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A sale by auction. These concerns had been / expressed at the Lyndhurst Open Day and h at a subsequent meeting of residents in c which arguments were put in favour of r sale by tender. Our letter to the Trust a expressed the belief ‘that the objectives of the sale process should include finding an M

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0 recognises the legitimacy of the local Lyndhurst. community interest in the property in 0 Photo courtesy of the Historic Houses Trust addition to obtaining the best dollar 2 We received the welcome news on the / outcome for the Trust’. morning of 17 March that Lyndhurst had 2 been sold by the Historic Houses Trust prior The Historic Houses Trust is to be con- to auction. Welcome, because as stated by gratulated for having managed to find a the Trust’s Director, Dr Peter Watts, ‘the buyer who subscribes to these ideals. We property has been bought by a Glebe resi- look forward to seeing Lyndhurst returned dent and a member of the Glebe Society ... to being a family home in all its glory. The property will be used as a family - Bob Armstrong residence. The purchaser has indicated he The Morning Herald reported on would be willing to open the house from 18 March: ‘Lyndhurst ... has been sold 25 time to time and also to engage an architect days before auction for $3.3 million to acceptable to the Heritage Council of NSW. financial planner Tim Eustace, who will The price paid for the property was $3.3m, open it to the public occasionally. While which was substantially above the Trust’s the price exceeded its reputed $2.2 million valuation’. Historic Houses Trust valuation, several Dr Watts was giving the Glebe Society would-be buyers are upset they were not notice of the nature of the sale in light of allowed to bid.’ earlier correspondence in which concerns were raised on behalf of local residents and See the report of the Open Day The Glebe Society Inc. about the future of on Sunday 6 March, on page 2.

Meeting with the Deputy Lord Mayor, John McInerney About 30 Society members and members of precinct groups came to the meeting at Benledi on Thursday, 17 March, to meet the Deputy Lord Mayor and Chair of Council’s Planning Committee, Cr John McInerney. Councillors Robyn Kemmis and Chris Harris also attended. The meeting provided an excellent opportu- nity for the Deputy Lord Mayor to explain the Council’s structure and to have a friendly discussion of the many issues affecting Glebe and nearby areas. President Bob Armstrong discusses the Society’s One piece of news was that Glebe will be concern about the proposed Tramsheds develop- the first area to undergo a review of plan- ment with Deputy Lord Mayor Cr John McInerney. Photo: Bruce Davis ning controls. We can expect to see a new set of controls, at least in draft form, for Glebe by the end of the year. These controls We look forward to other discussions, as will build on previous documents, but relaxed as this one, with Council’s update heritage and traffic aspects. Planning Committee. - Edwina Doe

A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY INC PO Box 100 GLEBE 2037 www.glebesociety.org.au Hundreds attend Lyndhurst Open Day The Glebe Society, in conjunction with the Historic Houses Trust, arranged an open day at Lyndhurst on Sunday March 6 which was a resounding success. Over 300 people came and saw the house empty of all its office furniture, revealing grand rooms of huge proportions - the dining room alone was a good 10m x 6m, with 14ft (4.27m) high ceilings! As we came in through the small Max Solling rear door on Darghan Street, we saw relates the history of the large curved stairway sweeping Lyndhurst. up to the first floor. Ahead was the view through to what must be one of Photo: Ian Pickles the largest entrance halls imagina- ble, and on out through huge front windows. The surprise was so great Director of Historic Houses Trust, doors to the city skyline beyond. perhaps, because this is not sug- formally advised that the Trust, after Large living rooms led off either side gested by the external views that much deliberation, had decided to of the entrance hall, these having most of us have had to be content sell and that it was on the market to generous French doors leading on to with. the highest bidder as from the verandahs. Upstairs are many large following Saturday! Max Solling spoke of Lyndhurst’s bedrooms and even more extensive early occupants and subsequent Then followed the voicing of much views. In the 1830s the occupants history in a way that brought it alive concern by a number of those could see down to the Harbour where to us present day visitors. Architect present, but as the report on page Wentworth Park now exists. Clive Lucas, who advised on its one reveals, our fears were All of us were amazed at the size, restoration, told us of this process unfounded. d proportions and grandeur of its and of events that led to what we - David Mander Jones internal spaces, doorways and now see. And then Peter Watts, Chair of Heritage Sub Committee

The story of Lyndhurst - Max Solling at the Open Day

Lyndhurst was built between 1833 Lyndhurst, a handsome regency villa ‘ … been laid out with great and 1837, a time when Glebe was a with Tuscan columns, on his estate. attention to the principles of semi-rural retreat for the well-to-do. Verge, a builder-architect, landscape gardening. The By 1841 at least 13 substantial villas emigrated in 1828, and by 1837 he approach to the mansion dotted the Glebe landscape. Of had more than 80 commissions in enters at the south-east corner; these, only Toxteth House ( now St Sydney, with at least four of these in it is seen for several hundred Scholastica’s) and Lyndhurst remain. Glebe. yards, and then takes a bold James Bowman bought a 36 acre turn towards the coach sweep A feature of the Glebe landscape was tract of Glebe in 1833 from Charles in front of the house without the picturesque architectural styles Cowper. Born in England in 1786, any reverse turn, which adds designed for a middle class dream- Bowman entered the Navy in 1806 to its beauty’. and sailed for Sydney as a surgeon ing of landed possessions, and the James Bowman implemented signifi- on the convict ship Mary Anne, feeling of status those possessions cant improvements to the colonial arriving on 19 January 1816. He brought with them. Thomas Shep- medical service. Lyndhurst, set amid met John Macarthur, then returning herd, trained as a landscape gar- its landscaped grounds, dominated to the colony after a long exile, the dener in Scotland, established the the Blackwattle Swamp shoreline and following year. His marriage to Darling nursery at Chippendale. stood separate and apart from the Mary, second daughter of John and Shepherd added to the picturesque other villas of Glebe. One group of Elizabeth Macarthur in 1823 settings in 1830s Glebe, promoting early mansions tended to be aligned brought a dowry that included 2,000 horticulture as a fashionable pursuit along and close to , merino sheep and more than 200 and advocating retention, for and the other small cluster was sited head of cattle. Surgeon Bowman, aesthetic reasons, of indigenous on either side of what is now Bridge bolstered by his wife’s money, trees. The sloping grounds of Road, between Glebe Road and Ross commissioned John Verge to design Lyndhurst, wrote Shepherd, had: Street.

