Events
Mayoral candidates’ forum
Posted on 2nd October 2024
There was a lively debate between the Lord Mayoral Candidates for the City Council following the Society’s AGM
How I got to Glebe – Lydia Bushell
Posted on 2nd October 2024
There’s a lot to the story of Lydia Bushell, an active long term member of the Glebe Society with an illustrious career in the conservation of antiquities.
Walkshop on 8 Sept: What bird is that?
Posted on 31st July 2024
Join an interpretative walk on 8 September along Johnstons Creek where birds have previously nested and been observed.
Guided Walk report: The Hidden History of Blackwattle Bay
Posted on 31st July 2024
A report on a Guided Walk in June by Ian Stephenson through the locations of existing and former sites connected to Blackwattle Creek.
Guided Walk report: Bus tour to Rookwood Cemetery and back
Posted on 31st July 2024
On a Guided Walk at Rookwood Cemetery a busload of Glebe Society members enjoyed Max Solling’s account of the lives of some of its historic residents.
Glebe’s Hill: Bunyip Tails? What the cameras saw
Posted on 1st July 2024
Join us for the next instalment of the Innovation and Ideas grant project on the biodiversity of Glebe’s Hill – a ‘walkshop’ with Prof. Dieter Hochuli and Genevieve Heggarty titled: Exploring Glebe’s wild spaces – the fauna and flora of The Hill and Johnstons Creek.
Walk Report: The Glebe Estate — St Phillips and Bishopthorpe
Posted on 1st July 2024
Max Solling led Glebe Society Walks fifty years ago to raise awareness of the Glebe Estate’s significance. A successful campaign resulted in the protection of the Estate by the Whitlam government. Max led another fascinating Walk of the Glebe Estate in May this year.
‘Set in Stone’ – music for piano four hands
Posted on 1st July 2024
This is a special Glebe Music Festival concert by Michael Tsalka and Diana Weston performing music for piano four hands on harpsichords and piano.
More green time, less screen time – better health outcomes
Posted on 1st July 2024
The Society’s 8th biodiversity lecture in May was an informative and entertaining lecture entitled Regenerative Cities and Flourishing Communities: why more trees might mean less loneliness and better health by Professor Thomas Astell-Burt. He shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for the importance of nature and well-designed green space for improving the health of the world’s city-dwellers.
Max Solling’s 2024 Anzac Day address, Part 2
Posted on 1st July 2024
In this second extract from his 2024 Anzac Day address, Max Solling looks behind the public commemoration of WWI dead to the private grief of the many Glebe women who lost sons, brothers and husbands. As the bodies of WWI war dead were rarely repatriated, Glebe’s War Memorial in Foley Park became the focal point for remembrance and processing grief.
Glebe Society Guided Walks 2024
Posted on 28th February 2024
Details about the Guided Walks for 2024. A great way to see and learn about Glebe. The year 1974 was a big one for Glebe: the Whitlam government bought the Glebe Estate, protecting it from demolition, and local activists established Australia’s first women’s refuge, Elsie. Each of these events is recognised in upcoming Guided Walks.
Indigenous Australians and the First World War
Posted on 29th May 2024
This article is the first of three drawn from Max Solling’s moving address at the 2024 Anzac Day ceremony at the Glebe War Memorial. Between 1,000 and 1,500 Indigenous Australians served in the AIF where they were accepted without prejudice, but on their return to civilian life were denied full citizenship rights. Their experience is personalised by tracing the service of some of them.
Anzac Day Service 2024
Posted on 27th April 2024
Upwards of 150 people attended the Anzac Day service at the Glebe War Memorial on Anzac Day morning. Here is a report of the proceedings and some images of the attendees.
A wonderful Walk completed: Radical Glebe
Posted on 1st May 2024
A repeat of the ‘Radical Glebe’ walk was held on the 14th of April. Glebe and the walk’s guides are distinguished by the breadth of their political and social activism and the longevity of their involvement spanning many decades. The walk highlighted how much of this activism originated in Glebe.
