The Glebe Society

Mystery photo: June 2026
Posted on 12th June 2026

This mystery photo was taken by Wayne Carveth somewhere – and sometime – in Glebe. Any ideas?

Mystery photo: May 2026
Posted on 19th May 2026

The May 2026 mystery photo, taken in Glebe by Wayne Carveth in the mid-1980s, depicted a defaced billboard alluding to the French government’s 1985 sinking of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour.

Mystery photo: April 2026
Posted on 22nd April 2026

The answer to the April 2026 Mystery photo.

Mystery Photo: March 2026
Posted on 6th March 2026

What’s happening here, and when was it?

Mystery photo: December 2025
Posted on 29th December 2025

The December 2025 mystery photo was taken by Ted McKeown in 1992; it shows what was to become the Anzac Bridge, then little more than a twinkle in the NSW government’s eye.

This month’s mystery photo: November 2025
Posted on 23rd November 2025

This is 98 Glebe Point Road. What’s its connection with the entertainment industry?

This month’s mystery photo: October 2025
Posted on 8th October 2025

A fascinating photo this month! Where was it taken and what is going on?

This month’s mystery photo: September 2025
Posted on 24th September 2025

The 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.

This month’s mystery photo: August 2025
Posted on 16th August 2025

This month’s mystery photo – has it got you in a bind?

This month’s mystery photo: July 2025
Posted on 29th July 2025

Where was this photo taken? A clue – somewhere in Glebe.

This month’s mystery photo: June 2025
Posted on 13th June 2025

This month’s mystery photo is a bit different. Where are we?

This month’s mystery photo: April 2025
Posted on 8th April 2025

There are two mystery photos this month. Try your hand at working out where they were taken. (Answers also provided)

This month’s mystery photo: March 2025
Posted on 3rd March 2025

Where are we, and what’s going on?

This month’s mystery photo: December 2024
Posted on 2nd December 2024

Where are we and what’s going on? And how did you go with last month’s mystery photo?

This month’s mystery photo: November 2024
Posted on 28th October 2024

Where are we? And, in which decade was this photo taken?

This month’s mystery photo: October 2024
Posted on 2nd October 2024

This one’s a bit tricky. And there’s an interesting solution to last month’s mystery photo.

This month’s mystery photo: September 2024
Posted on 28th August 2024

Someone is building an aircraft, but where and when?

This month’s mystery photo, August 2024
Posted on 31st July 2024

What are we looking at here? Plus find out the answer to last month’s mystery photo.

This month’s mystery photo, July 2024
Posted on 1st July 2024

In this month’s mystery photo, you see only part of a building. Can you identify it?

This month’s mystery photo: June 2024
Posted on 29th May 2024

Glebe and Forest Lodge sleuths wait with bated breath for the next identification challenge and the revealing of the answer to last month’s mystery. Lyn Collingwood poses the challenge and provides a bit of history for last month’s photo..

This month’s mystery photo: May 2024
Posted on 1st May 2024

This month’s photo has something of a development flavour. Last month featured a home in Ferry Road. This home and others in the street have an interesting history which has inspired coverage of the street’s background.