2 The Glebe Society Bulletin James Bowman spared no expense of the 45 Catholics who graduated at material lifestyles could be discerned on his marine villa, rivalling the the University by that time. Most within the old Lyndhurst estate retreats of his public service peers at colonial Catholics then were Irish, which was largely built up by 1889. Woolloomooloo, and the land lawyer and they could not understand the From the 1890s the social geography at Toxteth Park. But fine houses do value of education of the Lyndhurst of Sydney’s inner suburbs was not necessarily secure domestic kind, maintaining it bred snobbery harmony. Mary Bowman com- and pretension. Although the entering a new phase. A growing plained her husband was ‘selfish to college’s curriculum was radically middle class perception of inner me, harsh and cruel’, abusing her altered to give it a more practical Sydney as a breeding ground for when they were alone together. But orientation, this could not forestall disease, poverty and vice was Mary could not escape and take the its closure. reinforced with the outbreak of five children, because under colonial bubonic plague, while the extension law the children belonged to James. The original 36 acre Lyndhurst of tram and train lines facilitated an Mary was very attached to the home estate was reduced to 20 acres in exodus to semi-detached houses and she had planned and furnished, and 1853 when the Bank of Australasia bungalows on the outer limits of could only look forward to the sold a 16 acre portion to the Scottish development. The working class surgeon’s death, which came in Australian Investment Company, culture taking shape in inner Sydney 1846. (A little girl who is a great- based in Aberdeen, Scotland. was recognisable by a style of life great-great-great-great grandaughter Company director Robert Morehead and leisure, by a certain class knew the value of this property of James Bowman, and her mother consciousness increasingly expressed would increase when the Pyrmont and father were among the visitors.) in a secular tendency to join unions, Bridge Company (of which and to identify with the class party In 1836, when Sydney Hospital’s Morehead was a director) pushed of Labor. administration was placed under their road through it. The Company military control, Bowman’s services waited patiently to maximize the Double fronted terraces in Bellevue were no longer required. By 1842, profit on their Glebe purchase. and Darghan Streets tended to be without the income to sustain his Initially it offered 99 year leases occupied by families of men of opulent lifestyle, Bowman was with an option to purchase within independent means and proprietors almost bankrupt and to rescue their seven years, and the lessee was of small businesses including two sister, brothers James and William required to pay the company £145, mayors, carrier Stanley Cole and Macarthur stepped in and bought the equivalent of 20 years’ rental. estate agent Ralph Stone. Smaller Lyndhurst. Between 1869 and 1880, the 21 - 26 terraces housed labourers, carters, In 1846 the Macarthur brothers sold foot frontages in Brougham Street grocers and blacksmiths. Less the Lyndhurst estate to the Church of (now Colbourne Avenue) and numerous occupations found on the England who set up St James Gottenham and Talfourd Streets, and estate were saw sharpeners, teachers College and Seminary with Rever- portions of Bridge Road were filled of violin, watchmakers, tea makers end Robert Allwood as principal. with rows of terraces. and a herbal beer manufacturer in Primarily designed to train candi- The remainder of the original estate Darling Street. Neighbourhood dates for the ministry, St James (20 acres) was subdivided and networks developed, strengthened by College also provided a moderate carved into 16 - 30 foot frontage lots four pubs - the Grand (later Kauri), amount of tertiary education as an and offered for sale by Richardson the Club, Burton Family and alternative to sending sons of and Wrench on 2 September 1878 Excelsior, Martin’s bakery in colonists back to England. Charges and 19 October 1885. It was a place Denman Street (later St John’s of Tractarian influence, however, with ‘many natural advantages’, Road), and a collection of neigh- made the college unpopular with auction advertisements claimed, bourhood stores. some of the clergy and laity, and it ‘elevated, healthy, easily drained, Lyndhurst became a private home for closed in 1849. overlooking Wentworth Park, second invalids for about four years from only to the Botanical Gardens as a Lyndhurst was bought by the Catho- 1883. and from 1893 the Salvation lic Church and St Mary’s College recreation ground’. Builders with local addresses - George and Robert Army took over Lyndhurst to opened there in February 1852, accommodate homeless people under Bishop Charles Henry Davis, Allum, Michael Phelan, William Lloyd and William and John Toohey during the 1890s depression. It was with an enrolment of nine boys. The subsequently used by a variety of Benedictine Academy provided a - set about filling Darghan, Darling, bodies - Edward Watts’ school for classical and literary education for Bellevue, Cardigan and Lyndhurst girls in 1900, as a boarding house wealthier Catholics, and enabled Streets with rows of terraces which for many years, the factory of a students to matriculate for entry to encircled the old Benedictine school. broom manufacturer, and in 1965 as the University of Sydney. When Some were given names - Elizabeth, a Free Presbyterian centre run by Lyndhurst closed shortly after Bismark, Darghan and Lyre Ter- Kevin Garner. Archbishop Polding’s death in 1877, races, together with Edith and Clifton Cottages. A spectrum of it had prepared for matriculation 35 Continued on next page...

