Society supports residents on About the online Glebe Society Bulletin ... super yacht marina expansion How to view the online Bulletin In this issue ... The Glebe Society has strongly supported The pages of the online Bulletin are almost identical to the local residents who have demanded major Click on the headings below to jump to the item The disappearing printed version except for the use of colour. changes to Superyacht Marina’s You can use the index (In this issue) on this page to jump Society supports residents on super yacht 1 proposal in Rozelle Bay. (See the Glebe Task Force report marina expansion 1 to individual stories, or you can scroll through the edition 1 Society’s submission on website http:// Sadly this is yet another non-report on the using the scroll wheel on your mouse, or the page-up/ The disappearing Task Force report 1 glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?p=6063.) outcomes of the bays Precinct Task Force. page-down keys on your keyboard. To return to the index, 2 The proposal, while amended somewhat ‘Ed the ed’ retires after 10 years at the helm 2 It was submitted to the Minister at the end click on the blue triangle at the bottom of any page. The 3 from the original version, still has aspects of July to meet the very tight timeframe set online Bulletin also has links that take you to wbesites or Better Planning Network 2 which are in conlict with key planning by Government. The Minister reconvened email addresses when you click on them. The layout is 4 principles consistently supported by the President’s Page 3 the Task Force for one meeting in August to optimised for wide screen monitors so you can read two 5 community and inconsistent with the exist- discuss the report and reveal that a decision pages together. Help us communicate 3 ing maritime activity zoning of the Bay. 6 had been taken to use Glebe Island as a It seems to be a clear example of private From the Terraces 4 temporary site for ongoing activities while Do you have some pictures of Glebe 7 beneit overriding public good. Darling Harbour Convention and Entertain- that others should see? Planning Matters 5 8 In its submission, the Society states: ment Centre is redeveloped. The Minister Do you have some digital images that you believes others Parklands workshop 5 8 We agree with the main objections put forward assured the Task Force of his interest in the would be interested in? If so, email editor@glebesociety. Bernard Smith honoured 6 by these Glebe residents that: report and indicated it would go to Cabi- org.au, and we’ll assess them for a centre page spread in 8 net for government consideration. In the 1. The proposal and the Environmental the Society’s online Bulletin. The end of the Mixing Pot? 7 meantime Task Force members were asked 9 Assessment Report fail to take account of Late night opening for Glebe Library in 2013 7 the very significant impact of the proposed to maintain conidentiality in relation to the 9 recommendations of the Task Force Report. Membership of the Glebe Society A Christmas Carol performance 7 development on the local residents and the 9 Individual member $45 multitude of people who use the parkland and Both Jane Marceau and I have observed Who Lived in Your Street 8 10/2012 November/December Joint (2 people, one address) $55 10 bay walk opposite the proposed development. that conidentiality and have not distributed The Glebe Street Fair 2012 9 Household (more than 2 adults and/or 10 the Report or discussed its recommenda- children, one address) $60 Concert in St John’s church 9 tions in any detail. As far as I know, both Concession (student or pensioner) $20 10 the and Leichhardt Coun- Friends of Centipede launch 10 Institution or corporate $110 10 cils have also not distributed the report. Glebe Society events 11 Download a membership form from our website Glebe Society events 11 However this situation is increasingly (www.glebesociety.org.au, click on Membership > 23rd annual Glebe Music Festival frustrating. There has been no feedback of News and Notes 12 New membership), write to the Secretary at PO Win NYE tickets in our Christmas rafle any kind from Government; we are not able For Cockatooyour diary Island tour report 13 to brief our community groups adequately Box 100, Glebe, 2037, or email secretary@glebesoci- Artist’s impression of the redeveloped super Christmas party features Spanish food on possible outcomes – good or bad – from ety.org.au. Contacting the Glebe Society and directory 13 yacht marina. News and Notes 12 the Report, and meanwhile one-off devel- If you have a matter that you would like to discuss Society Bulletin 2. The impact of noise from the proposed opment decisions continue without any For your diary 13 with the Management Committee, please contact the development is untenable but has not been weight being given to community sup- IETY • INC Secretary. Contacting the Glebe Society and directory 13 C adequately considered. ported planning principles and priorities for O 3. The consultation process has been the Bays Precinct that were presented to the

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GL THE E Manager-Neighbourhood Services Centre: Glebe, • Community Reference Group. 4. The proposal and the design are not ‘fit for Forest Lodge, Camperdown, Ultimo & Pyrmont, Nick We are forced to react to these decisions purpose’ and are not consistent with the Master Hespe. Plan and the Sydney Regional Environmental as they emerge without the beneit of any strategic overview for the bays future uses Office: Glebe Library 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. Plan’s (SREP No. 26) main criteria for commercial maritime usage. – despite years of discussion. Phone: 9298 3191. - Lesley Lynch Email: [email protected] Meanwhile, in Blackwattle Bay the DA for the B1 and B2 foreshore sites adjoining Sydney City Council Customer Service the Fish Market in is in active develop- What’s coming soon Telephone (24 hours): 9265 9333 ment. The future location of the Hanson’s Email: [email protected] concrete batching activity, currently in Friday 7 December, 7-9pm – Christmas Party and Raffle at St Website: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au Blackwattle Bay, is under discussion with considerable implications for future pos- Barnabas (upper storey). See p11. Dumped Shopping trolleys: Trolley sibilities – and major implications - for Saturday 8 December, 1.30-3pm Tracker 1800 641 497 residents living on White Bay as well as – Parks workshop, St Scholastica’s

Harold Park: Mirvac hotline for residents 9080 8588 SSN 1836-599X the Blackwattle Bay. I Glebe College, Avenue Road, Glebe. See p5. - Lesley Lynch

