C • Bay St. Mountain St. +- \ \ I> ::, m The Broadway Shopping Centre Mayhem on Broadway or sharing the pain

raffic flow around The Broadway Shopping Centre continues to be a major · Tconcern. Leichhardt Council provided an extensive submission about Francis Street to the RTA and South Council made a similar submission. The latest report is that the RTA has decided to "share the pain" between the two Councils and Leichhardt Council is awaiting formal notification that Francis Street is to be opened to two-way traffic with left turns both into and out of . The key to the RTA's decision lies at the Mountain/ Broadway intersection. The RTA felt Council's suggestion to introduce two right rurn lanes from Mountain Street into Broadway was not achievable because of: • insufficient room for heavy vehicles turning out of Mountain Street; • inability to change the traffic light phasing at Mountain Street (involving more right turn green time) without congesting the City Road/ Broadway intersection; and • pedestrian demand being for the pedestrian crossing on the west side of Mountain Street. It was believed that if forced to cross Broadway on the east side, pedestrians would only cause more conflict when crossing back from the east side to the west side of Mountain Street. The RTA has, however, concurred with other Council suggestions such as: • traffic light phasing improvements at the carpark/ Bay/ Smail Streets intersection [Smail connects carparkexit to Mountain Street]; • larger pedestrian lanterns; • traffic priority change at the Smail/ Mountain Street intersection; • internal carpark changes; and • staggering cinema finishing times etc. Because none of these improvements will help vehicles to exit Mountain Street, the RTA was not prepared to try them as 'stand alone' improvements with the existing Francis Street 'left in' only. · Like the Society, Council believes the benefits will be minimal and is seeking an urgent meeting with local member, Sandra Nori, in an endeavour to have the Francis Street decision changed. Sandra has received quite a substantial input of views on this marter - a small group of residents met with her on February 21, although no formal A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY Inc Box 100 Post Office Glebe NSW Australia Mayhem on Broadway cont ... commitments could ensue at chat time. An Overview of We have learned that because one of South Sydney Council's major The Nineties in Glebe concerns is the volume of traffic coming into its municipality from the Broadway complex, it has been originally wrote this brief Hospital, The Sydney Homeopathic lobbying for better public transport I overview for the February Hospital, the Sydney Home Nursing services. The Society has therefore B,J/erin, hut as there was Service and Bidura all fall into this insufficient room to it, written to Sandra Nori suggesting that print category. With their closure or recent event.s allow me to among the alternatives to the re• expand contraction, we lose both jobs and opening offrancis Street might be: a little: services. However, it is fair to point out that Glebe has always provided services • better access by public or many years Glebe has been for an area much wider than itself. The transport, specifically by extending the host to a number of important redevelopment ofGrace Bros. as The #370 [Leichhardt-Coogee] bus service F institutions, and adjacent to others. I Broadway Shopping Centre is a good to include evenings and weekends; think most of us would agree that they example. • more shopping buses such as have contributed variety and interest to Apart from its central location, another the operation of the Pyrmont/ Ultimo what is largely a residential area, reason why institutions favoured Glebe service to the Broadway complex as was especially since most of the was the number of suitable buildings proposed by the STA over a year ago environmentalJy damaging industries and sites. There are still important [and which is still awaiting formal have closed or moved elsewhere. instirutions that wish very much ro approval from the Department of The proximity of great institutions also stay, but even these are likely to change Transport]; adds much to the attractiveness of and expand, as St. Scholasticas and • a survey of customers of the Glebe as a place to live. It is no Tranby, for example, have both done. complex to establish the areas from coincidence that many members of the As well as the loss by closure, the which they come in order to learn if Society have links to the University of comm unit'/ is also faced with the other shopping routes might be viable; Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, problem of what to do with the sites and the University ofTechnology, Sydney vacated. There is a limit to the number • an additional option might be a and the Institute ofTechnology in of buildings that can be recycled as reduction in the number of parking Ultimo. libraries [Homeopathic Hospital) , sp:;.ces at The Broadway Shopping Although Glebe's position is certain to seniors centres [St. Helens] or even Centre. [This is unlikely to be remain a favourable one, and indeed, B&Bs [Royleston]. supported by the shopping centre with improved public transport We should consider other options, such management.] [including light rail and the impending as my suggestion of providing self-care completion of continuous