We win Wentworth Park Games Despite quite foul weather the second of these games was successfully held on Sunday 27 September. I did not make it last year and so have no comparison, but I can report that it was a thorough hoot. Kids dominated the gum boots throwing. Glebe was sadly absent from the Boules. Adults were more obsessive about the mongrels cups races than the kids, but ‘Glebe’ dogs won both the mongrel cups (large and small dogs). I accepted the Gum Boots trophy for Glebe/Forest Lodge as the overall games winner for the second year. The starting line. Photo: Phil Young This trophy, along with the Big Mongrel cup, has had a further public party at Bicentennial Park and is now back in the Glebe Library for Glebe Rowing another year. - Lesley Lynch Club’s success Crews from Glebe Rowing Club were suc- cessful at the recent World Masters Games held at the Sydney Olympic Regatta Centre at Penrith. With a large overseas contingent of rowers as well as Australian competitors,

9/2009 October/November 9/2009 October/November Glebe Rowing Club's Men’s D coxless four won Gold over a previously unbeaten Rus- sian crew. The Glebe crew was Ken Major (Captain), Kim Mackney (President), David Clark (Committee) and Terry Davis. It was an exciting race with the parochial crowd Lesley Lynch earned 12 points for Glebe in cheering for the local competitors. In the the Ball Kicking contest. Photo: Phil Young Men’s E coxless pair, Terry Davis and Kim Harold Park Public Forum Mackney took the Gold Medal over a fast finishing Mosman Crew to win by 0.8 of a The City held the first of the planned two second. Terry and Kim won this event at a consultations on the rezoning of Harold Park World Masters Championship in Croatia two on Tuesday 29 September. It was a well at- years ago but faced tougher competition at tended meeting (about 200 residents and sev- the Sydney Games. Glebe members Nathan eral City of Sydney staff) and an exemplary Kraft, Brad Smith, Mark McKeown, Dan process. I have written to the Lord Mayor Sprange and the Ladies’ double scull com- and Monica Barone, CEO of the City of Syd- petitors Sue Field and Jenny McKeown also ney Council, congratulating them on the raced at the Masters, many achieving per- process. sonal bests in their various events. The Glebe Society has already met with - Robyn Mackney Council officers and presented its preliminary position. - Lesley Lynch

What’s coming soon? Rowers on Blackwattle Bay. Sunday 1 November, 11am - 2pm, Good Photo: Gavin Roberts Neighbourhood Barbecue, Foley Park. The Glebe Society congratulates the rowers Sunday 8 November, 3pm, Concert, Great and takes the opportunity to put in another Hall, University of Sydney. plea for help. If you're not a rower but would Sunday, 15 November, 10am-5pm, Glebe like to support the Club, especially in their Street Fair. efforts to raise funds for a new pontoon, keep Friday 11 December – Glebe Society an eye out for news of fundraising activities Christmas Party Dinner, Wentworth Park. and become an Associate Member for $75 pa. See page 11 for details of these events. If you are interested in assisting the Club, call Glebe Society Bulletin Kim Mackney on 0408 460 355. ISSN 1836-599X

A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY INC PO Box 100 GLEBE 2037 www.glebesociety.org.au Bays Precinct Consulta- ernment process if they proceeded to Artist Reg Mombassa, honky-tonk tion and Planning Process close us down before we could com- piano player Bridie King, and author plete our task. This was not neces- Peter Corris of the Cliff Hardy series After a poorly managed start by sary as the intervention of Verity are among the 150 Glebe locals that SHFA (Sydney Harbour Foreshore Firth and the support of the office of will be featured in the exhibition. Authority), this process is beginning the Minister for Planning resulted in a Go to glebe.com.au/glebe150locals to work- albeit after four wasted unanimous resolution last night to and click on ‘The Portraits’ to see all meetings. Community representa- continue our work until the end of the photos. Look out for number 25, tives have gained some control over February. It is our expectation that the photo of ten Glebe Society mem- the work process and the time frame. this will be formally approved. bers, and see the original in the win- The last two meetings have had use- The CRG has acknowledged that the dow of Roxanne, on the corner of ful presentations from the Commu- Government will act soon on a deci- Glebe Point Road and Francis Street. nity Reference Group members on sion for the Cruise Passenger Termi- - Edwina Doe various aspects of the Precinct. John nal permanent location. We have Brooks and I offered to convene a therefore (reluctantly) agreed to give small work group between meetings priority to advice on this very con- to progress the all important strategic tentious issue. Leichhardt Council Final report to the planning principles for the whole of (who along with City of Sydney is on 2009 AGM the Bays Precinct. This has worked the CRG) has agreed to convene a well and we now have a draft which it work group to develop draft advice is planned to finalise in the near fu- on this as a priority. We will attempt Infrastructure Defect to determine advice on this to send to ture. This gives us an important building block towards the overall Government before Christmas. Reporting strategic planning framework for the - Lesley Lynch Much work has been done to achieve Precinct. safe footpaths to encourage pedestri- ans use, and implicit in that is well lit, The Community Reference Group smooth surfaced paths, with appropri- (CRG) last night agreed to set up a 150 Locals ate corner kerb ramp access for number of these small work groups to On Thursday evening 22 October, a wheelchairs, prams, strollers, and develop principles and preferred uses cross-section of Glebe residents gath- general walkers. However, much for individual sites within the Pre- ered for the official opening of 150 work still needs to be done. The City cinct. This will provide us with the Locals by our State Member of Parlia- of Sydney Council has a program for next parts of the overall framework ment, Verity Firth. The venue was the progressive repair and mainte- jigsaw- and it is where the most in- photographer North Sullivan’s huge nance of areas which are its responsi- tense debate is likely to occur. John studio space at 5 Franklyn Street, near bility, including the lawns and gar- Brooks and I will convene the work the Broadway Shopping Centre. dens around the foreshore walk. I group on the Blackwattle/Rozelle Bay noted that the section of the footpath 150 Locals runs from 24 October to site. We will be working closely with in Wigram Road near the intersection 28 November and is one of the largest relevant community groups in this with Glebe Point Road, which has photographic exhibitions of its kind in process and we will be checking the been significantly uplifted by nearby Sydney. 150 life-size photographic existing Master Plan against the CRG tree roots, has been painted with yel- portraits showcasing Glebe's vibrant principles as they are finalised. low fluorescent paint to alert pedestri- community are being displayed ans to it. That problem exists else- The CRG community members were throughout Glebe to coincide with the where, as well as generally uneven willing to take on this heavy work suburb's 150th birthday and celebrate surfaces, and they are duly reported load to generate strong and credible its cultural diversity. The photo- to Council. advice, but the continuing problem graphs, taken by North Sullivan and The 2008 Infrastructure Defect Re- was the unrealistic timeframe being Tom Psomotragos, are being exhibited porting Annual Report mentioned the imposed. The original time frame across nearly 60 locations, including pit cover at the corner of Wigram allowed only six meetings. From the outdoor public spaces, apartment fa- Road and Bell Street, and the sur- beginning we argued that was unreal- cades, shop windows and cafes, to rounding footpath surface, which is a istic for the task. When the first four literally transform Glebe into an art hazard to pedestrians. One local resi- meetings were wasted, the notion of outdoor gallery for one month. This is dent suffered a slip and fall with re- shutting up shop after one more meet- the first exhibition held at the Grand sultant long term injury on that pit ing was totally unacceptable. We had Tour Gallery, a new outdoor exhibi- cover and reported it to Telstra, understood the Minister for Planning tion space that transforms Glebe into whose responsibility it is, in January to have indicated that she was open to an outdoor gallery. The Grand Tour 2008. To date (25 August 2009) no an extended time frame, but that was Gallery is a new annual initiative of obvious action has been taken to rec- not reflected by SHFA in their man- the Glebe Chamber of Commerce to tify this. agement of the CRG timetable. provide a public space for Australian - Margaret Sheppard photographers to showcase their pho- We had a contingency proposal to tographic artworks. I apologise to Margaret for omitting continue our work outside the Gov- this report last month. - Editor