A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY INC PO Box 100 GLEBE 2037 www.glebesociety.org.au ‘Ed the ed’ retires after 10 years at the helm President’s Page At the Glebe Society’s 2002 Christ- committee Convenors have provided The change gives a great opportuni- mas Party, Bruce Davis took me detailed monthly and annual reports, ty to take advantage of new tech- sent from the Legislative Assembly aside and offered me the position which form a valuable archive of the nology to reduce the manual effort Bernard Smith of Bulletin Editor. Bruce was the Glebe Society’s history and activi- and time needed by simplifying the it would have nulliied Development Controls of Councils, which are pre- Glebe Society Treasurer, as well as ties. layout. So expect a Bulletin with a symposium pared after community engagement. Bulletin Editor. I had been Editor in very different appearance next for Other people are unsung heroes. As Planning Matters explains, the the 1980s, in the ‘cut and stick’ era. the next issue, 1/2013 in February. The University of Sydney organised Bobbie Burke has designed dozens EPA Amendment Act was amelio- Now I would have to learn desktop I look forward to receiving it. a symposium in honour of Professor of lyers. Over the years, the late rated due to very rapid community publishing, but I had been retired for Bernard Smith’s work and invited - Edwina Doe response. a few months and had enough spare members of the Glebe Society to time. the Friday evening speech by Max The Society made submissions Better Planning Solling and conversation over drinks on the NSW Draft Long Term Bruce taught me to use PageMaker and supper. When I looked around Transport Plan and the report from and Photoshop, and has continued Network the room and saw past Presidents Infrastructure NSW. In the main to act as Layout and Pictorial Editor, A new group, the Inner City Better remembering signiicant campaigns John Gray. Photo: Di Gray we support the Transport Plan but even when he and Dorothy were Planning Network (BPN), held a I felt like a boy cricketer at nets note that aspects of Infrastructure living in Paris. Of the 100 Bulletins very well-attended open community practice with the First Grade. It He tells me that prior to this he slept will preclude implementing it and from 1/2003 to 10/2012, Bruce has meeting on 23 October at Redfern struck me how much the Society has rough in places like Belmore Park the City of Sydney’s Connecting edited about three or four, when I Town Hall. achieved and how vital it is that we and during winter on the Lithgow our City plan which the Society has was on holiday. He prints all the capture stories of these campaigns. train. He now rents in Glebe. Buy endorsed. address labels, too. The Better Planning Network I met the Smith family and was able several copies of the Big Issue from was established in response to the The Society wrote to the Plan- There have been many contribu- to convey the respect of all of us to James and give them as gifts. changes proposed in the long-antici- ning Assessment Commission and tors to these 100 Bulletins. Neil pated state government Green paper this man’s achievements and to tell Centipede looks after kids before objected to the proposed super yacht Macindoe’s Planning Matters have Edwina Doe. Photo: Bruce A New Planning System for New them that the City of Sydney has and after School, gives them a feed, marina and entertainment premises appeared in almost every issue. Davis South Wales. The BPN is supported agreed to name a Glebe lane after helps with homework, provides in Rozelle Bay. We deplored the Liz Simpson-Booker’s From the Cynthia Jones, Ian Edwards and cur- by over 50* groups across the state. him. activities. You can give someone piecemeal development of our bays Terraces appeared for many years In addition to the Glebe Society, the rently Martin Lawrence have been Unfortunately the Symposium was membership of Friends of Centipede in the absence of sensitive strategic and have reappeared recently. Lyn groups supporting the forum include diligent proofreaders. The mail out arranged by the University on the or convince a corporation to become planning. Collingwood has researched and 2011 Residents’ Association Inc, team changes, but there is always a same night as the opening of the a Friend. See http://www.centipede. written dozens of Who Lived in Your Alexandria Residents Action Group, I wrote to the Premier and reminded venue and enough people to label Glebe Music Festival. This clash org.au/friends-of-centipede.html Street articles, several of which Chippendale Residents Interest him that the Bays Precinct Task and tape the Bulletins. My thanks to meant that several people missed jogged readers’ memories. The Group, Darlinghurst Residents Ac- Give membership of the Glebe Force had been formed to achieve you all. one or the other function. ideafor Who Lived in Your Street tion Group, Friends of Erskineville, Society. strategic planning for our bays; that stories was suggested by John Gray, I left the Bulletin layout basically REDWATCH and Pyrmont Action the community had participated in who offered a prize for the best one unchanged, but have made a few Inc. Retiring Editor Resolution list consultations and was dismayed that published in 2004. Lyn won the subtle changes over the years. There the report which was submitted in This is the inal Bulletin for the year prize that year. Presidents and Sub- is now an International Standard Se- The BPN has outlined a multi- • Volunteer for one small task with August has not yet been released. rial Number (ISSN 1836-599X) on pronged campaign (which the Glebe and it is particularly signiicant as the Glebe Society. the front page. ‘Established 1969’ Society has been promoting) as well it is the last for our Editor, Edwina Bulletin Editors as preparing detailed submissions Doe, Ed the Ed. Maybe in the last • Be alert but not alarmed. When appears on the inside back page. Sydney dozes during summer, all on the Green paper and anticipating edition of a decade of her Bulletins Bobbie Burke (1998-2001) Members were offered the choice manner of announcements and calls the need to take action following the our Editor will let me slip in some Bruce Davis (2002) of receiving Bulletins by email or for public comment are made. Email Help us communicate publication of a White Paper early doggerel. Edwina Doe (1983-5, 1988, 2003- snail mail, although very few chose [email protected] 2012) As our retiring Bulletin Editor points the email version. At the beginning in the new year. No more writers for me to preen Gwen Geschmay (1986-7) • Propose one idea to make Glebe out on p.2, a Communications of this year, pictures in colour were You can ind out more on the BPN No poor grammar for me to screen and the Glebe Society better. Working Group has been formed Merle Larcombe (1980-1) introduced in the Website and email website http://betterplanningnet- Jeremy Long (1989-93) versions of the Bulletin. No layout blues, no deadline to review and, where appropriate, work.good.do/ schmooze revamp the way the Society Jan Macindoe (1981-2, 1993-7) Last year, I decided that a decade is Glebe Matters Ted McKeown (1973-4) - Jan Wilson and Mairéad Browne Oh wouldn’t it be loverly. communicates. long enough for the editor and for On behalf of the Society I wrote to David Reeve (1977-8) Thanks Edwina. the Glebe Society. At the end of this * The number is growing. On 26 every Member of Parliament in the Its scope includes not only the Joey Rowden (1975-6) year, I am pleased to hand over to November the BPN website said NSW Legislative Council, ask- Bulletin, but also the website and Eric Sandblom (1979) other forms of mass communication. our new Editor, Virginia Simpson- ‘We currently have over 100 com- Gift List ing them to reject or signiicantly Virginia Simpson-Young (2013- ) Young, who will be supported by the If you would like to help email munity groups formally afiliated James has been selling the Big Issue review the Environment Planning Belinda Weaver (1983) other members of the newly formed with us, and more are joining us [email protected] for more in Glebe for almost twelve years. Act Amendment Act. If passed as Vernon Winley (1971-3) Communications Working Group. every day’. information.