Walk Report: Glebe’s Late Victorian Streetscapes
Posted on 1st May 2024
The first of three Glebe Society Guided Walks inspired by people and events 50 years ago is described. The walk, in April, explored the streetscapes of the Toxteth Heritage Conservation Area, an area now recognised for its historic and architectural significance and commemorated in the book by Bernard and Kate Smith, ‘The Architectural Character of Glebe’.
The Villas of Glebe: A Glebe Society Walk
Posted on 29th October 2023
Another successful Glebe Society Walk in October took participants on a tour of the grand villas of Glebe, some still extant, others a matter of history.
Report on Guided Walk: Exploring Forest Lodge, with Max Solling
Posted on 5th October 2023
Duncan Leys reports on the journey of discovery taken by members who enjoyed the Exploring Forest Lodge guided walk led with historian Max Solling.
A visit to a very special residence
Posted on 28th August 2023
Inside one of Glebe’s newest houses. Putting the focus on modern design rather than heritage buildings, Glebe Society members had the opportunity in July to visit a contemporary award-winning private residence in Glebe.
Glebe Walks: Two recent visits
Posted on 31st July 2023
In June and July, members enjoyed tours of the University of Sydney’s heritage architecture and the Chau Chak Wing Museum led by an archaeologist. Guided tours of Pyrmont’s industrial waterfront and the Villas of Glebe and Forest Lodge are planned for September and October.
Event report: Unravelling Glebe Hill’s biodiversity secrets and potential
Posted on 29th May 2023
Learn about the Glebe Society’s collaboration with Prof. Dieter Hochuli’s Integrative Ecology group to study the biodiversity of one of Glebe’s forgotten places
A visit to Toxteth Park
Posted on 31st May 2023
In April, Max Solling led a guided walk around the Toxteth Estate culminating in an inspection of the 1831 Toxteth Park, courtesy of St Scholastica’s College.
Glebe Talks 13 June: Reflections in an old mirror
Posted on 30th May 2023
Long time Glebe resident, Allan Hogan, talks about his work as a journalist and producer including his work as a war correspondent and interviewing key players on the world stage.
Guided Walks Program 2023 – Exploring Glebe and surrounds
Posted on 30th June 2023
Glebe is a great place to walk, with heritage streetscapes, significant historical buildings, the foreshore walk, parklands and a rich social and industrial history. Post-COVID, the Glebe Society’s Events program is really hotting up. In June and July we have a heritage tour, a guided tour of a museum and a special visit to an architecturally spectacular home.
Players in the Pub – April 2023
Posted on 27th March 2023
‘A Handbag??’ Lady Bracknell’s famous line from Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’. That’s the next production by the Players in the Pub.
The 34th Annual Glebe Music Festival 2023
Posted on 27th March 2023
Here’s the full program for this year’s Glebe Music Festival starting 27 October 2023.
Another Triumph! Glebe Music Festival 2022
Posted on 15th December 2022
The 33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival in November was of the highest standard. The seven-part concert series embraced music of the English Renaissance, the court of Louis XIV, Corelli and Handel, Beethoven and Chopin, the contemporary American jazz composer ‘Chick’ Corea and more. If you love music this is the festival for you – keep a look out for the 2023 Glebe Music Festival!
Attention members! Christmas Party 2022
Posted on 5th October 2022
The Glebe Society Christmas Party will be held on Sunday 11 December 2022 from 5 pm to 7 pm at The Gardener’s Grill in Victoria Park, in a beautiful 19th century gothic sandstone lodge building. Two types of tickets are available. An ‘all weather ticket’ which guarantees a place – rain, hail or shine – and a ‘fine weather only ticket’ which will enable you to attend only if the weather is fine.
33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 14th September 2022
The 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 2022
The Glebe Society’s 2022 Christmas Party will take place on Sunday 11 December. More details to come.
The Glebe Society Community Festival now has its own website!
Posted on 9th August 2022
Check 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 …