2 Glebe Society Bulletin Foley Park and Wireless House relaunch Letter to the Editor Dear Editor The reopening of Foley Park last month was a welcome event and an enjoyable one. However, at the risk of sounding like a ‘Grumpy Old Woman’ may I point out one disap- Julia Burns and Lesley Lynch in front of the Wireless House. pointment with the occasion? Photo: Phil Young Foley Park was ‘adopted’ by a group of residents many years ago, before Glebe rejoined Sydney City Council, A big celebration was held in Foley Perhaps more importantly, the Wire- and they put in many hours of work Park on Saturday 26 September when less House is again broadcasting via trying to improve it. After our new Lord Mayor Clover Moore officially small loudspeakers in the build- Council took over, the same group opened the much improved Foley ing. Archival audio material has worked with Council Officers on park. A major landscaping project been provided by the National Film plans for the Park’s renovation, again had been underway all year to im- and Sound Archive, with short ex- devoting many hours of their time. prove the appearance and accessibility cerpts of traditional radio serials and Many people and groups were of Foley Park, as well as providing a ads being played randomly during the thanked at the opening, with a gen- new children’s playground at the rear day. Examples are the famous Dad & eral mention of community input, but of the park. Dave serial, war-time jingles and ads I thought it was a pity that the one for household items that some of us The official opening ceremony was community group who had put so remember from childhood days. also intended to launch the re-vitalised much effort into the Park was not Wireless House, but unfortunately it Additionally, a small group of volun- acknowledged at all. received only minor mention in the teers led by multimedia artist Julia Our Lord Mayor obviously cannot official speeches. Additionally, with Burns has been busily collecting oral keep track of the minutiae of every the jazz music being played before histories from Glebe residents remi- activity in the Municipality, but it and after the ceremonies, it was not niscing about the history of Glebe. would have been good if her advisers possible to hear the Wireless House on Excerpts from these are gradually had drawn her attention to this par- the day of its launch. being uploaded to the collection in ticular local contribution. the Wireless House. Subjects of The Wireless House was built by these oral histories include Frank - Jeanette Knox Leichhardt Council in 1934 in order to Galluzzo, Neil Macindoe and Max provide radio broadcasts in the park to Solling. If you are interested in this Guided History walk the local community, and being the ongoing project, please contact me or time of the Great Depression, wireless in Glebe send an email to thewire- sets were too expensive for most peo- On Sunday 18 October, Max Solling [email protected] ple. Grace Bros. kindly donated the led a select group of 20 members and wireless set, and it played every day The restoration of the Wireless House friends on a two-hour walk around from 10am to 10.15pm. It was was designed by Dr Nigel Helyer, historic buildings Glebe. thought that it stopped operating in the internationally renowned as a sculptor We had hoped to hear a sample of the 1950s but there are anecdotal reports and sound-artist. His design included recordings at the Wireless House. It that it was still being used in the early attaching to each of the walls large should be operating every day in day- 1970s. The Wireless House was thus web-like laser-cut stainless steel light hours but it didn’t on that day. an important community resource for shields based upon the radiation pat- We don’t know why. many people in the Glebe area for tern of radio antennae. These allow After the Walk, the group welcomed many years, and we are fortunate that some visual access to the inside of the the chance to sit down at Benledi to it was not demolished in recent years. house, whilst also securing the struc- enjoy afternoon tea and listen to a talk ture and its technological contents. The Wireless House has entered the by Max. 21st century, and is now providing A plaque will soon be erected on the Liz Simpson-Booker commented: ‘we wireless internet connections to any- Wireless House to give a brief outline thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and one in close proximity to it, at no cost. of its history and its current functions. there was a nice buzz to the group’. Anyone with a laptop computer is It is hoped that another community We thank Max for sharing his vast welcome to sit nearby and connect to event will be held in the near future knowledge once again, and Jeanette the internet, with no download limits that promotes the Wireless House Knox for helping with the refresh- or time restrictions. It is truly a wire- itself. ments. less house! - Phil Young - Edwina Doe

October/November 2009 3 A Sense of Place and Belonging Ian Carroll OAM, President of the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) gave this speech at the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Glebe Society on Sunday 30 August 2009.