Go to 2 Glebe Society Bulletin Go to November/December 2012 3 Go to index index index From the Terraces Planning Matters

Toxteth Hotel portunistic developers lobbied for There is already room for some Celebrating Sandstone an immediate change. lexibility to consider alternatives One of my great-grandfathers was a Glebe has its own more modest but visually tranquil sections of Par- The hotel asked for a review of the that meet the objectives of the DCP. This came to the Legislative As- stonemason who reputedly worked notable sandstone buildings. These ramatta Road. City’s decision to refuse outdoor This includes Heritage DCPs. sembly on Thursday 8 November, on the Farm Cove seawall and St include, inter alia, St John,s Bish- seating. The City reafirmed its Ross Street trafic also whizzes past in the form of an amendment to the So we can all breathe a sigh of Andrews Cathedral. In perhaps opthorpe, the former Presbyterian refusal. the sandstone retaining walls at its Act that would enable developers to relief! However, it is a salutary re- what could be described as ecu- Church (aka The Abbey), Toxteth intersection with Bridge Road. It ignore council Development Control minder of how strong the developer menical even-handedness, family Lodge, Margaretta Cottage and Defend the Defender is only when stopped at a red light, Plans. These are the plans that give lobby can be, and how carefully legend has it that his brother, also Leichhardt Lodge. When next you that an opportunity affords to admire The NSW Cabinet is currently con- the detail of each area, and lay down we need to monitor the actions of a stonemason, worked on St Marys ind yourself on foot in Cook Street, the sheer enormity of the physical sidering reducing the funding for the rules to protect the environment, the Government. We now need to Cathedral. For immigrant masons, pause a moment to admire the enterprise involved in the building Environmental Defender’s Ofice, resident amenity and heritage. For concentrate on the next step, which there was certainly plenty of work beautiful walls of the original stables of such structures: the extraction of which provides legal support for example, how close you can build is the preparation of a White Paper during the building booms of the behind the latter two buildings. the blocks, the transportation, the citizens concerned about the impact to your neighbour, and how your on which new planning laws will 1830s, 1850s and 1880s. However, walking handiwork of the of development on the environ- privacy must be protected, are all in be based. Fortunately there seems The artisanal hierarchy of stone- anywhere in Glebe masons in rusticat- ment. The Society has written to the these DCPs. to be broad agreement between masons begins with rubble masons, one is conscious of ing the stone, the relevant ministers asking for at least The Government forced the Amend- resident groups and some inluential then rises to bencher masons (from the enormous con- positioning, the the current level of funding to be councils about the need to retain ment through the Assembly late on Fr. banque meaning table, upon tribution sandstone colour and texture maintained. the rights of residents to participate the Thursday evening. We were which they worked), ixer masons makes as an adjunct of the sandstone and in decision making and to object to Back from the Brink alerted at once by the Better Plan- and, at the peak of their craft, carv- building material in the way light falls ning Network, an alliance of ninety inappropriate proposals. ers and sculptors. the form of founda- on the surfaces at Planning issues are often dificult resident groups the Society joined tions or footings, pil- different times of - Neil Macindoe The embellishments created by for members to understand. The in September to ensure the Govern- lars, plinths, fences, fountains, gate- the day. Today, similar retaining these master masons grace many of story below is an attempt to explain ment considered residents’ views. posts, steps, decorative friezes and walls would, doubtless, be built of Parklands workshop the honey-hued sandstone buildings how a recent near disaster has been It was clear that if the Amendment footpath curbs. Sandstone, both in concrete blocks: mechanically repli- A community workshop to report that deine Sydney’s city centre. averted. passed the Upper House (Legisla- situ and as a built form (eg, walls and cated, grey and soul-less. on Sydney City Council’s plans The GPO, the QVB and the Lands The new NSW Government has tive Council) it would become law, retaining walls) also can be found in for Glebe’s parklands will be held Department buildings, for example, It has been suggested that, for to compete with the resource-rich and protection for residents would many of Glebe’s parks. Foley Park at St Scholastica’s College, 2-4 spring immediately to mind but the Sydneysiders, sandstone gives us states of Western and be seriously undermined. can now boast both old and newly- Avenue Road, Glebe on Saturday, city is replete with examples. a sense of place in a way in which Queensland for investment. De- quarried sandstone as a result of the Members of the Network sprang 8 December 2012 from 1.30pm to glass, concrete and steel never can, velopment in NSW, especially in recent upgrade. into action. The Society wrote to 3pm. (Gary Deirmendjian, Sydney Sand- the largest sector, the construction all Members of the Upper House, The Council is creating a long- Glebe’s undulating topogra- stone, Craftsman House, 2002). industry, is in the doldrums. Devel- and the President and I met with the term plan for the parklands around phy has also necessitated, in opers are lobbying the new govern- May I suggest, Gentle Reader, that leader of the Greens, David Shoe- Johnstons Creek. The plan will some places, the building of as you walk Glebe to counter the ment to make development approv- bridge, on Monday, 12 November. help link Bicentennial and Federal retaining walls, the largest effects of the festive season, you als easier. The actions of the Lord Mayor, Clo- parks near the Glebe foreshore with and most striking of which might indulge in your own bit of Broadly, there are two types of ver Moore, and her planners seem future open spaces at The Crescent forms a major portion of sandstone spotting. developers. One type, probably the to have been particularly effective, in Annandale, ‘The Hill’ near the Glebe’s southern boundary. majority, simply want the outcomes pointing out how the DCPs relected Federal Park light-rail station and This