public access unirs for seniors. There are plenty in Sandra's response to the Society's letter to the foreshore] will become even the area of the Glebe Estate, which specifically addressed the bus services more attractive, the last decade has seen could be used as models for the rest of proposals and she agreed to follow some major sorting out of institutions Glebe - Kerribree, Hereford House, both of these up with the Minister. especially. Montana. We understand that Council has Most striking have been the closures, There is little public benefit in simply requested that the RTA undertake, at contractions and relocations associated converting everything to ordinary the very least, community consultation with the loss or redirection of housing. . two [2) weeks in advance of the government funding. The Childrens' Neil Macindoe proposed changes and that they be implemented for a six [6] month trial period to assess the impact on traffic On Planning Matters - at the time of writing [March 15] there is little to report. flow. Council's legal ground is By the time you read this, the DA for Mon-tana, the lovely Federation cottage on somewhat shaky since the RTA, by the corner of Bell and Boyce StreetS, will have been determined, following a works virtue ofThe Roads Act has the inspection. There will also have been an on-site inspection of the Orphan School power to undertake traffic works. Creek Gully and, perhaps, a decision over the landswap. Two other events are looming: a public meeting on site to discuss the redevelopment of the site Jeanette Knox between Ferry Road and Cook Street [Fletchers], to convene in the shed off Garran Lane at noon on April 8; and a decision on a new DA for Kerribree and & C~nthia Jones Hereford House [NSW College of Nursing] that now, as suggested by The Glebe Society, includes keeping the library but, with 22 proposed dwellings, is still far too much on such an important heritage site. N .M.

E:>obbie E:>urke is overseas and this edition of the /5uffetin is guest-edited b~ C~nthia Jones

2 March/April 2000 Children in CRISISI Dear Editor At the last Management Committee meeting Kathy Farrawell he Clean Up Glebe Project Team [Aboriginal Education Assistant at Glebe Public School] and Maria T would like to respond to Ms Bamford [~oordinator of Glebe School Child Care, Inc.] spoke to N. O'Moore's letter in last month's the ~omnuttee of the day-to-day joys, hopes and difficulties they Bull.etin, which was, in turn, written in response to a letter which had appeared experience_ at our l~cal_ sc~o_ol. Maria has outlined these hoping that in a previous Bulletin, signed by our Society and its mdiv1dual members can provide meaningful someone using an equally fictitious pen support for the Centre, the children and our community. name, Ms Ena Fovthis. (We wonder why people are reluctant to put their real names to their leners. Is it because they fear reprisals of the spray-can variety?) The Clean Up Glebe Project Team's brief does indeed include graffiti, and it has raised the subject with Leichhardt Council's Manager of Parks Dear Editor, We also aim to focus on networking and Streetscapes, Vince Cuswnano. with other local community agencies/ l am writing in the hope that The We were told that a "quick clean off" services and Council. If funding is Glebe Society can help raise the profile was the best response, as it shows the secured this year, we are hoping to of the Glebe School Child Care Inc. perpetrators that the propeny they work with the Glebe Youth Centre which offers more than a traditional have defaced belongs to someone else [GYC] to develop a 'linking up' out-of-school hours care service located who is willing to make a continued program to ensure that the older in the Glebe housing estate. Our effort to keep it pristine. Graffiti, like children are positively integrated into statistics indicate that many children dumped rubbish, attractS more of the the GYS, so as to provide and maintain come from disadvantaged same. The Project Team members all appropriate support programs for these backgrounds, encompassing high levels agree that graffiti is an act of vandalism. of unemployment, domestic violence, children through their adolescent years. The number of times anything child abuse/ neglect and poverty, local The most important aspect ofour succinct or poignant is written is rare crime and drug abuse. service is the children themselves - indeed; most often it is a scribbled tag they ai;g Glebe School Child Care and Our service provides an innovative or name, indecipherable to all but are testimony to the potential for program for 5-12 year-olds, offering a those who made it. To call it art is, in positive growth and change in safe, nurturing and stimulating the opinion of Clean Up Glebe children. They have a wonderful environment, while playing an active Project Team members, generally ability to survive in spite of personal role in child protection and early laughable. We will continue to work crisis and difficulties. They have intervention. We aim to help break with both Council and the Chamber shown that, given a safe and nurturing existing cycles and focus on the "whole [ofCommerce) to try and minimise its environment with consistent limits and child" with the aim of enhancing self• disfiguring and devaluing effect on our boundaries, they can embrace the esteem and improving life/ social skills