It is indeed a pleasure to be present at Society, our heritage was identified, this Annual General Meeting in the respected and unhesitatingly pro- 40th Anniversary Year of the Glebe tected. A wonderful ideal but one Society. I thank you for inviting me to which, given current attitudes to heri- be with you on this important occasion tage, is unlikely to be achieved in our for you. lifetimes, or at all. So the need for independent community-based groups I bring you both greetings and con- will continue, and in all likelihood, gratulations from the National Trust - increase. But, as the decision-making greetings to a kindred organisation, processes which impact heritage and and congratulations on your out- amenity become more centralised and standing record of achievements for less local, there may be an increasing Glebe over the past 40 years. Our two need for larger, umbrella voices in organisations have much in common issues which would formerly have in that both are independent, resident- been dealt with at the local level. initiated, community-based, not-for- Ian Carroll OAM speaking at the profit bodies concerned to protect our Glebe Society AGM. The outcome of the Trust’s delibera- heritage and environment and the in- Photo: Phil Young tions in relation to its Vision, is that its terests and amenity of our communi- draft Strategic Plan proposes the fol- improvement of the environment and ties. lowing Vision: ‘To be a leading inde- amenity of their communities. Some pendent guardian of Australia’s built, In the case of the Trust, it was created of the community organisations, such cultural and natural heritage, and de- in 1945 to protect heritage which in- as those at Naremburn and Quakers fender of our sense of place and be- cluded some of our finest colonial Hill, have been working for their longing in a changing world’. buildings and pristine bushlands at communities for around a century. risk of destruction during the post-war Others are of more recent origin. The words ‘defender of our sense of rush to modernisation. The inspiration Although not necessarily loved by place and belonging’ are also apt to for its formation came from a Gordon governments, the community groups describe the work of the Glebe Society housewife, Annie Wyatt, who realised are a critical element in the processes in relation to Glebe and its commu- that the only way to stop the destruc- of contemporary society to provide a nity. The Trust’s archives reveal, tion was to form a community-based voice for the otherwise unheard, and however, that the Society’s focus has organisation which, unfettered by the a counterbalance to political and not always been exclusively on Glebe, conflicting priorities of government commercial agendas, which are not and that in 1969 the Society was sup- and developers, could voice the con- always driven by the best interests of porting the Paddington Society’s pro- cerns of the community at the highest the community. test against the widening of Jersey levels without fear or favour. As pre- Road under a banner saying ‘The The National Trust has, in recent cious buildings and natural features Glebe Society supports Paddo all the months, been developing its Strategic were lost, the fledgling Trust garnered way’! Plan to 2020. In that context, it has and galvanised community support revisited, among other matters, its What do we mean by ‘sense of place and, within two decades, it was an Vision, and asked of itself ‘what do and belonging’? The Social Commen- Australia-wide movement. we aspire to achieve?’. One of my tator, Hugh Mackay, acknowledges The concerns and actions of Annie fellow Directors caused me to pause that Indigenous Australians have a Wyatt have a parallel in the concerns with the comment, albeit tongue in special relationship with the land from and actions of Bernard and Kate Smith cheek, that ‘we should aspire to be- which they derive a sense of place and which led to the formation of the come redundant’. She was not say- belonging, but he contends that it is Glebe Society in 1969. The Trust has ing, of course, that we should aspire false to believe that this sense is been associated with the Society since to make all of the Trust’s functions unique to Indigenous Australians. its inception, and is proud to have redundant. Its roles as a conservator Rather, he contends, a sense of place been in attendance at its inaugural of heritage properties and as a heri- is ‘fundamental to the human sense of meeting in Glebe Town Hall on 11 tage educator would still be relevant. self, sense of community, sense of April 1969. While the Glebe Society But she was saying that the Trust’s morality and sense of destiny’ which has a more specific focus than the role as a heritage advocate would can be related to almost any site or Trust, it is an exemplar of local com- become redundant if our society de- location which evokes an emotional munity organisations, often called veloped to the point where, without reaction – a battle site, a sporting ‘Progress Associations’, which are agitation and pressure from organisa- venue, a school, a house, a street, a concerned with the protection and tions such as the Trust and the Glebe shop, a workplace, a mountain or

4 Glebe Society Bulletin stream, a church, a concert hall, or factors that might help to explain and adopted for Australia. This goes some other place at which something this loss of sense of community. He to the heart of the debate regarding the personally significant occurred and cites, for instance, the high divorce sustainability of our country, our stan- which is part of what you are. rate, the falling marriage rate, the dard of living and our lifestyle. It is low birthrate (removing much of ironic that, at a time when our eastern While asserting that we have nothing the lubricant supplied by the chil- seaboard is agonising over the threats to learn from Indigenous people about dren in a neighbourhood), the mo- to its heritage and amenity from new the significance of place in the forma- bility of the population and the developments to accommodate and tion of our identity, Mackay tellingly shrinking household. provide work for its ever-increasing further asserts that ‘we have a great population, our rural sector is facing deal to learn from them about how to Mobility is, I believe, a significant equally serious social threats and dis- protect, preserve and nurture the factor. No longer are we relatively location from population drift, related places that have formed us. Our prob- confined to a smallish geographic to lack of job opportunities, falling lem is not that we lack the yearning area with which, and with whose rural incomes, withdrawal of support for a sense of place; that yearning is people, we become connected. services, social isolation and other universal. Our problem, especially Today we may live in one suburb, factors. compared with Aborigines, is that work in another, school in another, we’ve often failed to acknowledge that shop in another, recreate in another The achievements of the Glebe Soci- deep need in us’. and so on. While mobility results ety over the past 40 years have been in diverse and enriching experi- outstanding, not only in relation to the I was struck by the original aims of ences, which may give rise to mul- physical elements of Glebe, but in the Glebe Society as set out in one of tiple senses of place and belonging, relation to the social and community its early leaflets and quoted in for many it has reduced the oppor- elements of it. There was a palpable ‘Celebrating Conservation and Change tunities for the development of a sense of community at your 40th Anni- in Glebe’. I was especially struck by strong sense of place and belonging versary Celebration which I was privi- the fourth aim – ‘to promote interest in which can result from being part of leged to attend earlier this year. The Glebe as a community’. In a more a community. The self-absorption passion, commitment and concern of abstract way, ‘community’ is another and withdrawal which has resulted your membership which was so evi- relationship which gives rise to a from the computer age may also be dent on that occasion, gives every sense of place and belonging. a factor. Mackay contends that ‘the reason to be confident that the vision I have long believed that we have lost real challenge is to put people to- of Bernard and Kate Smith, born a much of our sense of community, and gether again, and a critical part of little over 40 years ago and so success- that society is much the poorer for that that process is to create – and pre- fully pursued by your members in the loss. Encouragingly, some commenta- serve – the places and spaces that interim, will continue to be success- tors believe that dissatisfaction with encourage interaction with each fully pursued by your Society for contemporary values, attitudes, life- other as members of a neighbour- many years to come, to the benefit of styles and outcomes may be precipitat- hood or community’. The potential Glebe, the benefit of the people of ing a swing of the pendulum. Early in physical and mental health benefits Glebe and, indeed, the benefit of the our married life, my wife and I pur- of such an approach should not be wider community. chased our first family home at West underestimated. - Ian Carroll OAM Pymble. Located in the valley to the Many of the pressures on the heri- west of the Pacific Highway at Pym- tage and amenity of our cities and ble, the topography of the area largely suburbs and on our communities, defines the boundaries of the suburb, particularly those closer to the east- A guessing comp for but its strong sense of community de- ern seaboard, are directly related to rives from more than its quite well readers the continuing increase in our defined boundaries. It derives, I be- population, and to the desire of so lieve, from its population mix of many to live on or near to that east- younger and older, and from the per- ern seaboard. It is a matter of great sonal interactions and connections concern that there is no consensus enabled by its schools, its churches, its on what is the optimum Australian adequate but not-too-large shopping population, on what is the optimum mall, its sporting clubs, its service carrying capacity of this fragile and clubs, its voluntary support groups, its largely barren land. Indeed, I seem parks, ovals and courts and so on. to recall that some commentators When we moved there, we were told believe the country can carry at ‘You don’t leave here. You move least twice its existing population, within it’. While we did try to move while others believe our population within it, we were unable to find our is already twice what it should re- larger dream home, and quite reluc- sponsibly be. It is crucial that a Who is this member, where is she and tantly moved to a nearby area. responsible and definitive popula- what is she doing? (No prizes! We’ll Mackay asserts that there are plenty of tion policy be urgently formulated tell you the answer next month.)