heritage-listed retaining - Liz Simpson-Booker of their proposals to be faster and and extended the objectives of the the new parklands and community wall, topped by a palisade more predictable. The other type CityPlan, and the extent of commu- space that will be part of Harold fence between the Chapman Park. are more opportunistic, and want nity consultation and research that Steps near Ross Street and to challenge the rules of councils to underpinned them. Announcing the workshop, the Lord the Footbridge, was built in Mayor, Cr Clover Moore, said ‘We th enable them to develop more proit- As a result the Amendment was the latter part of the 19 cen- consulted with the local community ably. changed on 16 November to give tury, after Parramatta Road on how you use these parks… We was realigned. Despite the The Government issued a Green weight to DCPs, and the onus is no are now ready to report back on this thousands of vehicles which Paper for discussion proposing longer on councils to justify their consultation and present strategies whiz past it every day, these controversial changes to the existing plans, provided their rules support and options which will help inform tiers of rusticated sandstone legislation. The response of the So- their objectives. This is currently the draft master plan.’ contribute to one of the more ciety is on the website. The changes the case with all City DCPs. Where For further information browse are fundamental and would require council DCPs are properly sup- Photos taken at St John’s to http://sydneyyoursay.com.au/ years to implement. The more op- ported there should be little change. Church by Phil Young johnstons-creek-parklands.

Go to 4 Glebe Society Bulletin Go to November/December 2012 5 Go to index index index ... continued from previous page (+GST), and the auctioneer almost legislative protection for Glebe as laughed. Eventually the same bid- Bernard Smith honoured part of safeguarding ‘a future and der said $1.3m. Then there was more civilised Australia’, and their a private dicussion and a $1.4m Bernard Smith Max Solling’s talk when Glebe lost its municipal iden- book gathered together hard evi- vendor bid and that was the end of Dear Editor tity and came within the enlarged dence for the National Trust to list proceedings for now. It all seemed Congratulations and thanks to the remembered at Here is an extract from the talk boundaries of the City Council, its Glebe as a Conservation Area in very sad. The premises alone were small group of members who con- Bernard Smith as Activist that Max municipal records fared badly. Most 1974. The idea of a historic build- surely worth more than $1.4m. sidered ways of supporting Centi- ‘wake’ Solling gave at the ‘wake’ . The full of its correspondence was destroyed ing, one to be restored so far as pos- Houses in Glebe pretty much start at pede, the out-of-school-hours care $1 million each. More than twenty Glebe Society text is published on the Glebe Soci- and other records ended up in di- sible to its original state and shored program at Glebe Public School, members, several of notable vintage, ety Website, at http://glebesociety. verse locations. The minute books up against the ravages of time, is a - Edwina Doe and who came up with the great idea joined others from the University org.au/wordpress/?p=350. later went from Glebe to Leichhardt, comparatively recent concept. The of setting up Friends of Centipede. its rate books, crucial for dating of Sydney’s Symposium on the life ... On a number of occasions irst piece of Australian legislation local houses, were located unkempt Late night opening The launch at the Glebe Rowing and work of Bernard Smith at the I walked with Bernard around was Victoria’s Historic Buildings in the bowels of Sydney Town Hall, Club on Friday 2 November was celebratory wake held on the upper Glebe’s streets, often on Saturday Act 1974 and in 1977 NSW passed and a submission was made for their for Glebe Library a great success in every way – the level of the Toxteth Hotel on Friday afternoons, engaging in discussion the Heritage Act. ... transfer to the then Archives Of- donated artworks, the good food 9 November. as to how and when development in 2013 and wine assisting the success of the ice of NSW. Photographs of Glebe See also Bulletin 8/2011, took place from neighbourhood to We reminisced over drinks and nib- aldermen were recovered from a p.4-5, for Max Solling’s arti- In December 2011, COGG (Coa- auction, and the energy and enthusi- neighbourhood, and anomalies on bles, and were taken back to the ‘old disused Darlington air raid shelter. cle Kate and Bernard Smith. lition of Glebe Groups) wrote asm of the room boosting our sense the landscape. After soaking up the days’ by Max Solling’s talk about Once these sources were tracked to Monica Barone CEO, City of of the community that is Glebe. built environment and an immediate Bernard and the early days of the down, other complementary re- Sydney about the possibility of Late I know that fundraising is needed to sense of the past, Bernard’s acute Glebe Society. The idea of a meet- search materials - Sands’ directories, The end of the Night Opening for Glebe Library. keep Centipede viable, but I’m hop- original thinking was on display, Consistent with the City of Sydney’s ing in a pub was a novelty for the Sydney Subdivision boxes, tenders, ing the Friends will be asked to do open to ideas and possibilities, able Mixing Pot? policy of making Libraries open and academic organisers of the seminar, land titles and a miscellaneous col- more than that. to make complex connections. Our accessible, there are plans to extend but it was endorsed as a rousing lection of plans - were evaluated - Bobbie Burke conversations ranged across a broad There was a lyer in my mail box re the program to all branches. City of success. in the quest for accuracy in house cently announcing an on-site auction spectrum with Bernard’s intellec- Sydney is intending to open Glebe dating. Kate worked through the at 11am on Saturday 24 November We took the opportunity to present tual vigour and insights opening up library in July 2013 for a series of Charles Dickens’ Glebe rate books in a systematic at 178-180 St Johns Road Glebe. Kate Challis, Kate and Bernard new ways of looking at things; few night events. This concept adds way, illing her notebooks with data, When I Googled the address, I real- Smith’s granddaughter, with a copy thought Glebe had anything worth value to safety and vibrancy for A Christmas Carol painstaking labour meticulously ised it was for the Mixing Pot. of Max’s book on the history of writing about, but we did, and it was people on the streets and supporting recorded in the footnotes and printed 18-23 December 2012 at 7pm and Glebe, Grandeur and Grit, signed great to share my enthusiasms with For many years this was an iconic local restaurants. To support this sources. 