suburb. and positive role modeling. chance to learn new skills, can enjoy positive trust-based relationships, Yours sincerely, The current program has been offered change behaviour patterns and enjoy for the past two years.and the results the opportunity to express themselves Jenna Reed _5urns have been extremely positive: as children. Convenor, enrolments have tripled, there is less Clean Up Glebe Project Team truancy as well as a major decrease in Glebe School Child Care, Inc. has complaints to Council and the school charitable status, but anempts to secure regarding the anti-social behaviour of appropriate levels of recurrent funding T~:~e Shopping Trolleys local children. have been frustrating. It is essential that our service expand to meet local A large indicator of ~hange is that on In response to Duncan Ball's letter in community needs, yet we remain leaving our service in Year 6, we have last month's Bull.eti,n, The Broadway under-supported and under-funded. noted major, positive changes in Shopping Centre has responded to the behaviour, personal skills and self• We are open to any community linkage Secretary ofThe Glebe Society: perception. Much time and energy has or support your Society can provide or been devoted into expanding our any donations. Dear Liz, growing, yet heavily under-funded The Broadway Shopping Centre is service, including piloting 'parent Maria _5amtord always interested in and welcomes suppon' programs, 'inter-centre sport' Glebe School Child Care, Inc. community feedback. and a '12+ Touch-base' program for [PO Box 877, Glebe 2037 The Centre prides itself on being one ex-Year 6 students. 9692.0663) of the most accessible centres in the

The Glebe Society Bulletin 3 Leichhardt-Glebe area; this includes ease of entry by people who may be The White's Creek and Johnston's confined to a wheelchair, or elderly, and it is for this reason we do not Creek Aqueducts restrict their access with bollards. In excess of forty percent of our customers walk to the centre or use public transport and we believe in offering them an inexpensive and easy way of transporting their purchases home. anyGlebe residents ask systems are enclosed in pipes 5 We have spoken to the three stores M about the significance of underground. who have shopping trolleys and the concrete arches which traverse The aqueduct, comprising a u• they are very interested in the return Johnston's Creek near the Police shaped conduit supponed by a of their property and it is for this Boys Club opposite Harold Park series of reinforced concrete arches, reason they use a trolley collection and White's Creek, Annandale. together with its open grassed service. However, so as to facilitate a They form the base of the White's easement corridor is partly higher level of service in addition to Creek and Johnston's Creek incorporated into the Glebe and the trolley tracker number, they have Aqueducts which carry sewerage Annandale recreation areas and they supplied the following contacts: from Balmain, provide Coles Debbie Shaw Annandale and attractive 9281-0844 Glebeto the sertings for the Bi Lo Justine/Customer Service Ocean Outfall structure. 9281-4511 atBondi1. The aqueduct K Mart Customer Service Mgr. The two was designed 9212-2566 aqueducts were byWJ. By using the above contact numbers constructed in Balzter of the and the supply of correct 1897-8 using Department information regarding the location the Monier™ of Public of trolleys, the stores will be able ro system of Works and a increase the level of service provided reinforced private to tl-ie community. concrete and contractor, were the "the Carter first use of Gummow& Glenn Smith Monier"'' Co., built the Community Officer (reinforced) structure 7 March2000 concrete for which,when construction of opened was he Society also expressed its sewer known as the 2 Tconcerns regarding shopping aqueducts" , Forest Lodge trolleys to Council, to which the and "the first Aqueduct. General Manager ofLMC has, in two major The aqueduct part, responded: reinforced concrete structures to be was built following construction of a built in NSW and amongst the first small Monier"" arch for a "In relation to shopping trolleys, the to be built in Australia". 3 stormwater cu.lven in 1894 which Local Government Shires The Monier"' system was developed possibly survives under the Association encourages Councils to by a Paris gardener, Joseph Monier, at Burwood. work with supermarket who "manufactured gardening The aqueducts are maintained and representatives in identifying stray items including clay and, later, administered by Sydney Water who trolleys. mortar, flower pots and tubs which advise that they are in good order "Current procedure is that all found he strengthened with an embedded and repair. trolleys should firstly be reported to mesh of iron wires" .4 Monier Christine Whittemore the responsible owner. If a request patented the 'invention', developed for pick-up is not acted on within a it and sold it to a German firm in 1 NSW State Heritage Inventory No. 24-hour period, the trolley is then 1879 who further developed the 3788135 2.10.98. impounded by Council." system into what we know today as 2 Sydney Water Heritage and reinforced concrete. Conservation Register 1998. The aqueduct is a good example of a 3 Op.cit. Graham foster sewer structure which can easily be 'ibid. . seen above ground as most sewer 1 March 2000 s ibid.