October/November 2009 5 Who lived in your street?

Bidura, 357 Glebe Point Road by Lyn Collingwood This distinctive building was erected on land bought on 10 September 1857 for £1,200 from Stuart Alexander Donaldson, merchant, pastoralist, first NSW Premier (for eleven weeks) and a founder and Senator of the Univer- The Blackets’ home, sity of Sydney. The purchaser of the later called Bidura, property (one acre 25 ½ perches with sketched by their a boundary fronting George Miller’s eldest daughter Edith, lane) was Edmund Thomas Blacket a pupil of Conrad Martens (1817-83) who in 1854 resigned from his position as colonial architect to design the University’s quadrangle Edmund and Sarah had arrived in After the death of Sarah on 15 Sep- and Great Hall at Grose Farm. Sydney aboard the Eden in late 1842, tember 1869 Edmund sold his Glebe (Lectures had been held from 1852 at some six months after their marriage properties. The remainder of the 99- Sydney College, now part of Sydney in Yorkshire. Trained as an engineer, year leasehold in Bishopthorpe passed Grammar.) Blacket also bought lease- Edmund was a skilled draftsman and to Eugenie Thompson Scott, wife of hold land fronting Derwent Street in surveyor. He was also a painter of Walter Scott of Rosebank. The family the Bishopthorpe estate. stained glass and set up a furnace in home was sold in August 1870 and Edmund and his children moved into a According to some accounts, the King Street in the city. After working smaller house on the corner of Booth Blacket family had as early as 1852 as a valuator and inspector of teaching Street and Darling Road (sic) Bal- moved from Old South Head Road and building in Anglican schools, he main. Despite bad weather large (‘the only house between Lyons Ter- was appointed diocesan architect, de- crowds attended the opening of St race and the Gaol’ where they had signing, inter alia, Christ Church St John’s Bishopthorpe in December lived since 1848) to Glebe. Edmund Laurence, St Andrew’s Cathedral and 1870. Afterwards, Blacket’s health travelled from work by boat (his office St Mark’s Darling Point. In 1849 he was drunk at a gathering hosted by was next to Mort’s Passage between became colonial architect, responsible Reverend John Pendrill at his Colle- Pitt and George streets where bullock for bridges as well as lighthouses and giate School Eglinton House. teams rested behind the Angel Hotel) other public buildings, while main- to the bottom of Ferry Road where he taining his private practice which ex- Edmund Blacket died at Petersham on was met by four men who escorted panded after his university commis- 9 February 1883 and was buried with him home through heavy timber. Al- sion. By 1860 the central university his wife in Balmain Cemetery; Marian though his wife kept two pistols in buildings were completed in Blacket’s was interred with her parents in 1901. readiness, in October 1853 the house choice, Pyrmont sandstone, instead of Their tombstone was later relocated to was robbed. brick with stone facings, the Senate’s Camperdown Cemetery near St preference. Not built were houses for Stephen’s Church, another of Ed- By 1860 Sarah (née Mease, 1818-69) professors and the registrar, part of the mund’s designs. and Edmund had settled into their new original concept. home, designed by Edmund, with their Of his other children Owen, an engi- children - Edith, Alice, Arthur, Among Blacket’s Glebe designs were neer, went bankrupt in 1886. Edith Marian, Owen, Hilda, Cyril and St John’s Anglican Church (opened worked on some of her father’s archi- Horace - whose ages ranged from 16 March 1857, demolished 1974), St tectural drawings. Cyril, educated at to newborn. Some may have endured John’s Bishopthorpe (including its John Pendrill’s school, in 1872 en- the straw christening bonnet, a family stone font), and Calmar cottage 128 tered the practice which became heirloom. Edith, the oldest, studied Glebe Point Road. Elected to the first Blacket & Son in 1880. For two years drawing with Conrad Martens who in Glebe Council in 1859, Blacket served after Edmund’s death Cyril and Ar- 1861sketched the view from the rear as an alderman for 11 years, lobbying thur, a surveyor, operated as Blacket of the house: Balmain across to the successfully for the extension of water Brothers architects. Cyril designed Sydney Observatory with Crows Nest mains to the suburb, and unsuccess- the vestry and tower of St John’s House in the background and the fully for the visiting Duke of Edin- Bishopthorpe. Like his father, he was brand new wooden Glebe Island burgh to open his Bishopthorpe a church organist. A land speculator Bridge in the middle distance. Along church. (As it turned out, the Royal in the Jervis Bay district, keen on Glebe Road, narrow and unpaved, visitor was shot at Clontarf. The boating, horses and overseas travel, he were a few scattered houses in large daughter of Terrence McMahon, who was elected President of the Institute grounds. Bullock-drawn drays deliv- knocked the pistol from the would-be of Architects in 1903, divorced his ered goods; public transport was by assassin’s hand, later lived in Glebe.) wife in 1915, and died at Manly in horse-drawn omnibus. 1937.