22-23 December at 3pm. by the author, which she was de- kindred spirits. Italian restaurant, and was the place concept, hours of opening would be lighted to receive. Bernard wrote the text of the Glebe where tiramisu was introduced to later to allow people to dine before $10 preview Monday 17 December Bernard later urged a broader base book in close collaboration with Australia. The Thirsty Thursday going to the Library. at 7pm (door sales only). John Dengate concluded the evening for local history to develop - an his- Kate, locating buildings in a tax- group had dinner there on 6 Septem- with a rousing rendition of a good torical society, a local history jour- Given the location of Glebe Library The return of Players in the Pub’s onomy of styles - colonial Geor- ber and it was a disaster - extremely old activist song. nal, photographers to create a visual and its limited space, it is intended most popular show in the historic gian, Regency, Victorian Gothic, slow service and disappointing food. to use the outdoor area and the front stone chapel at Newington College Vale Bernard. You won’t be forgot- inventory, a museum for local an- ltalianate and the notion of a ifth room of Benledi House and the Stanmore, where there’s plenty of ten. tiquities, archaeological digs and so Now there is a notice in the win- style, Federation, which he prom- library space where possible. The parking in the school grounds. on. The irst issue of the Leichhardt dow: ‘These premises have been - Jeanette Knox ulgated, lourished in the country City’s research indicates that the Historical Journal in 1971 was vacated be law. Trespasses (sic) will Bookings: 1300 347 205 or newthe- immediately before the federation majority of users are people aged 50 greeted enthusiasti- be prosecuted’. The place probably atre.org.au. All tickets $15; door of colonies. Their plus, and mothers with small chil- cally by the Smiths. closed soon after our visit. sales cash only. Architectural Character of Glebe, dren. Hence, there is a very large An unformed collec- - Lyn Collingwood published in 1973, was a seminal I went to the auction. The restaurant number of people in between who tion of materials was work tracing the stylistic evolu- was like the Marie Celeste. There do not access the Library. There has being welded in the tion of the Australian terrace. But were white cloths and upside down been early discussion with City of crucible of Ber- the work did more than deine and wine glasses on the table, and knives Sydney staff to explore the type of nard’s fertile mind defend the architectural fabric of and forks in the cutlery box, waiting events and hours of opening. where the idea of an Glebe. The book’s introduction was to be set out. There will be further consultation architectural history a polemical defence of a threatened with Glebe community to assess was taking shape I was expecting a crowd, but apart inner-city neighbourhood, a form interests and type of events. Your and I was happy they from the Real Estate people, there of consciousness-raising, designed comments and feedback would be found my Glebe the- were about ten adults and several to show us the rich heritage we had appreciated. sis of some value for children. The sale was for the two but taken for granted. They urged - Jan Wilson their planned book. cottages on separate title but in one Alan Faulkner as Scrooge and Max Some of the crowd at Bernard’s ‘wake’. Photo: David [email protected] Collingwood as Tiny Tim. Continued on next page ... line. The bidding opened at $1.2m Browne At the end of 1948, Chair COGG Photo: Patricia Baillie

Go to 6 Glebe Society Bulletin Go to November/December 2012 7 Go to index index index Who lived in your street? The Glebe Street Fair

The article on the Glebe Estate in the last Bulletin reminded Lyn Collingwood of the history of one of its In case you missed it (impossible The Glebe Society hosted a ‘Glebe Dr Charlie Teo to help fund ad- buildings, 55 Westmoreland Street. if you were anywhere near Glebe Community Stall’ with participation vancements in the search for a cure on the day!), the 29th Glebe Street from Glebe Youth Services, Glebe for brain cancer, hosted a Tug of John (ca 1830-82) and Mary (ca 1837-97) Mullavey Fair was on Sunday 18 November. Community Development Project, War between the NSW Firies and The exterior of the freestanding for auction by Hardie and Gorman. This is a non-proit event run by the Glebe Schools as Community Care citizens (helped out by some of the dwelling at 55 Westmoreland Street Advertised as admirably suited to Glebe Chamber of Commerce and and 2RPH (the local radio read- Wests Tigers). This was a best-of- has been little altered since it ceased any business ‘requiring good yard this year, for the irst time, organised ing network for people with print three competition which the citizens functioning as a hotel in 1906. John accommodation’, it was sold in May by The Corporate Butterly. disability). The people at the stall won 2-1, though given the sheer distributed information about the size and power of the Firies, this Mullavey opened the Toxteth Park 1907. It was an extremely successful day Hotel in 1873, its licence and the local groups and programs. The did seem to have been due to the The large yard, stables and rear with around 100,000 people walk- leasehold of the building passing in stall had concrete actions to raise kindness of the Firies rather than the lane access were ideal for horse ing along a crowded Glebe Point 1882 to his widow who ran the pub awareness in the community on two strength of the citizens. dealer George Charlton who moved Road to peruse more than 250 stalls, until her own death 15 years later. watch the stage and street perform- speciic issues: the changes to the Volunteers from the Glebe commu- from 112 Glebe Road to the now NSW state planning laws to reduce ers and participate in the games at nity helped out on the day includ- John Mullavey (sometimes spelt unlicensed premises with his wife community say in development various locations down Glebe Point ing welcoming stall holders with a ‘Mulavey’ or ‘Malavey’) was pub- Winifred and children Harriet Alice, proposals and the proposed super Road. Main stages were operating