacArthur (pictured).
News from the Blue Wren Subcommittee: August 2025
Posted on 15th August 2025This month, two of the bushcare groups share how their recent engagements with the City of Sydney could significantly boost their efforts to enhance biodiversity across their sites.
Avon Calling
Posted on 10th August 2025Numbers 1 and 3 Avon Street were long-time homes of sisters Elizabeth and Christine (born Young). Elizabeth’s husband, Captain Kay, spent years at sea and had many adventures.
Vale Neil Pennell Macindoe (21 March 1945 – 27 June 2025)
Posted on 29th July 2025We’re saddened by Neil Macindoe’s passing. His impact on Glebe through Leichhardt Council and the Glebe Society was immense. Memorial: Sat 5 July, St Helen’s Community Centre. All welcome.
Wesley Mission to take RJ Williams site at Glebe to market
Posted on 5th August 2025Wesley Mission is selling the RJ Williams Lodge site (274 Glebe Point Road) because it’s been unable to obtain the funding required to re-purpose the building for much-needed affordable housing.
Secondary dwelling at 32 St Johns Road – a ‘modern interpretation’ of heritage
Posted on 9th August 2025Council approved a rear dwelling at 32 St Johns Road in the St Phillips Heritage Conservation Area (HCA). Neighbour Lyn Milton says it clashes with DCP rules for secondary/laneway dwellings in HCAs.