6 Glebe Society Bulletin of government livestock). In 1826 In 1879 the family moved to Lynwood Fitz gave his consent to the marriage in Ferry Road. In 1886 Robert be- of his 17-year-old daughter at Windsor came an auctioneer with the firm Har- where he was a well-known figure. ris & Ackman, leaving after six By 1849 Thomas had set up business months to set up as a land agent in as an auctioneer in Melbourne. Tho- O’Connell Street. On 27 June 1887 he mas junior, ‘gentleman’, died at Villa died at Kihilla, later occupied by the Marina, Acland Street St Kilda in architect John Sulman, more recently 1867. Thomas senior died there in a conference centre, and now owned 1878, by which time his oldest son by Church Army Australia. and business partner Robert was living In the economic depression of the in Bidura. The widowed Anne Stubbs 1890s Maud, married to entertainer died at Glebe Point in 1881, probably Harry Woods and with five young at Lynwood in Ferry Road. children to support, turned from ama- Robert Fitz Stubbs was married by teur to professional musician and pub- Church of England clergyman Wil- lished The Fitz-Stubbs Musical Album, Cyril Blacket liam Cowper in 1852 to Rosina a compilation of the popular ‘Heather Theresa Wilson. Rosina afterwards Waltz’ and other piano works by her- always gave Mary as her middle name self and brother Percy. ‘The only al- By 1875 the Glebe Road house was and, although declaring in St Mary’s bum of music by Australian compos- named Bidura, during its eight-year Cathedral that she was a Catholic, was occupancy by Rosina (1833? - 1913) buried with immediate Fitz Stubbs Continued on next page ... and Robert (1828-87) Fitz Stubbs, the family in the Church of England sec- middle name the surname of Robert’s tion of Rookwood Cemetery. It was Major References: mother. The adoption of the spelling only following Rosina’s death that Age newspaper, various issues ‘Fitz-Stubbs’ after Robert’s death is a such minor inconsistencies made Argus newspaper, various issues likely instance of hyphenated snob- sense when her background was pub- Art and Architecture 1905 bery. The property was bought in the licly revealed. name of Rosina Mary Stubbs. Putting Australian Dictionary of Biography The married couple lived mostly in assets in a wife’s name was common Australian War Memorial website practice to secure them from creditors, Melbourne where Robert worked with H E Barff A short history of the Uni- although in this case Rosina may have his father. Here at least three (Percy versity of Sydney 1902 put up the money. Thomas, Ada Maud - known as Maud - and Evelyne Ligar) of their 12 chil- C H Bertie Old Chum newspaper arti- Robert’s father was Thomas Stubbs. dren were born. From 1856-7 Rosina cles Born in Sydney, he went to England at was a member of the ladies’ founding Births, Deaths, Marriages records age 10 and joined the army, served in committee of the Melbourne Lying-In India, returned to Sydney at age 23, Cemetery records including Gore Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases of Hill, Rookwood, Waverley ran an inn in the Hunter Valley, re- Women and Children (now Royal Cosmos 28 February 1895 ceived several land grants, and be- Women’s). The family settled in Syd- came a prominent land salesman, able ney ca 1865 and Robert went into Cyclopedia of New South Wales 1907 to ‘make an allotment in Woolloo- partnership with William Bullard as R John Joseph Davey Reminiscences of mooloo sound like the Garden of F Stubbs & Co, George Street auction- an architect ca 1931 Eden’. ‘The auctioneer finds some eers. He built Kihilla, a mansion at Fitz biographical details in family difficulty in so framing an advertise- Lawson. Bible Mitchell Library Doc 369 ment as to avoid the imputation of puffing’, he wrote of a St Mary’s Born during the Bidura years were Maud Fitz-Stubbs The Fitz-Stubbs property before launching into a sales Stanley (1873) and Madeline Schiller Musical Album 1894 pitch encompassing the grazier, the (1871) whose namesake, it was Freda MacDonnell The Glebe: Por- butcher, the small farmer and the claimed, taught Maud piano, as did traits and Places 1975 wealthy citizen wanting a ‘snug re- Arabella Goddard, another famous Mitchell Library Small Picture File international visitor. The Fitz- treat’. Herman Melville reputedly Charles Sandys Packer Crown of Stubbses, a ‘well-known Sydney fam- used the auctioneer as a model in two Thorns ily of musicians’, also entertained of his novels. A flautist and secretary Sands directories of the Philharmonic Society, Thomas Henry Marsh, Charles Packer and Max Solling The Boatshed on Black- staged concerts in the Theatre Royal other local performers. Colour photo- wattle Bay 1993 and composed pieces such as The Aus- graphs of the parents and a painted tralian Jubilee Waltz (1838). miniature of their eldest daughter State Records Authority of New Emily, now held by Mitchell Library, South Wales website Robert’s mother was Anne Elizabeth, indicate middle-class comfort. But a daughter of Robert Fitz a complain- Thomas Stubbs land, ironmongery Robert lacked his father’s business and household catalogues 1840s ant against Governor Bligh (whose acumen and towards the end of his life Sydney Morning Herald various is- supporters counter-claimed that Fitz was in financial trouble. acted dishonestly when superintendent sues, including 20 May 1845.

October/November 2009 7 … continued from previous page From the 120 households with inter- City targets abandoned net access, 51 completed question- shopping trolleys ers ever produced’ was published by naires were received. 98% of respon- W C Penfold after refusals by Paling’s dents filling in these questionnaires The number of dumped shopping trol- and Nicholson’s. Maud made £500 said they use the internet every day leys across the City has increased dra- from the venture and in 1895 sailed to and 96% have broadband access. matically. In the last 12 months the London to look for publishers there. A surprising 20% of respondents said City has found over 9,000 trolleys Rosina Fitz-Stubbs died at Mosman that they have never looked at the abandoned on public land, not count- on 17 October 1913, survived by Glebe Society Website. ing those dumped on private land, seven children. Stanley, a doctor, Of the 80% (41) who have looked at public housing properties or school settled in England, as did the Woods the Glebe Society Website, only 8% grounds. family and Madeline, widow of Frank look at it every fortnight or more of- Overwhelmingly, the abandoned trol- ten. Murcott Bladen, editor of Historical leys that City staff found have be- Records of New South Wales and Prin- The most common reason for using longed to Coles (74%). Other trolleys cipal Librarian of the Public Library the Website is to get information reported belonged to Harris Farm about current events and issues of (now the State Library of New South (8%), Kmart (5%), Woolworths (4%), concern (55%), whilst a quarter use it BI-LO (2%), Franklins (1%) and Tar- Wales). Daughters Laura Ann (her to book and pay for Glebe Society son Corporal Roydon Hoadley Pinhey events. get (1%). Five percent were not was killed at Pozieres in 1916), Linda, branded. Asked how they’d like the Website to Vivienne and Fulvia wed bankers, be improved, the most important is- Recording, reporting and reinspecting estate agents and other professionals. sue, but still a very low number, was for trolleys is not a good use of Coun- Emily, who married Albert Elkington wanting improved online booking and cil resources. at Glebe in 1882, died in 1890. Others payment facilities. We are working Under the new strategy, the City will deceased were Percy and Evelyne, in to implement a new secure credit card impound trolleys abandoned on public adulthood, and Sydney John and Octa- system, and in the meantime mem- streets and parks, and impose a collec- via, the former in Melbourne at age bers should use their secure online tion fee on owners when they reclaim two in 1860, the latter aged one day in banking facilities to make direct their trolley. Trolleys that remain un- Glebe in 1876. transfers to the Glebe Society bank account, to pay for membership re- claimed will be auctioned or disposed The news of Rosina’s death brought a newals and events. of after 28 days. surprising twist when creditors began The general comments made in the From Clover’s e-news, 2 October appearing, claiming an interest in survey forms included: property long forgotten. In 1845 the * it's usually a good read, maybe Sydney Morning Herald under the more pictures needed Not unknown heading ‘Atrocious Murder’ described * need more Glebe Society Policies the battering of 70-year-old Mary * you're doing a great job Hoadley in a city tenement. The story * the site is practical and easy to of Rosina’s connection with this navigate woman, together with later inhabitants * need credit card payments for of Bidura, will be told in the next Bul- events, and confirmation that space is letin. available. - Lyn Collingwood The Website sub-committee is very encouraged by the positive feedback Jesse. Photo: Gavin Roberts received, and is now taking it into account when planning further im- Report on Website The ‘unknown but cute’ dog, pictured provements to our Website. We rec- Survey ommend that members check the in last month’s Bulletin, was sitting Website regularly for news items patiently while I chatted with other The Glebe Society Website sub- Glebe Society folk near the group in committee and the Webmaster Peter about the Glebe Society, for details of the photo taken at the Regatta. Thorogood have worked hard this coming events, and for reports on issues of current concern. Whilst the year to modernise our Website and His name is Jesse, and he is a cross Glebe Society Bulletin is an excellent keep it up-to-date, and this has now Maltese terrier/Lhasa Apso. I adopted been achieved monthly newsletter, the Website con- tains news items of interest that arise him six years ago from the RSPCA As a part of our Website update, a on a daily basis. You can leave any animal shelter in Katoomba and he questionnaire about the Website was comments about it on the Website. was originally named Seth. I didn’t sent to members with their member- Go to www.glebesociety.org.au and fancy calling out 'Seth' across Jubilee ship renewal forms. you will find a link on the right-hand Park, so I changed it to Jesse, as it At the time results of the survey were side labelled ‘Feedback: Your Com- sounds similar and of course also has analysed, renewal notices had been ments’. a biblical reference point. He is 11½ received from 151 households. Ac- We thank everyone who took part in years old and has walked many kilo- cording to the household representa- this survey. metres around Glebe and the Blue tives filling in the renewal forms, 80% of households have Internet or - Phil Young Mountains. email access, and 20% do not. Website Sub-committee - Margaret Cody