smiling face at 6am (not easy) and lican of the University Hotel (now 55 Westmoreland Street Glebe. George junior and William Henry, yacht marina developments that will at Parramatta Road and St Johns walking the streets providing infor- University Hall) at the junction of Photo: Phil Young the sons both horse cab drivers. have negative effects on the amenity Road, games and activities for kids mation to lost visitors. Tommy’s Parramatta and Glebe Point roads George senior (who sometimes of the foreshore parks and the lives parish, County Cavan. John, James were held at Glebe Public School Beer Café provided free pig rolls from 1870 to 1872. He also owned used the fuller surname Charlton de of nearby residents (see elsewhere and Mary Mullavey were buried in and many activities like pony rides, and straight-from-the-oven pretzels the Honest Irishman and the Gul- Saintonge, claiming lineage through in this Bulletin for more on each of Petersham cemetery attached to St zumba dancing and tai chi were held for the volunteers. gong in Waterloo. Despite police Eliza Collingwood, a cousin of the these). The stall also promoted the Thomas’s church, a favoured resting in Foley Park. The atmosphere was objections that there were already Lord Admiral, who had married the Glebe Walks initiative with many Next year will be the 30th street fair place for Sydney people of Irish colourful and electric with a real enough pubs in the neighbourhood, Count De Saintonge) died in 1915 visitors and new arrivals in Glebe so expect a big one. We are likely descent. festival atmosphere permeating the Mullavey was granted a publican’s and his wife in 1921, but members speciically approaching the stall to to have a bigger street volunteer After Mary’s death the Toxteth Park main street of Glebe. licence for the Westmoreland Street of the Charlton family were still in ind out more about these. The stall presence so keep your eyes out for property in an area increasing in Hotel was put up for auction togeth- residence at 55 Westmoreland Street Many local businesses participated had a very steady stream of inter- the request for volunteers in the housing density. er with land she owned at Granville. at the time of William’s death in with stalls out the front of their ested residents and visitors and there months before. If you want to get The Glebe property, with a frontage 1937. Twenty seven years earlier your name down now for it, email Mullavey’s property was valued at shops and many of the local restau- was not a dull moment. of 40 feet and a depth of 120 feet, ‘Bill’ had survived a spectacular rants seemed to be full with visitors [email protected]. £665 at the time of his death at the The Cure For Life Foundation, included the slate-roofed ten-room accident when his horse bolted from to the fair. age of 52 on 8 July 1882. He left which was started by neurosurgeon - Bill Simpson-Young main building with bathroom and a Martin Place cab rank and charged a widow Mary and 13-year old son kitchen, detached washhouse, three towards Circular Quay, knocking James. Mary died aged 60 on 19 horse stalls and a coach house. On May 1897, her only child having over lower stalls and colliding Concert in St John’s the Westmoreland Lane border was with a light pole, and dragging its predeceased her at age 20. James a four-room cottage (dating from driver over Pitt Street’s wooden road Church died at home on 12 May 1889, a 1874) which had been separately blocks. As a part of the Glebe Street Fair on day after returning from Albury rented out. Mary’s nephew Thomas - Lyn Collingwood 18 November, we had the opportu- where he may have been visit- O’Shaughnessy lived on the prem- Sources: nity to meet a real live composer at ing his cousins. His mother, who ises in 1898 and George Burton the concert in St John’s Church. placed a newspaper advertisement the next year. John Manning, a 1891 census in an attempt to make contact with long-term resident of the hotel, was Dictionary of Sydney website George Palmer is a former NSW Su- the ‘delicate’ young man’s fellow its licensee from 1900 until 1905. NSW birth, death, marriage registry preme Court judge turned composer. train traveller, expressed her grief in Benjamin Long, Mrs Clara Simpson NSW cemetery records He wrote a piece called Black, White memorial verses: ‘My son is gone, and a little Blue, a sonata for clari- and Robert Clisdell then briely held NSW electoral rolls I saw him go/I stood and heard him licences. In 1906 plans for altera- net and piano, as a wedding present Sands Directories speak/And when I heard his dying tions and additions were drawn up for his young friends, clarinettist words/I thought my heart would by architect E S Garton (to whom Sydney Morning Herald various is- David Rowden and pianist Maria break’. sues including 12.2.1873, 1.3.1873, Australia’s irst female architect Raspopova, who performed the 29.3.1873, 26.7.1873, 21.10.1873, work. Like several other Glebe hotelkeep- Florence Taylor had been articled) 8.4.1874, 9.7.1882, 10.8.1882, ers, John and Mary Mullavey were but in November that year, follow- 14.3.1885, 19.9.1888, 16.5.1889, The concert also included a clarinet Irish-born and Roman Catholic. ing the liquidation of the Austral- 15.11.1889, 16.10.1897, 21.5.1903, sonata by Johannes Brahms. She was a native of Newry. John ian Brewery and Wine and Spirit 14.5.1907, 19.5.1910, 15.5.1915, Some of the estimated 100,000 people who strolled along Glebe Point Road during came from Derrycasan, Templeport Company, the property was put up 11.12.1937 the Glebe Street Fair. Photo: Bill Simpson-Young - Edwina Doe

