Event Reports
Remembrance Day in Glebe 2016
Posted on 1st December 2016
On Friday 11 November, we gathered quietly in mild Spring sunshine around the Glebe Diggers Memorial
Centipede’s Sunset Soirée Raises Much-needed Funds
Posted on 1st November 2016
The highlight of the evening was a presentation by Snr Constable Renee Fortuna from Glebe Police, who described the program and progress of their youth initiatives at work in Glebe, that aim to encourage otherwise alienated youth to continue their education and aspire to bright futures.
Kate Brennan’s Address to the Glebe Society AGM
Posted on 20th October 2016
My name is Kate Brennan and I am the Facilitator of the Glebe TreeHouse, a community service supporting families with small children. I was hoping to share with you today some of my insights and dreams working in this community.
ANZAC Day Service 2016
Posted on 3rd May 2016
About 60 people gathered on a glorious autumn morning at the Diggers’ Memorial in Glebe, to commemorate Anzac Day 2016.
Czech Philharmonic Children’s Choir – the Centrepiece of the 26th Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 8th March 2016
How did one of Europe’s pre-eminent choirs come to perform at the Glebe Town Hall in November 2015, as part of the 26th Annual Glebe Music Festival?
Remembrance Day 2015
Posted on 26th November 2015
About 50 people stood in soft and misty rain at the Glebe Diggers Memorial on Wednesday 11 November. Glebe Society President Ted McKeown urged us to remember: Not just ‘The War to End All Wars’, but the lesson never having been learned, those subsequent Wars as well. To remember those who lost their lives, and those whose lives were blighted by physical and psychological injury. To reflect on the endurance and stoicism of those bereft and left to carry on.
Glebe Society’s WW1 Exhibition a Great Success
Posted on 2nd November 2015
“A lovely, humane, sensitive, considered and considerate, beautiful and moving exhibition!”
Glebe Society Anzac Centenary Lecture: “The War Memorial Movement”
Posted on 25th October 2015
The Society’s Anzac Centenary Lecture was organised to complement the theme of its Anzac Centenary Program exhibition Sacrifice, Struggle and Sorrow shown in the Southern Hall at Glebe Town Hall, October 7-23, 2015. The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Ashton on Tuesday October 13.
The Sunset Soirée for Centipede
Posted on 2nd November 2015
Friends of Centipede catered for over 80 people at the Glebe Rowing Club premises on Friday 9 October at their annual fundraiser for Centipede.
The Naming of Dave Sands Lane
Posted on 29th August 2015
The opening of Dave Sands Lane that took place on Sunday 26 July. The lane, which is at the rear of 17-31 Phillip St, is the third lane that the Society has had a hand in naming, with Bernard Lane and Melina Lane preceding this one. The lane was officially opened by Robyn Kemmis, Deputy Lord Mayor. Below is an extract from Robyn’s speech:
Report on the New Members’ night
Posted on 14th August 2015
New members were warmly welcomed to the Glebe Society at the Harold Park Hotel on July 22, a chilly evening. Introductions and reconnections were made over drinks, then eating and more drinking around tables where the challenges began!
The Dirty Red Digger
Posted on 14th August 2015
On a wet and windy Saturday 4 July a small audience enjoyed an amazing pastiche performance at the Glebe Town Hall.
Discovering the Chippendale Creative Precinct
Posted on 30th June 2015
What an interesting afternoon it was for 14 of us who joined the Glebe Society’s leisurely stroll through the Chippendale Creative Precinct on Thursday 11 June. After a delicious lunch of home-made dumplings and really special teas at the White Rabbit Gallery we were taken on a guided tour of the current exhibition at this […]
Blackwattle Park Picnic
Posted on 8th May 2015
The sun shone on our small group of Glebe Society members enjoying a picnic by Blackwattle Bay on Sunday 29 March – good food, wine, conversation, views –- a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Fish ’n’ Ships Event Went Off Swimmingly
Posted on 28th March 2015
The Fish ’n’ Ships event on Tuesday 17 March was a great success. Alan Linklater kindly sent us a a photo of his sketch of Strides Shipbreaking yard, which he drew in 1964.