8 Glebe Society Bulletin Inner West Courier Darling Street, Houston? Since the demise of The Glebe, two different issues of the Inner West Cou- rier are now delivered to various areas in our suburb If you have been fortunate enough to see the film Mao’s The Thursday newsprint issue, previ- Last Dancer you will I’m sure ously The Glebe and now the Inner have noticed that part of the West Courier – Inner City Edition, has filming occurred in Glebe, right about 44 pages and seems to be widely in the middle of the Lyndhurst distributed in Glebe. It is printed in Estate. It was supposed to be Chullora. set in the USA but the keen eye The glossy coloured Inner West Cou- would have picked up some rier - Inner City Issue, which comes recognisable buildings in our out on Tuesdays, has about 170 pages. very own Glebe. It is printed in Alexandria and seems to be delivered mainly in the Glebe - Leslie Holtham Darling Street and Lyndhurst Street, Glebe. Point area. This paper seems to have Photo: Jan Wilson the best coverage of Glebe news. Each paper also has an Inner West Le Petit Tarte aussi Statues on the edition. ANZAC Bridge The Head Office for Courier Newspa- pers is at Alexandria. The address for It was interesting to see an article Inner West Courier is in Five Dock. about the statues of the soldiers on Both papers are published by Cumber- the ANZAC Bridge in Bulletin land Newspapers in Parramatta. My 8/2009. There needs to be some mi- phone calls reveal that no-one seems nor updates to the story and some to know what people in the other of- very minor corrections. The Austra- fices are doing. lian soldier may very well have been According to a man I spoke to at positioned to face roughly to the sun- Cumberland Newspapers in Par- set but when the New Zealand statue ramatta, 1,800 copies of the glossy was positioned it took into account issue are available for Glebe (in the the direction of the bridge and the 2006 Census 6,405 occupied private connection with the ‘partner’ and was dwellings were counted in 2037) so it Photo in Le Petit Tarte café, 219 positioned to look over his left shoul- is not possible to cover the whole sub- Glebe Point Road. der. The positioning was undertaken urb. My part of Bridge Road is on his Photo of the photo: Edwina Doe by representatives from the NZ and list of streets covered, but I never re- Australian ex service communities ceive a copy, possibly because the and the NSW Government Architects deliverer runs out of copies. The pa- Some while ago, in Bulletins 9 & Office. The official opening occurred pers are free and there is no budget to 10/2005, there were stories about le on Sunday 27April 2008, two days increase the number printed. Appar- petit tarte and the mangled French after ANZAC Day and was attended ently copies of the glossy edition are grammatical genders in honour of a by the NZ Prime Minister, Helen available at the foot of the escalator in famous transvestite photographed Clark and the NSW Premier Morris Broadway on Tuesdays, if that’s the sitting in the Champs d’Elysee. Iemma. The actual direction they day you go there. Are there other In this Bulletin we reveal the identity face is WSW for the Aussie and ENE places where copies are available? of said ‘tranny’. See page 12. for the Kiwi. It seems to me that the amalgamation - Trivia Stringer - Another Trivia Stringer of the two papers has not resulted in any economies of scale or efficiency. Ideally we should have one newspa- Therese Rein and Kerry O’Brien come to Glebe per, once a week, that is distributed to the whole of Glebe and Forest Lodge. There was great excitement in the 2RPH studios, 184 Glebe Point Road, on Tues- day 27 October. Therese Rein, the Prime Minister’s wife, listens regularly to Until this happens, I suggest you sub- Radio Print Handicapped and accepted an invitation to do a ‘guest read’. Kerry scribe to the on-line version. This is O’Brien came to the Station to interview her for the 7.30 Report program shown not as satisfying as reading the hard on Wednesday 28 October. copy version, but it does save trees. Go to www.innerwestcourier.com.au Kerry also took the opportunity to interview Professor Ron McCallum, Chair of and scroll down to ‘browse the entire 2RPH, who was recently elected in Geneva as Chair of the UN Committee over- paper on line’. seeing the Convention on the Rights of People with a Disability. - Edwina Doe - Edwina Doe

October/November 2009 9 Meet Paul Perini A New Start at St John’s Paul Perini was brought up in Double Community and commerce, scholars, We have loved them all. Bay. He has lived in Kew, Mel- and students, successful and vulner- Our prayer and our hope for the life of bourne, worked for six months in able, backpackers and restaurants, St John’s is that, as a church, we will West Upper Manhattan, amongst homes and heritage, streets and lanes. be a community which is centred in other places, and is now Minister at St All that makes up Glebe makes for Jesus and which extends his hope to all John’s, Glebe. exciting and challenging ministry at of Glebe. We see Glebe as having real After completing high school he en- St John’s. needs and owning a wealth of talent tered University, fully intending to Michelle and I have been at St John’s and experience. We want St John’s to study law but he gradually developed since September. However, having be known as a worshipping and serving a strong conviction that the better way grown up in Sydney, and only for the community, not simply a beautiful and to serve humanity was to become a past ten years been living in Mel- historic building. minister. I met him at Mano’s for bourne, we are familiar with the story How do we live and work together to coffee and enjoyed an hour getting to of Glebe. We have studied and make Glebe hospitable and safe for all? know a man with a deep love of hu- worked nearby. How do we in Glebe engage with the manity and his God, an instinctive By profession and training Michelle is larger world, helping it to be hospitable appreciation for Glebe and with a a school teacher. I have been an An- and safe for generations to come? strong and admirable sense of pur- glican minister all my working life, How do we in Glebe realise our iden- pose. As it turned out he had already having been ordained in 1976. Our tity and our destiny, as people made made a connection with the Glebe family is in both Melbourne and Syd- and loved by God? Society, which he joined after having ney. The churches and roles in which These are challenges we are called to coffee with Edwina, so I will let him we have served include Mt Druitt, meet. introduce himself. Mosman, Barker College Hornsby, Paul Perini - Anne Fraser Miranda, Archdeacon for South Syd- Minister at St John’s Bishopthorpe ney, and St Hilary’s Kew.