March/April 2005 3 ... Continued from previous page Alan Rees and the inimitable Karl of the Glebe Society and Joye Sydney’s expressways were planned Kruszelnicki. Also handing out Wallace, who formed a branch of the when the inner suburbs were desig- anti-expressway leaflets with us was Liberal Party in Glebe in 1974. Terry Metherell, who went on to nated as slums and, because of the The confrontation in Fig Street, bigger things. In those days he was low status accorded to these suburbs, Ultimo halted further demolition left wing. their residents were to bear the brunt work, receiving national coverage for the ‘greater good’. Two express- After several confrontations between and also strong support from the ways, the north-western and west- residents, police and demolishers in Federal Government, which with- ern, were planned to slice through 1972, and the imposition of a ‘Green drew finance for the project. In Glebe, carving it into three sections Ban’ by the Builders Labourers November 1974 the Glebe area was and displacing about 2,500 people. Federation (BLF), led by Jack listed by the National Trust as a At this time many low-income inner Mundey, the DMR withdrew from Conservation Area, receiving the city people were pushed out of their Glebe. The Green Bans took on the highest category of listing. This habitat. Folk singer Declan Aflee classic features of an urban social added further weight to the case captured the feeling: movement. They were sudden, against expressway construction. Under concrete and glass, unexpected and spontaneous, and The expressways were finally Sydney’s disappearing fast, relatively short-lived (from 1972 to abandoned in 1977. 1974) but their impact was dramatic. - Max Solling It’s all gone for profit and The Green Bans successfully plunder, opposed approved redevelopment Though we’d really like to projects - expressways and a variety Tunnel Anti- stay of high-rise commercial and residen- pollution Update. They are driving us away, tial buildings, as well as slum And across the western clearance projects. They shut down a A petition circulated amongst the suburbs we must wander. whole series of building projects, a gathering at ‘Lyndhurst’ on Sunday process continued by the market th Lyndhurst was in the pathway of the 27 February was signed by 53 downturn of the late 1970s. north-western expressway and it people. The petition calls on the became a powerful symbol for the At Leichhardt Council elections in NSW Government to provide, install anti-expressway movement. The 1971 expressways were a major and maintain within-tunnel filtering ‘Save Lyndhurst’ Committee was issue. Certainly the most active in Sydney’s cross city tunnel. Many formed in 1971. In 1972, as the local residents were Albert and people expressed their concern about Department of Main Roads contin- Kathy Mispel of 3 Cardigan Street. the issue as they signed the petition. ued to resume Lyndhurst properties Albert conducted an extraordinarily Gerard Dupal of Pyrmont is involved in the path of the expressway, Mayor focused campaign, writing and in developing the group Nick Origlass of the new Leichhardt printing a newssheet ‘Moving and ‘Sydneysiders Against Polluting Council (which had adopted a Living’ disseminating information Stacks’ or SAPS. He said: ‘half a conservation, anti-expressway and and lobbying authorities. In 1972 million people live, work and play open council platform), bedecked in the Glebe Society published a around the tunnel portals and full regalia, participated in a ‘paint- monograph ‘An Alternative to Inner unfiltered emission stack located in’ in which anti-expressway slogans Urban Expressways’ written by beside ‘Imax’ in Darling Harbour. were painted on Bridge Road, Glebe. David Potter. The stack will commence operation Opposition also took the form of Shortly after the Commonwealth in October this year, emitting daily confrontation at demolition sites and Road Grants Act, legislation that ‘stored’ pollution during the night. squatting in DMR-affected proper- gave the Whitlam Federal Govern- When Sydney has its winter heat ties. Three young men, members of ment power over urban arterial inversions, we will be smothered in the Alternative Community Tel- roads, became law, in September the stuff’. He went on to say that ephone, squatted in a vacant Darling 1974, the DMR were given orders by scientific and medical information Street house. They were thrown out the Askin government to move into questions the soundness and robust- by the DMR and legal proceedings Fig Street, Ultimo with bulldozers, ness of the scientific data and taken against them. These first chains and the police, and begin methodology about filtering that squatters were supported in court by demolition work. They were con- advisors to the Roads and Traffic Bernard and Kate Smith and others. fronted by the BLF and a variety of Authority have adopted thus far. The There was also a pointed, but short- people across the spectrum, united in argument is that if pollution is lived, occupation of Lyndhurst. their opposition to urban radial ‘captured’ in tunnels and stacks, There were many squatters after expressways; the Glebe Anti- the opportunity to treat it has been 1971, among them John Fisher, who Expressway group, Leichhardt presented. is here today (his grandfather, Labor Council Anti-Urban Radial Express- Night-time pollution practice has Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, ways (an umbrella group) a Who’s would have been proud of him), happened before this. In the late Who of the Left in Sydney, members Continued on next page...

4 The Glebe Society Bulletin The Neighbour from Hell Strikes Again The NSW Harness Racing Club has done it again. This time, it is The model of the proposing a spectacularly inappro- proposed Tramsheds priate development in the old development Tramsheds, a heritage-listed viewed from building acquired on the Club’s above behalf by Harness Racing NSW for Bicentennial Park. The height ‘world class stabling’. of the proposed tower block is Now, it seems that ‘world class very evident. stabling’ is far from the Club’s mind. Instead, it has lodged a DA for 122 dwelling units on a site zoned for open space, in the process destroying the integrity of a magnificent 19th century industrial building, previ- ously in Government ownership, Crescent, and the landscaping · we all know what happened which is ideally suited (and sorely of the grounds surrounding to the promised hockey field needed) for community purposes – the track Surely it is time we gave up thinking in particular, community art pur- · the relocation of the main that the Club will ever do anything poses. traffic entrance from Wigram decent or honourable as far as its At a public meeting convened by the Road to Chapman Road, on local community is concerned. The Glebe Society on 9 March at the basis that there would State Government still has the Benledi, a packed house of well over never be more than 92 race opportunity to buy back the land 100 local residents passed a unani- meetings per year (originally bought using gambling mous resolution condemning the · the construction in the centre revenue in the Racecourse Develop- latest proposed development (see of the track of a hockey field ment Fund). It was in public next page). for Glebe Hockey Club ownership, and it is clearly not needed for the purpose for which it And what happened? Readers with long memories will was originally acquired. Why remember that the Club was success- · the new proposal will effec- should the Club be permitted to ful about ten years ago in obtaining tively negate the closure of make a windfall profit at the expense broad community support for its the site to Maxwell Road of Government revenue? proposal to extend the racetrack over public parkland. This support was · the concrete wall was demol- The need clearly exists for a commu- subject to a number of conditions ished, but the “landscaping” nity arts venue, and this is an ideal offered by the Club and accepted by resulted in an uninterrupted site for it. Such a use would over- the community. view of the outside of the come all of the objections articulated crash barrier and hideous at the 9 March meeting. Those conditions included: advertising signs Or is it also too much to ask that the · the permanent closure of · under the new proposal, State Government do the decent and access to the track from Chapman Road will become a honourable thing by Glebe? Maxwell Road main access road (across · the demolition of the hideous public parkland) serving 122 - Ted McKeown concrete block wall along the dwelling units

...Continued from previous page 1960s and early 70s, Glebe Society ‘Lyndhurst’ gathering was disturbed The estimated cost of tunnel filtering life member Albert Mispel and his to hear of the cross-city tunnel would add about 10 cents per vehicle wife Kathy lived in Cardigan Street, pollution problem. He spoke of a trip. It is affordable and equitable to Glebe. From that high elevation they company that included adequate collect and use the 10 cents for this saw Pyrmont industries ‘getting to pollution measures into its industrial job and we want the NSW Govern- work’ at the end of the day. Indus- design, operation and costs several ment to get on with it. years ago. He said Sydney road trial air pollution continued in to the You can contact Gerard Dupal and tunnels must be properly fitted with night when it couldn’t be seen. On SAPS at [email protected] the latest filtering equipment now. the other hand industry can have a or phone: 9660 0661. good record of environmental Glebe is close to the pollution stack - Alison McKeown. responsibility. A man present at the and we would be foolish to ignore it.

