History
It’s official: A Blue Plaque for Dorothy Drain
Posted on 28th November 2023
She charmed Frank Sinatra into giving her a rare interview. Journalist, war correspondent, and editor, Dorothy Drain’s home in Glebe will be remembered with a Blue Plaque.
Blue Plaque nomination No 20: Hartford, 244 Glebe Point Road
Posted on 28th November 2023
A grand Glebe mansion with a history. Hartford, the home of pioneering dentist Edwin Magnus.
A successful Blue Plaque nomination for Dorothy Drain
Posted on 30th October 2023
Heritage NSW has accepted our nomination for a Blue Plaque at the former home in Toxteth Road, Glebe, of journalist, war correspondent and Women’s Weekly Editor, Dorothy Drain.
This month’s mystery photo: October 2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
The ever-popular mystery photo competition … this months’ a doozy!
Glebe’s Blue Plaque Nominations, Part 18: Harry Hopman
Posted on 5th October 2023
This month, the Society’s continuing series of nominations for a Blue Plaque recommends the home of Harry Hopman at Minerva Terrace, Wigram Road. Harry Hopman was the successful captain-coach of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams from 1939 to 1967. As architect of Australia’s post-war tennis supremacy, his stint as non-playing captain-coach became known as ‘the Hopman era’, during which he won the Davis Cup 15 times.
Lyndhurst St home of Robert Askin: Glebe’s Blue Plaque Nomination #17
Posted on 29th August 2023
NSW Premier Robert Askin lived in Glebe from 1920 to 1931. He’s probably not our favourite son, but the Glebe Society will nominate his home for a Blue Plaque.
This month’s mystery photo: September 2023
Posted on 28th August 2023
Try your hand at this month’s mystery photo. Where are we and what’s going on?
A letter from Lodge Street
Posted on 1st August 2023
His mother didn’t want him to go, but Glebe’s Frank Hurley persuaded Douglas Mawson to employ him as the official photographer on the 1911 Antarctic expedition.
This month’s mystery photo: August 2023
Posted on 30th July 2023
Try your hand at this month’s mystery photo. Where are we? And what on earth is going on?
Who lived in your street? John George Bryen and St Helen’s
Posted on 30th July 2023
What did John George Bryen have in common with Toad of Toad Hall? They were both terrible drivers, and as Lyn Collingwood recalls, Bryen lived in a well-known house in Glebe but was not a fictional character.
Mystery photo: July 2023
Posted on 26th June 2023
Try your hand at this month’s mystery photo. And find the answer to last month’s.
Glebe’s Blue Plaque Nominations, Part 15: 21 Ross St Forest Lodge
Posted on 30th June 2023
The Communist Party of Australia printed its newspaper Tribune in Forest Lodge from 1943 to 1981. The Glebe Society is nominating the building at 21 Ross Street for a Blue Plaque.
Who Lived in Your Street? The Herron and Ayre families of ‘alphabet’ house, Divo
Posted on 26th June 2023
The Herron then Ayre families occupied ‘Divo’, one of the ‘alphabet’ houses in the terrace at 433-445 Glebe Point Road. The other alphabet houses are Gaza, Favo, Edna, Cama and Boro.
This month’s mystery photo: June 2023
Posted on 31st May 2023
Try your hand at this month’s mystery photo. And find the answer to last month’s.
The Temple of the Tooth
Posted on 31st May 2023
A story about chemists, dentists and gastronomes …. in Glebe Point Road