Go to 8 Glebe Society Bulletin Go to November/December 2012 9 Go to index index index Friends of Centipede Launch Glebe Society events wine donated by local busi- bers. If you missed out on attending 23rd Annual Glebe Music Festival Win NYE tickets ness Best Cellars and sever- the launch event but would like to al Glebe hotels. Our guest become a ‘Friend’, you can visit Villa-Lobos and Machado, and Aus- in our Christmas speaker, ABC Classic FM the Centipede website and click on tralian music by Richard Charlton. presenter and Glebe local the Friends of Centipede tab http:// Bulgarian pianist Evgeny Genchev raffle Emma Ayres, gave a funny www.centipede.org.au/friends-of- partnered with Queensland cellist and heart-warming speech centipede.html. Membership is for Sam Lucas in Brahms Cello Sonata Win two tickets to the Lord May- No. 1, while Jeanell Carrigan (pi- or’s New Year’s Eve party and relecting on her childhood. one year and after this time you will ano) partnered with James Kortum have a front row view of the spec- It was wonderful to hear be contacted to ask if you would Margaretta Cottage (lute). James also enchanted with about her special relation- like to continue your membership. tacular Harbour Bridge ireworks, Drama behind the scenes has char- the Bach Partita for Solo Flute. or win other great prizes from local ship with her grandmother, We plan to have another Friends of acterised this year’s Glebe Music Ukrainian pianist Alexey Yemtsov, a businesses and organisations includ- and how each one of us can Centipede event mid-year. Festival, the inal concert of which late addition to the program, played ing: really make a difference in Special thanks go to the Glebe occurs at St Scholastica’s on Sun- Volodos arrangements, transcribed a child’s life. Society and Herbert Smith Freehills day 2 December at 3pm. It will be from memory. • dinner at Atelier Restaurant, dinner and wine at the Wen- The evening was emceed for their major contributions, and performed by Coro Innominata: Piano accordionists from the Ac- • tworth Park ‘Dogs’ dining by professional auctioneer, to everyone who donated items or From Tudor to Late Romantic: Four cordion Society of Australia, for the Centuries of English Polyphony. room, Emma Ayers reflecting on her childhood. Jason Kazanis who was their time for this hugely successful second year running, showed how Photo: Bruce Davis kind enough to volunteer fundraiser. The drama included visa issues as versatile and popular this instrument • lunch or dinner at the new res- his time to auction some - Penny Cosker well as injury (David Miller was is. Josie Ryan and the Emeralds, taurant Two Peas, The Glebe Society hosted the beautiful artworks donated by local Centipede Management Committee injured but was ably replaced by led by composer Brooke Green, breakfast or lunch at Naggy’s launch of Friends of Centipede at • artists. The auction alone raised Jeanell Carrigan). Margaretta gave a masterclass in Gibbons at St Café; the Glebe Rowing Club on Friday almost $3,000 for Friends of Centi- Cottage, the setting for innumer- Scholastica’s. A full review of their 2 November. The weather was on • cooking classes for two at the pede, and this was thanks to Jason’s able concerts over the years, may concert can be found at http://www. our side and the mild, sunny even- Centipede thanks: Fish Market; and expertise and enthusiasm. Emma fall silent with the departure of the sydneyartsguide.com/View-Review. ing enhanced the stunning view over • for the itness enthusiast, three kicked off the night by bidding AB Hotel, Best Cellars, The Boat- incumbents. Let us look forward to asp?ReviewID=1303 Blackwattle Bay. We had approxi- months membership of the Ian $1,000 for the Reg Mombassa print house, Broadway Cellars, Broad- the refurbished Glebe Town Hall as Thank you again to everyone, espe- mately 80 guests including all three way Shopping Centre, Cincotta Thorpe Aquatic Centre. - raising the bar for the rest of the a new venue. cially the musicians, the custodians levels of government with City of Pharmacy, Emma Ayres, Emma auction items. Dazzling duo guitarists Raffaele of the various venues, the Glebe Order tickets using the enclosed Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Robin Kate, Glebe Picture Frames, and Janet Agostino delivered a Society, the Council of the City of lyer and avoid the rush on the night. The world premier of the Centipede Glebe Rowing Club, Glebe So- Kemmis (representing Lord Mayor predominantly southern hemisphere Sydney and Hutchings Pianos. Or buy them at the Christmas Party. Clover Moore), local state member video, made by budding young local ciety, Great Aunty Three, Harold Park Hotel, Harris Farm Markets, program, including Latin music by - David McIntosh Jamie Parker and local federal mem- ilm-makers Jarrah Cohen and Alex Nazareth, Cardoso, Troilo, Sojo, Christmas in Spain Wu, brought many in the audience Herbert Smith Freehills, Jason ber Tanya Plibersek. Kazanis, La Banette Bakery, to tears. Clips from the video will Spanish food, drinks and music in a Friends of Centipede was formed to Nerida Cowdroy, Patricia Baillie, soon be available on the Centipede Cockatoo Island Tour great, newly opened venue. Profes- support Centipede, the out of school Reg Mombassa, Sheila Meyer, website http://www.centipede.org. sional catering with assistance from hours (OOSH) childcare centre on Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, On a beautiful Sunday morning on 4 November, 30 Glebe Society mem- au/ - have a look to see for yourself our Spanish providore in Glebe the grounds of Glebe Public School. Sonoma Bakery, Toni McDowell, bers travelled by public ferry from Darling Harbour and Circular Quay the great work that goes on at Cen- Toxteth Hotel. to Cockatoo Island, where we Point Road, Broadway Cellars. Run by Kim Payne and his team of tipede. were met by two guides from childcare workers, Centipede pro- Don’t miss it! the Sydney Harbour Federa- We are thrilled vides meals, games, sports, craft and tion Trust. For over an hour NB. The closing date for bookings that Friends of care to Glebe’s primary school kids and a half we walked around has passed, but if you would like to from diverse backgrounds. Some Centipede now the Island, hearing anecdotes of come, please book immediately on- of the families ind it dificult to pay has 31 mem- deeds and misdeeds of Cocka- line, or drop in the booking form to for their kids to come to Centipede bers, and raised too Island occupants during its 79 Ferry Road Glebe by Monday 3 because of poverty and unemploy- $10,000 from the colourful convict, maritime and December. (The booking form lyer ment. Friends of Centipede has launch event. We industrial history. was in last month’s Bulletin or print been created to raise funds to help hope these mem- out the lyer on Glebe Society web- Visits could also be arranged bers continue to site). We need to inalise numbers pay the fees for the kids of these next year to Garden Island and support Friends for catering. Email events@glebeso- families. Headland Park and North Head of Centipede into ciety.org.au for enquiries. The Events group from the Glebe Sanctuary and Headland Park if the future and that Society put on a lovely spread there is suficient interest. Friday 7 December 7-9pm, St we can encour- which perfectly complemented the Suzy Velkou speaking about Centipede’s work with the Photo: Bruce Davis Barnabas Church (upper foyer), age new mem- children at Glebe Public School. Photo: Bruce Davis Broadway.