March/April 2005 Continued on next page ... 5 Resolution Passed at Tramsheds Public Meeting, Wednesday 9 March 2005 The resolution passed at the public 5. The proposal contravenes both the 11. The form, extent and design of meeting held at Benledi on 9 March density and height restrictions of the development are incompatible reads: LEP and DCP 2000. with and will have an unaccept- able impact on the heritage This meeting of concerned residents 6. The proposal violates sound town significance of the Tramsheds and calls on the and, if planning principles. The site is on the local Conservation Area. relevant, the Central Sydney low-lying land adjacent to a water- Planning Committee to reject the course, isolated from any residential 12. The proposal should not even current application D04/01624 for street and accessible only via a be considered unless and until a 122 dwellings proposed to be built private road. Such land is normally satisfactory overall Master Plan at Rozelle (Glebe) Tramsheds reserved for non-residential use, and for the various components of the because: in Glebe especially for recreational Harold Park site has been prepared use. This would conform with with public consultation, so as to 1. The Tramsheds are zoned Open existing land use patterns around cater for and recognize potential Space and a residential develop- Sydney Harbour. adverse impacts between uses and ment is not permissible under LEP on the local neighbourhood. 2000. 7. The existing building has the advantage of large uninterrupted 13. Harness 2. The Tramsheds do not have internal spaces with excellent Racing Club, however it came to existing use rights of any kind. The natural lighting from the roof, acquire a valuable Government original use ceased in 1958 and the features that render it ideal for site, cannot find a use for it related only subsequent approved use also recreational, community, display to racing, and this was the purpose ceased many years ago. and creative uses rather than for which the land was originally 3. The Tramsheds are an important housing. acquired using grants from the reminder of one of the most exten- Racecourse Development Fund. It 8. The proposed dwellings along sive public transport systems in the is not an appropriate owner or Maxwell Road will seriously impact world, Sydney Trams, that, unlike developer of the Tramsheds, and on the amenity of nearby residents. those that still provide outstanding should relinquish ownership, service in Melbourne, were replaced 9. The proposal has unacceptable preferably to the NSW Govern- by the less efficient buses. As such traffic impact on the local street ment or the City of Sydney, so the they are a Heritage Item under LEP system and the park, with the only site can be restored and used in a 2000, and any future use should access for all vehicles being over a manner appropriate to its Open retain the original structure in its public park. This contravenes a Space zoning. entirety. condition of the 1994 development 14. The development should be approval. 4. The current proposal is not an assessed in relation to the environ- adaptive reuse of a Heritage Item. It 10. The poor design and scale of the ment, heritage architecture and destroys most of the fabric of the apartment development is contrary amenity for residents of Glebe as a Tramsheds and the significant to the design principles and design whole, taking into account the sandstone escarpment, and detracts code in the State Government’s massive impact of the Australand from the view of the Sheds when Policy for Design of Residential Flat development on viewed from any point except Development, and results in unsatis- on all these factors, and especially directly in front. factory future amenity for residents. on traffic from this and other developments.

Where to send your objection The Tramsheds DA will be dealt with by the Central Sydney Planning Thankyou ... Committee (CSPC). In the first instance, objections should be sent to Francesca O’Brien, the A Birchgrove resident, who is not a Sydney City Council planner responsible for processing the DA. Her email Glebe Society member, has sent us a address is [email protected], and hard copy objections can $10 donation ‘to help the cause to be addressed to her at the Town Hall (GPO Box 1591, Sydney 2001). recycle the Glebe Tramsheds for We should also copy our objections to the members of the CSPC at the community use’. same address.

6 The Glebe Society Bulletin Smalltown memorials Anzac Day, Monday 25 April 2005 No matter how small Anzac Memorials in Glebe every town has one; Maybe just the obelisk, The proliferation of memorials, 516 A few names inlaid; in NSW, for the 1914-18 war was More often full-scale granite, testimony of the emotive power of Marble digger (arms reversed), Anzac sacrifice, a feeling captured Long descending lists of dead: in Sacred Places - War Memorials in Sometimes not even a town, the Australian Landscape (1998) by A thickening of houses Ken Inglis and Jan Brazier. Moth- Or a few unlikely trees ers, fathers, wives, brothers and Glimpsed on a back road sisters in Australia had no tangible Will have one. effects to bury and had to find their own private ways to mourn. It required a public display of mourn- ing and commemoration. All those who enlisted for overseas service were volunteers, something that gave this time of trial and tragedy a special reverence. The war impacted heavily on the 1919, 1920: Glebe community. The names of the Photograph of William Martin from Max Solling’s collection. All over the country; 792 local people who ‘answered the events. With donations and sub- Maybe a band, slow march; call of King and Country’ are etched criptions, £2,500 was collected. Mayors, shire councils: in bronze in the foyer of Glebe Town Architect William Martin (1852- Relatives for whom Hall. Memorialisation of Glebe’s 1937) who supervised and designed Print was already citizen soldiers required consider- the Glebe memorial, was a promi- Only print; mates, able local and voluntary initiative. nent anti-conscriptionist and Glebe Come back, moving In 1919 a search began in Glebe for Alderman from 1922 to 1925. The Into unexpected days; a place to create a collective resting granite and marble mausoleum A ring of Fords and sulkies; place for those from Glebe who died Martin designed echoed the shape of The toned-down bit in the war, a tangible presence for an Egyptian temple with classical Of Billy Hughes from an local mourners separated from their Greek touches, following the Ex-recruiting sergeant. dead in Gallipoli, France and the tradition of mixing Christian and Unveiled; Middle East. Initially the intersec- classical imagery. The memorial Then seen each day – tion of Glebe Road and Broadway was a departure from traditional Noticed once a year; (the fountain reserve) was chosen, designs, the only one of its kind. And then not always, and then the corner of St Johns Road Within the mausoleum the indi- Everywhere. and Derwent Street was favoured. Finally, in March 1921 the Depart- vidual names of 174 dead were The next bequeathed us ment of Education agreed to transfer inscribed in marble with a bronze Parks and pools a conspicuous site within the nurse watching over them. On top of But something in that first grounds of old Hereford House. the monument, a bronze cross Demanded stone. surmounted a great granite orb, then Throughout the war children at a small cupola and a split pediment. - Geoff Page Glebe School contributed a penny a The bust of a Digger on the left week towards a monument to the hand side (Matthew Fardy was the 306 former pupils who responded to model) and the Jolly Jack of HMAS the call to arms. The monument Sydney on the right, were fashioned Marie Tulip, a member of the took the form of a marble obelisk in Glebe Society, brought this poem at Ansell Odling, Surry Hills, by an Derwent Street, a traditional cem- Italian sculptor, Casiandro. to our attention. It comes from a etery icon, with the bust of a Digger, book of poetry Smalltown sculpted by Louisa Banks and The sarcophagus, placed outside, Memorials, by Geoff Page unveiled by Tom Keegan on 18 served as a foundation stone which (UQP.1975). The poet kindly gave October 1919. the Governor-General, Lord Foster, permission for us to use it and says laid on 3 June 1921. On Anzac Day that some lines from the poem are But a larger memorial was planned 1922 hundreds of local people featured in a display at the for Glebe. A committee of William surrounded the memorial when it Australian War Memorial, Brown, Tom Glasscock and William was opened by Lord Foster. Canberra. Martin initiated local fundraising Continued on next page...