4 March/April 2000 Saturday Arvo .. . Glebe Style Restoring ... (or What's the S.P. ?)* Old

he place to be on Saturday f 5.o.o. on the nose [that is to win] or Houses Tafternoon for my adult relatives £5.o.o. each way [win or place] . was my grandparents' [Mary and My grandmother's bets were usually Fred Redwood] dining room in a shilling each way and almost Bellevue Street, Glebe. always different from my eople are drawn to Glebe for a Seated at a large round grandfather and her two Pnumber of reasons: the close cedar dining table sons. These gentlemen of proximity of the city and harbour, would be found up to the turf studied form, blood the cosmopolitan character ofthe a dozen people all with lines and jockeys, whereas shopping centre, the village their own form guides my grandmother picked atmosphere and, not least, by the and sundry pencils and long shots which had the leafy streets and picturesque old notepaper, all listening habit ofromping home at houses. These days Glebe is lucky to to the Stromberg• 33 to 1, or at a heart• be wned a conservation area, which Carlson** wireless that stopping price of 100 to 1. goes some way to protect the held pride of place During the post mortems heritage and fabric of the suburb. under the window - held after each race when Much of this was threatened a few the aerial even ran the men had all done their decades ago, but the united protest through this window dough, my Nan would of the residents and the formation of over slates to the quietly say "I backed the the Glebe Society in 1969 helped to chimney pots where it winner". prevent the wholesale destruction of was fixed by a One of my uncles would many streetscapes. porcelain reel [rather like a cotton lead the chorus of protests with However the conservation of the reel] all to ensure a good reception "Mater, you're protected under the suburb requires the ongoing co• for the races, cricket and football Pure Food Act of 1908?" This operation of individual householders games. would be followed by one of the and landlords. Understanding and These afternoons during my following- "the nag has no form", appreciating the heritage features childhood not only had for me "that horse has three legs" or "that and-fabric of old houses is absolutely various delicious cooking smells but horse couldn't win a pie at a necessary if they and the streecscapes the never ending sound of the Sargent's picnic". Nan would are to remain intact. Any house broadcaster, Ken Howard, calling/ quietly listen to all this and on her which has made it to the ripe old age droning the various race meetings at way back to her post in the kitchen of 60 years (or more, or less) without either Canterbury, Randwick or would say in a stage whisper "but it unsympathetic renovations should Warwick Farm on 2GB. won,'. be respected. Ifyou've just bought The usual drill was for my an old house, identify what grandmother to be in the kitchen appealed to you about the house making endless pots of tea, Alan Hunt before you begin working on it. sandwiches, scones etc. Her other Take the time to look closely at the chief duty was to collect all the house's fabric in order to decide * S.P. is Starting Price betting slips and money and run what needs restori~g. ** the 'Rolls Royce' of wirelesses across the lane to the "Dairy". The Renovating usually means ignoring "Dairy" had been a stable but was historical considerations in the used, apan from racedays, during process of modernising, while the week to make- forms for wreaths restoring is generally taken to mean in the shapes of a cross, circle or a returning a house to near original heart, all from straw and held condition. Most people choose a together by thin wire, then sold to path somewhere between the two, florist shops. restoring the exterior and the main The form, once inside the dairy, was rooms at the front of the house, and to keep an eye out for the chosen reconfiguring the back of the house, horse selected by the various orientating the rooms to the light neighbours who had "contacts" in and garden. the racing game, then place all your You may be lucky enough to track own betting slips. Some of the high down an old photograph of the rollers would have wagers up to house through the previous owners. The Glebe Society Bulletin 5 This will be an invaluable record and render which most modern not have to scrape too far to find the could reveal rhat rhere was originally a tradespeople use is incompatible with original exterior colour-scheme on different style of fence, veranda the rest of the fabric ofold houses and window sills, frames and the doors. brackets or window shutters which you may end up with a finish that