'Rocking on down to the Point 1901' In the August SesquiShow exhibition at Adagio Gallery, many people were Players in the Pub excited by the tram front art work 'Rocking on down to the Point 1901'. Next in the series of occasional moved It was created especially for the show readings at the Toxteth Hotel, on by artist Cliff Simcox and is a mixed Tuesday 10 November at 7 pm, is media tram front on backing, wall Sophocles’ classic tragedy Antigone mounted. adapted by Annie Bilton and directed It evoked many warm reactions, and by David Marshall-Martin, presented now Cliff has generously decided to by members and friends of Sydney’s donate it to The Glebe Society. There New Theatre, one of Australia’s oldest has been a heartfelt positive response theatre companies, founded in 1932. to this. Thank you very much Cliff! It is in the upstairs Media Room Tox- We want to display it in a secure pub- teth Hotel 345 Glebe Point Road. lic place where the maximum number Free admission. Two main meals for of community members can enjoy the one on Tuesdays. piece. The Glebe Library is the obvi- The last Players in the Pub for 2009 is ous choice favoured by members of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol the Glebe Society and arrangements 'Rocking on down to the Point 1901' by Cliff Simcox. on Tuesday 15 December at 7 pm. It are currently being made to bring it Photo: Sue Ingram is directed and faithfully adapted from about. - Susan Ingram the original 1843 story by Lyn Collingwood. Fairies at the bottom of the garden The 2010 season opens with Shake- The tweeting of tiny wild birds could soon be heard again at Harold Park in speare’s Measure for Measure, di- Glebe. Sydney Council passed Councillor Burgmann’s motion last week to es- rected by Nicholas Papademetriou. tablish a habitat for small native birds, such as blue wrens and fairy wrens, near Look for details in the next Bulletin. the tramsheds at Harold Park. They also pledged to audit native wildlife in the area, particularly birds, and explore how habitat loss in one area affected another. These are not static readings but theat- rical presentations using minimal … ‘It’s about giving small birds corridors because they can’t just have little props and furniture. clumps,’ Ms Burgmann said. ‘Little birds won’t cross big, busy roads.’ From an article in the Inner Western Courier, 15 October -Lyn Collingwood

10 Glebe Society Bulletin Glebe Events The 20th Annual Glebe Music Festival 8 November to 6 December 2009

The 20th Annual Glebe Music Festi- Tuesday 1 December at 7pm at val again brings local and interna- Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road. tional artists together for a celebration The final concert in the 20th Glebe of music in unique venues in and Music Festival will be by Coro In- around the Glebe community. Tick- nominata at St Scholastica’s Chapel, ets can be purchased at the door for corner of Arcadia Road and Avenue How to get there all concerts except the Margaretta Road Glebe, at 3pm on Sunday 6 Parking is available in the Wattle Cottage concert on Sunday after- December and tickets are available Street entrance from where it is a noon 29 November. Tickets can also from www.innominata.org short walk into the ground floor of be purchased in advance through a - David McIntosh the grandstand and up the escalators booking form, by phoning 9416 6136 that will take you into the dining or at www.glebemusicfestival.com, room. where full details of all concerts ap- The Glebe Society pear. There is underground parking for Christmas Party anyone who would prefer to use the All are welcome at the free opening lift straight from the car park into the concert by the Sydney Conservato- Friday 11 December, dining room, which requires even less rium Ensembles Studies Unit at the 7pm to midnight walking. The entrance is opposite Great Hall, University of Sydney on Glenmore Meats. Sunday 8 November at 3pm. This Come one, come all to this year’s annual event is an excellent opportu- Christmas Party. It’s a celebration of For those who walk there, the pedes- nity to hear Australia’s up-and- the season and a final knees up occa- trian gates opposite Glenmore Meats coming musicians at their best. sion to mark the end of the Glebe will be open and they lead up the stairs inside the grandstand and to the On Sunday 22 November at 3pm Sesquicentenary year and the Glebe th escalator. Bel a cappella choir can be heard at Society’s 40 Anniversary. the St Scholastica’s Chapel, corner of The Christmas Party committee is We hope to see you all there! Book now, using the enclosed flyer or via Arcadia Road and Avenue Road planning a really fun night in addition the Glebe Society Website. Glebe. to the wonderful menu. It will give A concert of serenades played by the you lots of opportunity to catch up - Anne Fraser Michelangeli Ensemble can be heard with everyone, meet lots of new on behalf of the Christmas Party in the historic Old Court House members, and have a really fun time Committee (corner of St John’s Road and Tal- together for our last event of the year. fourd Street, not far from the Glebe This year it is a buffet dinner catered Glebe Street Fair post office) on Friday 27 November for by the Wentworth Park catering This year’s Fair is on Sunday, 15 No- at 7.30pm. services who did such a beautiful job vember 2009, 10am-5pm. for the opening of the Wentworth Park Tower and entrance. It will stretch along Glebe Point Road from Broadway to Bridge Road. Wentworth Park has refurbished the function room and it makes an excel- lent venue for large groups. We have the use of the dining room for dinner Good Neighbourhood and the large adjacent verandah for Margaretta Cottage at 6 Leichhardt Barbecue pre-dinner drinks and dancing after- Street, Glebe Point, is the musical wards. Sunday 1 November, 11am – 2pm, home of the Glebe Music Festival and Foley Park, corner of Pyrmont Bridge will host a concert by the Charisma The cost of $55 a head includes pre- and Glebe Point Roads, Glebe. Trio and piano duo Robert Weather- dinner antipasto and a two course burn and Wojciech Wisniewski on buffet meal with wine. There will be Come along and meet your Sunday 29 November at 3pm. Tick- no fund raising at this event this year neighbours and learn about what we ets ($20/$10) include refreshments so the cost is all-inclusive unless you are doing to improve your neighbour- and should be purchased in advance. have a taste for more wine. The bar hood. The Lyon String Trio, on tour with will be open and you can purchase This is a City of Sydney event,. For Musica Viva, will be performing on more wine as required. further information, phone 9265 9333