March/April 2005 7 ...Continued from previous page architects were Brian McDonald We are still awaiting replies to our Anzac Day services in Glebe at- (first stage) and Craig Burton correspondence to the Manager of tracted many returned soldiers, (second stage). In 1999 the slouch Coles Supermarkets in NSW, Harris relatives and friends in the inter-war hat of the Digger was damaged and Farms and the Australian Retailers Association. If any members of the years remembering those who died, Kris Krawcyk, who sculpted all Society are shareholders of Coles but by the 1950s, services were no thefigures, undertook the repair Myer Ltd, could they please contact longer held. In February 1991 the work without charge. In 1994 Glebe our Secretary, Liz Simpson-Booker. Glebe Weekly observed ‘the memo- marked Heritage Week with an rial looks like a decaying monument. Anzac Day dawn service at the - Andrew Wood The angel at the front had its head partially restored memorial - the first chopped off about 18 months ago by held there in living memory - and vandals and busts of a Digger and since then a memorial service has Sailor on either side have been been held every Anzac Day at 7.30am. Birthday presents wanted stolen’. for Centipede children In 1991 the Glebe Society set up a - Max Solling Centipede is a unique out-of-school- sub-committee (Dr Bill Nelson, Rev hours care centre which operates in Hugh Scott and Max Solling) to Monday 25 April, 7.30am the grounds of Glebe Public School. restore the memorial and on 17 This year, Rev John Holle from St October 1992 the National Trust of John’s Village will again perform Centipede has a commitment to Australia (NSW) Glebe Diggers’ the service with our regular piper being accessible to all children, Memorial Restoration Appeal was since 1994, Rob McClean who especially those from socially launched by the Mayor of comes from Sutherland. disadvantaged families. Some 50 Leichhardt, Larry Hand. Please get up early and come children attend the centre before along to the Memorial, in Foley school, over 60 go after school and Photographic likenesses of the Park near the corner of Glebe around 50 attend during vacations. missing and damaged items were Point Road and Bridge Road. obtained from the Archives of This drop in centre, for 5 to 12 year Sydney City Council and my own Everyone is welcome. olds, provides a range of recreational collection. programs: Advice, encouragement and major Dumped Shopping • food programs - breakfast, financial support by way of two afternoon tea and late after- grants under the NSW Heritage Trolleys noon meals Assistance Program, totaling Members may remember reading in • before and after school/ $19,800 were obtained, without the last Bulletin that 200 shopping which the project could not have vacation care, activities and trolleys are dumped in our suburb excursions been undertaken. Restoration work each day. The majority originate was undertaken in two stages. The from the Coles Myer stores in the • behaviour management first phase involved restoration of the Broadway Shopping Centre. We programs memorial proper, sculpting, mould- also discovered in speaking with the • parent and family support ing and replacement of the Digger manager of the Coles store at and Sailor (plus the pedestal of one Broadway that the trolleys collected A birthday present means a lot to of them). This work was completed from the streets of Glebe are not these children, so any help with a in 1994 at a cost of $30,180, and the cleaned prior to being reintroduced present would be very much appreci- Leichhardt engineer, Gerry Walsh, to the stores for use by customers. In ated. arranged for the memorial to be raising this public health issue with Birthday presents can be delivered to floodlit to deter vandals. The second Mr Gerry Masters, Managing Centipede in the grounds of the (and final) stage of the work in- Director of Supermarkets, he Glebe Public School, Glebe Point volved complete restoration of the replied, ‘Trolley cleanliness is not Road. As well, the Friends of Angel (made of Carrara marble) and considered to be a food safety risk, Benledi and Glebe Library will be the interior marble name plates, was as all products placed in trolleys are holding their Annual Book Fair on finished in December 1997. The packaged, or are intended to be Saturday 4 June at Benledi and a box local community contributed washed, peeled or cooked prior to to receive presents will be made $22,880 towards the cost ($42,680) consumption’. The Society has available at Glebe Library on the of restoration. recommended that Coles Myer Ltd day. Presents should not be gift introduce coin deposit trolleys into wrapped. The Traditional Stonemasonry Co each of its three stores at the Broad- Pty Ltd, commissioned to carry out way Centre - Mr Masters has said If you would like to discuss this the restoration work, hold the that our proposal ‘will be given request or the pick up of presents moulds of the Digger, the Soldier serious consideration’. please contact me on 9660 4189. and the Angel. The restoration - Susan Cleary