Ifyou have been long since removed. cracks before its time. don't Ifyou don't have an old photograph, Please note that any alterations to the believe you'll have to rely on close inspection facade of a property, whether it's the and detective work. Ifyour house is in heritage listed or not, have to be front a row of terraces or is a semi-detached approved by council. door dwelling, compare itto its neighbours. Sadly one of Glebe's few poly• or Orher houses may also have been chromatic terraces has recently had its internal altered over the years but by looking at brickwork covered bya coat of hard doors several of its type you can begin to cement render. Not only does it no you've develop a p~cture of the whole. If longer match its pair, but any future inherited are original, look closely at the you've lost original features, such as attempt to remove rhe hard cement door jambs for evidence ofwhere other chimneys, windows or doors, you may will irreparably damage the face of the hinges were attached. Door handles find the missing features still intact on soft red and vanilla clay bricks. may also have been replaced. You may neighbouring houses. Wander the Polychromatic brickwork (where one or be able to see the outline of a different streets and take photographs so as to more different coloured bricks were shape traced into the layers ofpaint or remind you when rhe time comes to used to pick out features such as varnish underneath the existing one. begin restoration work. around windows and doors) is quite Use the same technique to see iflatches and locks have been removed from If rhe house is brick, check the walls for common in Melbourne, but examples window frames. evidence of attachments which are no in Sydney are few and far between, longer there. Often small pieces of which makes the loss of this beautiful Ifyour house has rendered internal timber were inserted into the mortar, facade even more lamentable. walls, shine a torch up the walls to see if and the fixture -- such as a gate, flywire Tradespeople often leave fragments of you can see any marks in the render door or awning -- was screwed into evidence lying about, so check in the that suggest the attachment of fixtures them. Different coloured bricks along roof cavity for evidence of a different such as picture rails, dados or taller the side of a house, or a change in roofing material. You may also be mantelpieces. Ifthere aren't fanlights roofline, suggest a later addition. surprised to find original ceilings above the doors, check in rhis light to see if they have been bricked up at Resist the temptation to change hidden beneath newer false ceilings, or some stage. Feel whether the architraves original exterior features, especially on a network ofold pipes indicating the are all the same depth. Older the front facade. Most people now positioning ofgas lights. architraves were deeper and sometimes know that replacing original windows Another place to look for former wider, even if the profile was almost with aluminium-framed ones lessens features is under the house or in the identical to the new one. the value of the house. The same rule garage or garden shed. Slates, glazed applies to any original feature. roofing tiles, doors and gates --even lf you haven't already lifted the carpet, pull up a corner to see what flooring By looking at neighbouring houses you marble mantelpieces - have often material is underneath. The edges of may be able to see whether your house been dismantled and ca.st aside in the timber floors in main rooms were often was originally rendered and has had its name of progress. While you' re outside, check rhe garden. If it's a little wild stained with 'black japan', so you may around the edges, the undergrowth need to pull away a sizeable area to may be hiding a missing terracotta reveal some unstained boards. Sand a finial, ridgecapping tile or chimney small area and wet it to help you pot. Even digging in the garden can identify the type of timber. reveal hidden treasures - though Sometimes, in an attempt to discover often beyond repair - such as what has been removed, there wiH be fragments ofslate steps, fireplace little to go on, but always resist the fenders, :,nd stained-glass panes. ternptation to add daint)' or quirky Take a razor blade to the interior wJlls, derail:; that 'Neren't pan of the original render removed (as was the fashion in but away the top layer bu:!ding. As with most things in life, it the seventies), or ,Nas an exarnr,1e of the of paint to reve