Go to 10 Glebe Society Bulletin Go to November/December 2012 11 Go to index index index News and Notes For your diary ... Thirsty Thursdays eReaders and Tablets: A Hands-on Sunday 2 December, 3pm – last concert in this year’s Music Festival, St Scholastica’s. See page 11. Members and friends are invited to meet in restaurants Workshop Friday 7 December, 7-9pm – Glebe Society Christmas Party at Barney’s. See page 11. in and around Glebe, usually on the irst Thursday of Thinking about buying an eReader or Tablet? Recently Saturday 8 December, 1.30-3pm – Parks workshop, St Scholastica’s College, 2-4 Avenue Road, each month at 7pm, to eat and talk with other people bought one and feeling stuck? In this hands-on work- Glebe. See page 5. who live in Glebe. We visit a different restaurant each shop, we’ll explore some of the most popular eReaders month, varying cuisines. Put these dates in your diary and Tablets. Wednesday 12 December, 7pm – Management Committee meeting, The Old Fire Station, 115 now. Mitchell Street. Wednesday 9 January 5–7pm at the Glebe Library. On Thursday 3 January we will go to the Nag’s Head, Free, but please book at the Library (9298 3060). Tuesday 25 December – Happy Christmas 162 St Johns Road. Tuesday 1 January – and an eventful New Year. And on Thursday 7 February we will go to Two Peas, Invitation to Launch and Christmas 198 St Johns Road. Drinks Thursday 3 January, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday, Nag’s Head Hotel, St Johns Road. See page 12. Please email me or ring me on 9660 7066 by the Thursday 7 February, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday, Two Peas, 198 St Johns Road. See page 12. Wednesday before the dinner to let me know if you are Saturday 8 December, 4pm at Watch House 179 Darling Wednesday 13 February, 7pm – Management Committee meeting. Venue to be announced. coming, or if you are likely to be late. Street - Getting to the Bottom of Balmain’s Dunnies, a short history of the sanitation of a Sydney suburb by - Edwina Doe Fergus Fricke. To be launched by The Hon Tanya Plib- ersek MP. Welcome to new members The following people were accepted as members of the Glebe Community News Glebe Society at the November Management Committee Contacting The Glebe Society Inc This email newsletter, published every two months, Established 1969 meeting: is well worth reading. It is an initiative of the Glebe The Glebe Society Management Committee: Carol Armour Community Development Project. • President John Gray 9518 7253 • Lucinda Loane Google Glebe Community News, or email alison. Mail Vice President Jan Wilson 0408 207 784 • Tess and Rob Nicholls [email protected] to be put on the emailing list. All correspondence should be addressed to: Immediate Past President Mairéad Browne 9552 2888 The Glebe Society Inc Secretary Margaret Cody 9692 9384 We look forward to seeing them at future Glebe Society Treasurer Bruce Davis 9660 7873 City of Sydney Councillors PO Box 100, Glebe NSW 2037 functions. Committee members (ive elected positions): Website Andrew Craig 9566 1746 Ginkgo - 166 St Johns Road, Forest Lord Mayor: Clover Moore The Society has a growing Website (www. Rosalind Hecker 9660 7056 glebesociety.org.au) for the information Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 Lodge Deputy Lord Mayor: Robyn Kemmis of members and anyone with an interest Bill Simpson-Young 0411 871 214 Janet Venn-Brown, 30 November - 12 December Councillors: in Glebe. The Website will only lourish if Phil Young 9692 9583 Janet's exhibition features members use the site. Send contributions or Convenors Irene Doutney Bays and Foreshores Lesley Lynch 9660 5084 works from more than forty comments to [email protected]. 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Bulletin Editor Virginia Simpson-Young 0402 153 074 org.au Group Show - 14 December to 16 January Website Coordinator Phil Young 9692 9583 Disclaimer History Lyn Collingwood 9660 5817 To wrap up its irst year Ginkgo is holding a Group Forest Lodge Views expressed in this Bulletin are not nec- Events Coordinator Dorothy Davis 9660 7873 Show featuring the works of artists who have exhibited essarily those of The Glebe Society Inc. History of Glebe Max Solling 9660 1160 with the gallery this year. Enjoy opening night drinks Public School Bulletin deadline History of the Glebe Society Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 with the artists, Friday 14 December, 6-8pm. Home of The Glebe Membership Cheryl & Bryan Herden 9660 7371 The next edition of the Bulletin will be pub- Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm, and Society Archives Plaques Project Peter Robinson 9692 9995 Phone 9660 3530 lished at the end of February. The deadline Saturday 10am to 2pm. for contributions is Monday 18 February.

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