8 The Glebe Society Bulletin Planning Matters

This month’s report will be very NSWLEC 759). He upholds the 4.Any future infill ‘should be brief, as I have been busy organizing Heritage provisions of clauses 15 and strictly limited to low scale the Tramsheds pubic meeting and 16 of LEP 2000, using them to residential development along writing the Society’s letter of overrule Leichhardt Council’s DCP the Reuss Street boundary at objection, and also organizing the 49 and support the City Council’s the rear of the site’. meeting between members and the argument, which is the same as The In other words, all the Heritage Deputy Lord Mayor, John Society put forward at both its public buildings must be retained and McInerney. The Tramsheds meeting meetings and its letter of objection. restored, and the only new building is covered elsewhere in this Bulletin, Consequently the court rules: that would be permitted is of such and I will write a full account of the 1. Hamilton is structurally sound low scale it will not impact ad- McInerney meeting for the April and should be retained either versely on the Heritage buildings Bulletin. for a dwelling or put to some and have the smallest possible The Abbey written judgement other adaptive reuse; impact on surrounding residents. The site will remain much as it is. 2. Reussdale is to be fully re- I often approach Land and Environ- stored as a single dwelling; It is hard to imagine a judgement ment Court decisions with trepida- more favourable to the Society and tion. Not only are the decisions 3.Any change to The Abbey better for Glebe. It strengthens us sometimes unfavourable, but even itself should be directed immeasurably in any future negotia- when they are not, the arguments toward restoring the former tions concerning the site, and can be puzzling. Frequently I open space ‘in a manner more confirms our arguments in favour of wonder if I am on the same planet as sympathetic to the architec- strengthened Heritage controls. I the judges and assessors. tural qualities of the church, including an understanding of confirm and renew all the thanks However, in Justice Lloyd’s judge- its large interior volume, its and congratulations to those who ment on Carlode Nominees P/L v height and its original timber- contributed. Sydney City Council there is neither lined ceiling’, and - Neil Macindoe obscurity nor quibble (2004

Pétanque anyone? Foley Park – Plan of Bellevue … the name has a French solution would be environmentally Management approved! ring to it so why not? Croissants sound in water-starved Sydney as and coffee in the café...? A cassoulet well as providing a place to ‘point’ The Plan of Management for Foley washed down with a and ‘shoot’ for an hour Park, prepared by Environmental Côte du Rhône while or two with friends. Partnership after consultation with watching the moon rise the Glebe community, was consid- If the City Council likes over the Anzac ered and approved at the Council the idea, at least four Bridge…? Hiring a cycle meeting on 14 March. I’m told the Glebe residents will be to peddle around the Plan now requires gazetting, and ready to play. foreshore...? A lei- will then be exhibited for community surely game of pétanque The picture shows comment. in the shadows of the Glebe Society member soon-to-be-restored 19th David Mander Jones The exhibition period of 28 days is century villa on Glebe (centre), and two other expected to commence in the first Point…? Hereford Street resi- week in April – maybe earlier – in dents, Scott and Judy, all the City’s One-Stop Shops, In its response to the during a pétanque including Glebe Town Hall. Bellevue restoration DA, course organised by the Sydney the Society has suggested (among - Bobbie Burke Community College at Canterbury. other things) that a hard surface for Foley Park Working Group The fourth learner, Bruce Davis, suitable for playing pétanque (or took the picture. We found that boules, or bocce) might be more pétanque requires much greater skill Stop Overdevelopment of suitable than the mulched area and subtlety than the average tourist Foreshore proposed in the City Council’s realises, but it’s great fun. So dust landscaping concept. Many beauti- A flyer explaining the Society’s off your berets and get ready to head ful French parks, such as the Jardin for Bellevue. objections to plans for the develop- du Luxembourg in Paris, have ment of Rozelle Bay is enclosed with extensive hard surfaces. Such a - Bruce Davis this issue of the Bulletin.

March/April 2005 9 Clean Up Australia Day ‘beach’ area containing while walking though a muddy area mangroves, near the below the high tide mark. He took Bridgewater home units, was a off his shoe and was amazed to find feast of industrial waste. Most that the nasty object pictured had of the more than 40 bags of punctured the thick rubber sole of rubbish were collected from his sneakers. The upside of this this site, much of it pieces of story is that Balmain Hospital out- rusty, encrusted metal as well patients were great when it came to as the usual plastic, broken getting a tetanus shot, and the Clean glass and paper. We also up Australia Day people even found a massive section of oil phoned up a couple days later to soaked ‘carpet’, which after check whether their volunteer had much digging was freed from survived. This is a lesson to us all - the harbour bottom and don’t paddle in this area. ’Digging it out’. Photo by Bruce Davis. dragged to the shoreline. Clean Up Australia Day on 6 March On behalf of the Society, I extend my brought some beautiful autumn thanks to all those who attended, weather. There were 41 participants worked so hard, and achieved so from Glebe and the surrounding much. Congratulations on helping suburbs, and they ranged in age to keep Glebe gorgeous! from children to more than 70 years. - Andrew Wood As requested, some brought a dumped shopping trolley with them The (could be) Fatal Shore to the northern end of Glebe Point road - the 11 trolleys have now been Clean-up Australia Day unearthed collected by Trolley Trackers! The some dangerous objects amongst all low tide very much helped the the rubbish that was collected. A The bashful member was Bruce Davis, who also provided this photo of the offending cleaning of the foreshore. The member working on the Glebe foreshore felt a sharp stab in his foot metal object - Editor.

Update on Poisoned Trees in Blackwattle Bay Park Significant tree register - At the March meeting of the Man- the presence of such toxins. Both City of Sydney agement Committee, the Society’s the City and the Society believe it is The City of Sydney is preparing a draft policy on poisoned trees (as unlikely that significant levels of register of Significant Trees in published in the last issue of the industrial toxins are present, as the Glebe. Residents may nominate Bulletin) was adopted without trees had been thriving for over 20 either a single tree or a group of change. A copy of our policy will be years. trees. The tree(s) should have sent to the City of Sydney. The City is in the process of adopt- special value or worth, and form The City of Sydney has now identi- ing its own policy on poisoned trees. part of the historic, cultural, fied the herbicide used to poison the It plans as a first step to leave the aesthetic or botanical heritage of 20 trees in the Blackwattle Bay Park. dead trees in place, simply removing our suburb. The trees may be It was glycophosphate, sold as the ‘twiggy growth’. Decisions are located on public or private land. Round Up or Zero, and was probably yet to made regarding the attachment The register will guide the applied to the surface of the trunks of notices to each dead tree stating management of these special trees and /or foliage of each of the trees that it has been illegally poisoned and ensure their continued (the City has found no evidence of and including details of the fine protection for the benefit of the holes bored into the trunks) from applicable for such vandalism (up to community and future genera- where it was absorbed into the entire $1.1 million), and the placement of tions. tree. Fortunately, the herbicide sails / flags / billboards at the sites. Could you please forward your becomes inactive when in contact Because the herbicide has no re- nomination to the Secretary of the with soil. A local resident has sidual effects on the soil, the City Society, Liz Simpson-Booker, by suggested that the death of the trees can immediately replace the poi- Friday 8 April 2005. Further may have been related to the pres- soned trees and the Society recom- information can be obtained from ence of industrial toxins, particularly mends that, where possible, two the City of Sydney’s web site lead, in the soil. The City has asked replacement trees be planted for each (www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au). the Environment Protection Author- poisoned tree. ity to check further soil samples for - Andrew Wood - Andrew Wood