6 March/April 2000 Cleaning ·up Glebe, You and Your helping to Clean Up Australia Neighbour's Tree disappointingly small number of Glebe Society members turned up at the n Bulletin 5199, Council's most Clean Up Glebe Project Team's site in Talfourd Lane on Sunday March 5 as A recent Tree Preservation Order part of the nationwide Clean Up Australia Day. (There were three other sites in I (TPO) was outlined. ThisTPO is the suburb which is possibly the reason for the small turnout.) Although the much more specific and the penalties numbers ofvolunteers were slightly down right across Australia, the amount of more severe than those of the TPO it rubbish cleared from both land and waterways was still substantial. superseded. At that time, space The Clean Up Glebe team tackled the streets and back lanes between St Johns precluded us from publishing details Road and Marlborough Street, from Glebe Point Road down to Darghan Street. on this vexatious subject, which we As well as the 34 large bags of rubbish, three long rolls of carpet, a car engine and bring to you now. other assorted engine parts, several pieces of timber, a suitcase, clothing and about a dozen cardboard boxes were collected. Council is not able to grant approval The most numerous item of rubbish collected was plastic PET bottles, followed for the removal of a tree on your by glass bottles and paper. Ofcourse, these items are all recyclable (and collected neighbour's land - the tree owner by Council once a week). Small pieces ofplastic, polystyrene foam and the must give consent for pruning or cellophane wrappers from cigarette packets also accounted for a large amount of removal. Therefore anyone claiming the rubbish collected. to have good reason for seeking the There were a couple of areas which W1:re appallingly bad. The rear of the pruning or removal ofa tree within Commonwealth Bank resembled something from the back streets of the Bronx, land not their own should make a the area behind 'Thai on Wok' was worse than all the other Glebe Point Road direct approach to the landowner, restaurants put together, and the footpaths and gutters around the courthouse who, ifin agreement, must then seek and the police station were littered with hundreds of cigarette butts, prompting and obtain formal Council approval. one volunteer to go into the police station and make a complaint. The exception to this is if there are Thanks to those, both Glebe Society members and others, who helped to Clean dead or dangerous limbs, and these Up Glebe. We hope for a better tum-up next year! may be removed to the boundary without approval. However, the Jenna R.eed _5urns removal of dead or dangerous limbs Convenor, would still need to ensure the safety Clean Up Glebe and health of the tree. Project Team To gain approval, one needs to employ a qualified arborisr to assess if pruning is feasible. If so, it is necessary to approach your neighbour with the proposal and application form and request the signature of the tree owner. If this course of action has been demonsrrated and no agreement has been reached between the neighbour and the tree owner, Council will accept an application from the neighbour to prune only those branches that extend over the boundary and only if the tree is pruned ensuring its health and safety. Phillip Reed This work must be carried out by a [front L] with Glebe qualified arborist whose report is Point Road required to supply details of the resident, proposed pruning. N ick Leed.er[L] In such a case, Council will notify the en Clean Up owner of the tree trunk and allow a Glebe Day. submission fro m the owner before Jenna is Council determines the application. listing the car In all cases, amicable and prior engine wrapped. agreement between neighbours seems in carpet and highly desirable! dumped near Talfourd Lane C!::lnthia Jones

The Glebe Society Bulletin 7 Glebe: City Living with Why Local Country Spirit Government Boundaries? fter 25 years ofliving and working at Young, Cherry Capital of Australia - A Kathie as a TAFE teacher and myself as a lawyer - we were looking for a here has long been an ongoing seachange. Tadjustment of the boundaries We had both grown up in Sydney's at Burwood and Strathfield and oflocal government within the liked the area. I decided to relocate my family law practice to the Haymarket end greater Sydney region. On what of the city near the Family Court. Our priorities were to be within walking basis should the boundaries be distance of the office (something I had been able to do at Young), and hopefully drawn? somewhere near the water. We also wanted to be dose to restaurants, theatres and Glebe is a conservation area as the city life. Glebe seemed perfect. established in Leichhardt Local After many inspections we found an 80s unit set amongst the gum trees on the Environmental Plan 20 in 