October/November 2009 11 News and Notes Thirsty Thursdays City U3A Members and friends are invited to meet for dinner in Term Four of CityU3A started earlier in October and contin- Glebe on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, to eat ues until mid-December. and talk with other people who live in Glebe. We visit a Venues are the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, Level different restaurant each month, varying cuisines. Put these One, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney and the Reg Murphy Activity dates in your diary now. Centre, 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point. On Thursday 5 November we will have an Italian meal at For full details of the very varied courses on offer, Google a new restaurant, Pastabella, 89 Glebe Point Road CityU3A. On Thursday 3 December we will not go to the Korean For class bookings or information about course content, restaurant. It has been closed for some time - I shouldn't dates or venues, contact Carole O’Brien, 9665.6639 or email have relied on the Web. Instead we will go to Cafissimo, [email protected]. shops 2 & 3, 166 Glebe Point Road (at The Valhalla). They are now open for dinner, and are BYO and licensed. Hunter Baillie Spring Festival of Music Please email me or ring me on 9660 7066 by the Tuesday Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church, cnr Johnston & Collins before the dinner to let us know that you are coming. Streets, Annandale. - Edwina Doe Sunday 1 November and Sunday 22 November, 3pm. See www.hunterbaillie.org.au Welcome to new members Bulletins by email The following people were accepted as members of the If you would like to receive your Bulletin by email instead Glebe Society at the October Management Committee of snail mail, please email [email protected] meeting: * Alexandra Bewg Our local Member of Parliament * James Hebron * Bruce and Kerry McFadyen State Member for Balmain, Hon. Verity Firth MP. * Paul Perini Office address: 112a Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037. We look forward to seeing them at future Glebe Society Senior Electorate Officer: ph 9660 7586, fax 9660 6112, functions. email [email protected]

Street upgrade a success City of Sydney Councillors Glebe Chamber of Commerce has declared Sydney Coun- Lord Mayor: Clover Moore MP cil’s multi-million dollar street upgrade a success, with a Councillors: string of new businesses opening along Glebe Point Road Phillip Black recently. Glebe Chamber of Commerce President Paul An- Meredith Burgmann gell said he was thrilled with the high level of interest in Irene Doutney Glebe. He said the number of new businesses was a vote of confidence. Chris Harris Marcelle Hoff At least nine new businesses have opened or are soon to Robert Kok open on Glebe Point Road near the Parramatta Road inter- Shayne Mallard section. John McInerney Central newspaper, Wednesday 21/10/2009 Di Tornai For enquiries: Please contact the City of Sydney on 9265 9333. Planning Matters If you have any urgent planning concerns to report in the next few weeks, please contact: Forest Lodge Noelene Bearns ([email protected]) or Tony Gardiner ([email protected]). Public School Home of The Glebe Who was the ‘Tranny’? - see page 9. Society Archives It was Marlon Brando. Phone 9660 3530

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Sunday 1 November, 11am - 2pm, Good Neighbourhood Barbecue, Foley Park. Thursday 5 November, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday – Pastabella, 89 Glebe Point Road. 8 November to 6 December – 20th Annual Glebe Music Festival. See page 11. Sunday 8 November, 3pm - opening concert of the 20th Annual Glebe Music Festival, the Great Hall, University of Sydney. This concert is free and all are welcome. Tuesday 10 November, 7pm – Players in the Pub – Sophocles' Antigone at Toxteth Hotel. See page 10. Wednesday 11 November, 7.30pm – Management Committee Meeting – The Old Fire Station, 115 Mitchell Street. Sunday 15 November, 10am-5pm, Glebe Street Fair. Thursday 3 December, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday – Cafissimo, shops 2 & 3, 166 Glebe Point Road. Wednesday 9 December, 7.30pm – Management Committee Meeting – The Old Fire Station, 115 Mitchell Street. Friday 11 December, 7pm to midnight – Glebe Society Christmas Party Dinner, Wentworth Park. See page 11.

Contacting The Glebe Society Inc The Glebe Society Established 1969 Mail Management Committee: President Lesley Lynch 9660 5084 All correspondence should be ad- dressed to: Vice-president Bruce Davis 9660 7873 Immediate Past President Jan Macindoe 9660 0208 The Glebe Society Inc Secretary Liz Simpson-Booker 9518 6186 PO Box 100, Glebe NSW 2037 Treasurer Bruce Davis 9660 7873 Website Committee Members: The Society has a growing Website Andrew Craig 9566 1746 Dorothy Davis 9660 7873 (www.glebesociety.org.au) for the Carole Herriman 9571 9092 information of members and anyone Sub-committee Convenors: with an interest in Glebe. The ebsite All Sub-committee convenors are ex officio members of the Management Com- will only flourish if members use the mittee site. Send contributions or comments Arts, Culture and Media Sue Ingram 9692 8534 to [email protected] Bays and Foreshores Tony Larkum 9660 7030 The Bulletin Community Development Robyn Kemmis 9692 9440 We are glad to publish letters or arti- The Environment Jan Macindoe 9660 0208 cles on any matters of interest to Fortieth Year Outreach Anne Fraser 9660 7560 Glebe, any topic raised in the Bulletin, Heritage To be announced or any issues relating to the Glebe Infrastructure Defect Reporting Margaret Sheppard 9660 4121 Society, within the Guidelines pub- Membership Cheryl & Bryan Herden 9660 7371 lished on our Website. Write to the address above or email editor@glebe Planning Neil Macindoe 9660 0208 society.org.au Transport, & Traffic To be announced Other Contacts: Disclaimer Archivist Lyn Milton 9660 7930 Views expressed in this Bulletin are Blackwattle Cove Coalition (BCC) Bruce Davis 9669 7873 not necessarily those of The Glebe Bulletin Editor Edwina Doe 9660 7066 Society Inc. Event Coordination Dorothy Davis 9660 7873 Bulletin deadline History of Glebe Max Solling 9660 1160 The next edition of the Bulletin will be History of the Glebe Society Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 published at the end of November. Liaison with CoGG Bruce Davis 9660 7873 The deadline for contributions is Liaison with FLAG Jan Wilson 9660 2698 Wednesday 18 November. Website Vicky Marquis 9552 2592

October/November 2009 13 In this issue

 Wentworth Park Games – page 1  Glebe Rowing Club’s success – page 1  Bays Precinct community consultation – page 2  Foley Park and Wireless House relaunch– page 3  Talk by the National Trust (NSW) President – page 4  Who lived in your street? – page 6  Report on Website Survey – page 8  Glebe Events – page 11

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Membership of the Glebe Society Community Contacts Individual member $45 Manager-Neighbourhood Services Centre: Glebe, Forest Joint (2 people, one address) $55 Lodge, Camperdown, Ultimo & Pyrmont: Nick Hespe. Household (more than 2 adults and/or Email: [email protected] children, one address) $60 Glebe Town Hall Office: 9298 3187, 9am-5pm Mon- Fri. Concession (student or pensioner) $20 Sydney City Council Customer Service Institution or corporate $110 Telephone (24 hours): 9265 9333 email: council@cityof sydney.nsw.gov.au Download a Membership Form from our website (www.glebesociety.org.au/AboutTGSI/Membership/ website: www.cityof sydney.nsw.gov.au Membership_application.pdf). Glebe Point Road: Work on Glebe Point Road is no longer Or write to PO Box 100, Glebe, 2037 or phone the being carried out by GMW Any issue re Glebe Point Road Secretary, Liz Simpson-Booker, on 9518 6186. should be referred to the City of Sydney . If you have a matter that you would like to discuss with the Dumped Shopping trolleys: Trolley Tracker 1800 641 497 Management Committee, please phone the Secretary. Waterway Garbage: NSW Maritime response - 9563 8592

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