10 The Glebe Society Bulletin FLAG and Safety in Glebe In September 2004 last year, a new recent media attention on crime in Doug Harrap, Department of group was formed as a local initia- Glebe (Channel 9’s A Current Affair Community Services, Newtown, tive in Glebe. It was named Forest team upset a covert Police opera- reported that there is a difficulty in Lodge and Glebe Coordination tion). As a result, the Police have dealing with young adolescents who Group (FLAG) commenced a 24-hour beat patrol in are uncooperative and where there is Glebe around the 7/11 shop on Glebe Its aims are to: minimal supervision by parents. He Point Road, particularly between explained that it is not as simple as • foster links and communica- 10pm and 5am. This strategy has just removing them. It is very tion between stakeholders in halved the number of ‘stolen from difficult to find placement for any Glebe and Forest Lodge; vehicles and property’ crimes. child, let alone boys between the • promote Forest Lodge and In addition there has been a meeting aged of 8 and 14. Glebe as positive places in with the Premier’s Department and which to work and live; managers of the Police, Department Other issues raised were: • link groups and people with of Housing and Department of • the lack of a large non- skills, knowledge and exper- Community Services. government agency that could tise to support community A Regional Police Operation is auspice and sponsor commu- initiatives. currently running in Glebe for a nity projects and be able to One representative from each of the period of two weeks. It will target help to attract more funds following groups attends FLAG high-risk offenders who are responsi- into the community; meetings: ble for 80% of the street crime in • the lack of sporting opportu- Child and Family Interagency Glebe. nities for primary school- City of Sydney Crime aged children and young Department of Housing people in Glebe. Costs are The young people who have been Glebe Area Tenants Group prohibitive and transport is an committing the bulk of the street Glebe Chamber of Commerce issue; crime in Glebe have been identified. Glebe Community Action Group These people come from a very small • the importance of agencies Glebe Community Development section of the community. A keeping each other informed Project Merorandum of Understanding has about what work they do and Glebe Point Residents Group been written to facilitate interagency supporting that work; Glebe Police case management for these children. Glebe Youth Service • there is a need for a Other Police strategies include: Neighbourhood Tenant Mentoring Program in Glebe; • holding discussions with the Representatives and Department of Housing The Glebe Society. regarding the design of the • there is a need to have press A special meeting was held on Glebe/Bay/Franklyn Street releases in order to change Tuesday 1 March in the Glebe Town Housing Estate; perception about crime in Hall for the express purpose of being • making arrangements with the Glebe. There has been a briefed by Arthur Katsogiannis, Redfern Street Team to come significant reduction in crime Local Area Commander, Glebe and do some after hours work in the past year due to the Police. This was in response to the in Glebe; and efforts of our Local Area Commander and his team, • requesting that the 7/11 shop have its trading hours reduced who have a policy of Police Letter to the from the current 24 hours a visibility on the street. day to 7am-7pm. Negotiations Safety Audit Editor are still taking place. Two safety audits have been con- Concern was expressed about the ducted by City of Sydney in the ‘hot Dear Editor, impact on local young people by spot’ area, the aim being to identify Police Officers who are not familiar infrastructure problems, poor I wholeheartedly support the with the community. The Com- lighting or broken lights, dangerous amendment to the Society’s mander assured the meeting that the surfaces, overhanging trees etc, not Environment Policy regarding operation would be under the criminal activity. It is intended to poisoned trees (Bulletin 1/2005). supervision of himself and his senior conduct another two audits later in This seems to me a perfect staff in Glebe. the year. example of the penalty fitting the The importance of this operation is crime. that residents are informed about the - Jan Wilson operation and make contact with Bobbie Burke Glebe Society Representative on officers who will be on the streets. FLAG