1984. edge ofBlackwattle Park with views across the bay to the city- it was ideal, but Such an area is one where the needed extensive renovations. distinctive historical and townscape qualities should be preserved. We moved in, July last year, with the new kitchen and bathroom complete but Development consent is required for otherwise in the midst of painters, electricians, carpet-layers and curtain-makers. demolition and for the carrying out Soon after arriving Kathie came across a street stall manned by members ofThe of both structural and non• Glebe Society. We were impressed with the newsletter, joined, and went along to structural work where the work will the AGM at Russell and Christine Stewart's home for what we thought was a be publicly visible. meeting, but found was also a social gathering. We were even greeted with a glass LEP20hasbanamendedanumber ofwine at the door - it seemed like we were back at Young. oftimes and can be changed in the Next was Glebe Week: at the pub crawl over two weekends and led by a local foture to alww the construction of identity, Gay Kalnins, we met many locals including five new friends who all high-rise or the use ofbuildings as lived within metres of us. Glebe Week was busy and we took advantage ofwhat professional offices or many other uses. was on offer: 'Villains & Magistrates' at the Court House with Max Solling, the Decisions by local governments are 'Almost Foreshores Walk' with Neil Macindoe, and 'Glebe Sporting Heras' at the made by the elected officials within Toxteth. the framework of state laws. Since then -- a public meeting on the planning for Blackwattle and Rozelle Bays, Residents within the municipal wine and cheese at Benledi, and even a tour of Rookwood Cemetery, again with boundaries elect councillors. Since Max Soiling. decisions are made on the views of One of the highlights on our social calendar was an evening at Margaretta Cottage the majority of councillors, those for the Glebe Music Festival. Kathie even made it to St Scholasticas for Mozart's regions where residents wish to Coronation Mass. And then the Glebe Street Fair. A week later jazz fans paid retain, for example, a local conser• $100 to listen to James Morrison at Centennial Park-we heard him in St John's vation area, would hope to be Road free ofcharge. grouped with other areas where the The year's end saw us at Christmas twilight drinks at historic Lyndhurst with an elected officials support this desire. address by radical activist, Jack Mundy. It all sounds very busy, but flicking \X'hy would one local government through the Glebe Society-newletters it seems we missed more functions then we area wish to annex a region of attended. another local government area? We thought we were trading the dose community spirit of our country town for Increasing the average resource base, the restaurants, theatres and attractions of city living. We were wrong- we got self-aggrandisement, asset stripping both. At Glebe we have found all the benefits of the dose-knit community spirit or the extension of social progress of a country town with the high life of one of the best cities in the world. may be the motivation. Joe L_ynch Ian Jones

8 March/April 2000 areas, in particular, Glebe f oint provided b_lj the late John K_oad. Council': paper on Jark.ing Hoddinott.) At rn~ desk Mana8cmcnt .Strategics is now to hand and is being studied in The Council tor the detail b.11 Jeanette Knox. She Order ot Australia ... reports that it specities The Society is seeking widespread communit.1:J consul• meets twice .11earl:1 to consider a new Convenor/s tor tation and it is anticipated that nominations ot an_lj Australian the E_nvironment Sub• citizen in recognition ot that the Societ.1:J will be one ot the person's service or communit.1:J_~roups providing inp_ut Committee as well as achievements. The Council to Council·s consultants on this the Conserving Glebe decides the level ot awards: matter. Heritage f roject Team. Alas, Christine Whittemore will • Companion in the Order shortl_lj be leaving tor an [AC) tor eminent extended visit to the UK where achievement in service to she will undertake further stud.11 Australia or to humanit_lj; Are you an lnnominata in the heritage tield. We all •Qfhccrin the Qrdcr[AQ) Choir atticionado? know the importance ot tor distinguished service Man.11 Giebe residents are monitoring the heritage/ to Australia or to familiar with the lnnominata environment ot Glebe, so it is humanit.1:J; Choir which participates vital to maintain continuit_lj. • A1cmbcr in the Qrdcr[AM] regularl.11 in the annual Glebe flease contact .