By Duncan Leys, Glebe Society President, Bulletin 6/2024, August
Peter Hickson, Convenor of the Pyrmont History Group (PHG), contacted me recently to formally invite Glebe Society members to PHG’s monthly talks at ‘The Station’ (58 Bowman Street) held on the third Sunday of the month; the starting time is 5 pm, and refreshments follow from 6 pm until 7 pm.
The next talk is being held on 18 August. The speaker is Gillian Lewis and the talk is entitled Governor Bligh, our fourth governor – Villian or Hero? The PHG’s Sunday Talks website provides the following information about the talk:
Gillian has been a member of the Australian Maritime Museum’s Speakers since 2014 and comes from a family with a rich history in the merchant and Royal Australian Navies. Bligh had a very colourful naval history; he suffered the mutiny on the Bounty, heroically navigated to safety, and was appointed as the fourth NSW governor in 1806 only to be deposed by a military ‘Rum Rebellion’ in 26 January 1808. His story tells us a lot of our true origins and it’s unresolved perspectives.
PHG’s website (https://pyrmonthistory.net.au) has a wealth of historical and contemporary images, and as Glebe and Pyrmont share a bay, much of it is relevant to Glebe.
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