March/April 2005 11 RAHS visit to Wivenhoe – Sunday 19 June 2005 News and Notes Wivenhoe is a Regency house built by the designer of Lyndhurst, John Verge (c1837-38) for Charles Cowper, a Thirsty Thursdays - at the Forest Lodge Hotel Member of Parliament, on land granted to the Rev All members are invited to meet for dinner in Glebe on William Cowper by Governor Macquarie in 1812. The the first Thursday of each month, to meet and eat with Sisters of the Good Samaritan now occupy the site. The other people who live in Glebe. stables behind the house were also built by John Verge in 1834 and are thought to be the most intact surviving The next ‘Thirsty Thursday’ dinner is at the Forest colonial stable complex in NSW. These stables now house Lodge Hotel, 117 Arundel Street, Forest Lodge, on a craft centre. 7 April. No bookings are needed – just turn up at 7pm. We pay for our own meals and there is no BYOG. Following the visit, there will be a walking tour of Camden village which was created by John Macarthur. Welcome to New Members This will be led by a member of the Camden Historical Society. The following people were accepted at the March Management Committee meeting. We look forward to If you would like to join a Glebe Society ‘car pool’ to this seeing them at future Glebe Society functions. event, please ring Liz Simpson-Booker on 9518 6186. Caroline & Geoff Bowker Meeting time : 10.30am at Wivenhoe car park. Stephen Christian Refreshments : Morning tea at Wivenhoe is included in Marie Mayo-Clark the cost. Other refreshments can be purchased before the Asa Wahlquist Camden walk begins. Who Lived in Your Street? Cost : $18 for RAHS members, $22 for non members. Entries for this challenging competition are welcome. Bookings essential to the Royal Australian Historical Please start writing now. Society on 9247 8001 or [email protected]. Sort out your bookshelves The Friends of Benledi and Glebe Library have given City of Sydney Councillors us plenty of notice that will be holding their Book Fair Lord Mayor on Saturday 4 June 2005 and will need donations of Clover Moore MLA books in good condition. Councillors More details will be given in future Bulletins, or ring Philip Black Ros Wheeler (9660 7430) for information. Verity Firth Concert at St Scholastica’s Chapel Chris Harris Marcelle Hoff The English Reformation - Music of inspiration and Robyn Kemmis devotion by Coro Innominata. Michael Lee Sunday 1 May 3pm, tickets: $25/20. Shayne Mallard John McInerney Swimming for the Community Tony Pooley Last October, the Glebe Society sponsored John Phone the Town Hall, 1300 651 301, Weyman, one of the 11 swimmers who took part in a for contact details. Charity Swim at the Bondi Icebergs. John tells us that a total of $32,850 was raised for Inner Sydney commu- DA Watch: Go to the homepage of the City of Sydney, nity groups and services, including several in Glebe. www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. Then look at Develop- ment in the City to see a list of ALL current DAs on Rowing Club Celebration display. Sydney University Women’s Rowing Club is planning a ‘10 years @ Glebe’ Celebration and Reunion of all Sydney University Women’s Rowing Club rowers and Forest Lodge supporters at 10am on Sunday 29 May at the Boathouse in Ferry Road. The Club has been going since 1968. Public School Contact [email protected] for further informa- tion. Home of The Glebe (We hope that rowers will be able to use Rozelle Bay Society Archives for many more years.) Principal: Mrs Elva Salter Phone 9660 3530

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Thursday 7 April, 7pm - ‘Thirsty Thursday’ - Dinner at the Forest Lodge Hotel, Arundel Street. Wednesday 13 April, 7.30pm - Glebe Society Management Committee Meeting, The Old Fire Station, 115 Mitchell Street. All members welcome. Monday 25 April, 7.30am - Anzac Day Service, Diggers’ Memorial, Foley Park, Glebe. All welcome. Sunday 1 May, 3pm - Coro Innominato concert at St Scholastica’s Chapel. Thursday 5 May, 7pm - ‘Thirsty Thursday’ - Dinner at the Forest Lodge Hotel, Arundel Street. Wednesday 11 May, 7.30pm - Glebe Society Management Committee Meeting, The Old Fire Station, 115 Mitchell Street. All members welcome. Saturday 4 June - Friends of Benledi and Glebe Library Book Fair. Sunday 19 June - RAHS visit to Wivenhoe. See p12.

Contacting The Glebe Society Inc The Glebe Society Established 1969 Management Committee: Mail President Bob Armstrong 9660 4189 All correspondence should be ad- Vice-president Bruce Davis 9660 7873 dressed to: Immediate Past President Andrew Craig 9566 1746 Secretary Liz Simpson-Booker 9518 6186 The Glebe Society Inc Treasurer Bruce Davis 9660 7873 PO Box 100, Glebe NSW 2037 Committee Members: Website John Buckingham 9660 7780 Sue Ingram 9692 8534 The Society has a growing website Tony Larkum 9660 7030 David Mander-Jones 9552 4172 (www.glebesociety.org.au) for the Hilary Wise 9660 5848 information of members and anyone Sub-committee Convenors: with an interest in Glebe. All sub-committee convenors are ex officio members of the Management Committee The website will only flourish if Arts, Culture and Media Sue Ingram 9692 8534 members use the site. Send contribu- Bays and Foreshores Mark Dent 9566 2511 tions or comments to Environment (Acting) Asa Wahlquistxxxxxxxxx9660 8261 [email protected] Glebe Point Road Revitalisation Jan Wilson 9660 2698 The Bulletin Heritage David Mander Jones 9552 4172 We are glad to publish letters or Infrastructure Defect Reporting Margaret Sheppard 9660 4121 articles on any matters of interest to Membership Kevin Treloar 9660 6720 Glebe, any topic raised in the Bulle- Parks & Open Spaces tin, or any issues relating to the Glebe Planning Neil Macindoe 9660 0208 Society. Write to the address above or Transport and Traffic Chris Hallam 9660 3670 email [email protected] Adopt-a-Park Contacts: Kirsova Fay & David Mander Jones Foley Park Bobbie Burke (9692 0343) Disclaimer Other Contacts: Views expressed in this Bulletin are Archivist Lyn Milton 9660 7930 not necessarily those of the Glebe Bulletin Editor Edwina Doe 9660 7066 Society Inc. Historian Max Solling 9660 1160 Bulletin Deadline History of the Glebe Society Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 Liaison with CityRags Bob Armstrong 9660 4189 The next edition of the Bulletin will Liaison with FLAG Jan Wilson 9660 2698 be published in April. The deadline Publicity Sue Ingram 9692 8534 for contributions is Saturday 23 Social events Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 April. Website Cynthia Jones 9660 2451

March/April 2005 13 In this issue l Lyndhurst - pages 1-4 l Meeting with Deputy Lord Mayor - page 1 l Tramsheds - pages 5-6 l Anzac Day - pages 7-8 l Planning matters - page 9 l Our Environment - page 10 l FLAG and safety in Glebe - page 11

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE GLEBE SOCIETY COMMUNITY CONTACTS Place Manager, Glebe, Forest Lodge & Individual member $45 Camperdown: Jenny Underwood, 9298 3191 (direct), Joint (2 people, one address) $55 or 0414 617 048. Household (more than 2 adults and/or email: [email protected] children, one address) $60 Glebe Town Hall Office: 9298 3190, 8am-6pm Concession (student or pensioner) $20 Mon -Fri Business or institution $110 Sydney City Council Customer Service Telephone (24 hours): 1300 651 301 Write to PO Box 100, Glebe, 2037 or phone the email: council@cityof sydney.nsw.gov.au Secretary, Liz Simpson-Booker, on 9518 6186. website: www.cityof sydney.nsw.gov.au If you have a matter that you would like to discuss Dumped Shopping trolleys: Bi-Lo - 9281 4511. Most with the Management Committee, please phone the other major stores - 1800 641 497. Secretary. Aircraft noise: 1800 802 584

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