[)ruce Davis or tor service in a particular Music festival. Choir Director, Liz Simpson-l)ooker it _LjOU tee! localit.1:J or tield ot activit.1:J David Russell, advises that it will _LjOU can contribute to this area orto a particular group; be giving an acap_pcf/a or know ot someone else who and · pertormance at St. can! • Medalof the Qrdcr[QAM] ~cholastica's Chapel on tor service worth.1:J ot Sunda_t;JApril 16 at).00pm, particular recognition. when falestrina's 5tabat Mater and l)ach's Jcsu Mcinc Frcudc To highlight the need The Order ot Australia will be featured. "Dcket sales at for improved public recognises outstanding or chapel door, $ 15/ $ 10; tor tra!1sport ... meritorious service and a intormation phone 9550.2737- Societ_lj members held two f\~anagement Committee Saturda_lj street stalls in member has brought this to our februar_L_J to distribute torm attention. An.11one who How to Report letters supporting the extension wishes to nominate a person ot the #)70 bus service (see p2). within the above categories Abandoned Cars ... ublic response was extremei_tJ Note the car's number plate (it f ma_lj obtain nomination torms positive and on both occasions still on the car), the registration b_!:j phoning the Honours the suppi_Lj ot letters was Secretariat's 24--hourto!l-tree date, the make, colour and, it exhausted. The letters have IB0o.552._275. possible, the model. King . service, been forwarded to Sandra Nori Council on 9 '.) 67.9 222 and sa_lj as an indication ot public feeling that _t:JOLJ wish to reeort an abandoned car; a Council and to support herrursuit ot Our Treasurer ne~ds these extensions o bus Ranger will check the status ot services. .'.:lour help! the car with police and, it As with stalls held in 19 9 9, the Alan hopes that a willing, appropriate, will Et a notice on exercise wasvaluable in raising possibl.11 retired,.book-keeper the windscreen. l he cost ot the visibilit_tJ ot the Societ_lj. or accountant can help him removal is not at ratepa_tjers' Stall staHers were Alison write up the Societ.11's books expense - the salvager pa_t:Js tor McKeown, Christine tor a tew hours on a monthl.11 removal and is then able to use Whittemore, Jeanette Knox basis. It _LjOU can assist, please the car as a source ot spare and Neil Macindoe, who all tee! call him on 9 6 60.24-07- parts. The onl_lj cost to us is stalls should continue the temporar_lj loss ot a parking throughout 200Q. An issue space. As Council is anxious such as the bus service is a Regarding farking .... to have these obstructions usetul attention attractant! Members will have seen removed as soon as possible a I ' reports in the local press notice will otten be on the car on about Council's proposals to the same da::J as it is reported. c.J. install parking meters in some [This information was original!::) The Glebe Society Bulletin 9 Notice Board .------., Library Events in April The Glebe Municipal Library Oral Histories of Sport in Glebe cnr. W igrain & Glebe Point Rds. Come along and share your sporting experiences is open as follows: with others. Monday & Wednesday Monday April 3, 6-8pm 9.30 am - 8.00 pm Details from Margaret Penson 9367 9266 Tuesday, Thimday & Friday 9.30 am - 5.30 pm Friends of Benledi & Glebe Library The Games People Play - a talk by Max So/ling Saturday9.00 am-12 noon Thursday April 6, 7. 30pm Phone: 9367. 9262 $7.50 includes light refreshments Fax: 9518.9483 9660 7430 The Local Histoiy Collection These two events form part of The Nc1tional Trust's Heritage includes books, maps, newspaper Festival, see Bulletin 1/2000 cuttings, Council publications, etc. relating to the Leichhardt .. ______Municipality. .. Easter storytime for preschoolers Tuesday April 18, 11.00am Easter storytime for school children Thursday 20 April 4. 00pm GLEBE PRECINCT MEETINGS Precinct 12 Disclaimer Deadline Forest Lodge: Copy for the next issue of the Anthony Nicholson Bulletin is 9660.4393 Views expressed in this Tuesday April 11, 2000 Bulktin Please send to PO Box 100 Glebe Precinct 13 are not necessarily or Glebe Point: those of 32 Lombard Street, Glebe Christine Newton The_Glebe Society Inc. [email protected] 9660.8349 Combined Meeting Precincts 12 & 13 Toxteth Hotel Meeting Joining The Glebe Society? Room 1st Wednesday each Ordinary-- $30.00 month 7.00 pm Additional Householder - $ 5.00 Con~ions: Precinct 14 - Glebe: Student/Pensioner -• $15.00 Peter Wright Institution - $30.00 9566.2018 Last Monday Write to PO Box 100 Glebe 2037 each month at Ifyou have a matter that you would like to discuss with the Management Mitchell Street Committee, please ring the Secretary, Liz Simpson-Booker on 9518.6186 Community Hall 7.30pm and arrange to come to a meeting.

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