A publication of THE GLEBESOCIETY INC POBox 100 GLEBE2037 www.glebesociety.org.au Glebe Society Bulletin ISSN 1836-599X 2/2011 March/April 2011 has beensupportive,butobviouslynoan that Verity Firthwaspursuingthisfundingand Working Partyhasbeenawareforsometime accept thisgenerousoffer. The HaroldPark The SocietyhaswrittentoMirvacurging itto will beupto80%ofthetime. when notbeingusedbythedisabled,andthis courts willbeavailabletothelocalcommunity a goodbalanceofactivities,especiallyasthe the Tramsheds. Ifthiseventuatesitwillensure announced hersupportforartists’ studiosin At thesametime,LordMayorCloverMoore tion forthesite,nowbeingprepared. porate thecourtsinitsDevelopment Applica Mirvac hastodoisacceptthegrantandincor amount requiredtorestorethe Tramsheds. All $10 millionwillmakeasubstantialdentinthe the rehabilitationofaccidentvictims. and Support Authority, thebodyresponsiblefor insurance premiumsthroughtheLifetimeCare sheds. The moneycomesfromGreenSlip courts fordisabledplayerswithinthe Tram- be madeavailableforpurpose-builtbasketball Verity Firthannouncethat$10millionwould gathered atthe Tramsheds tohearlocalmember On Thursday, March3,Societymembers special forthe Tramsheds. this wouldbestbeachievedthroughsomething Harold Parkredevelopmentneededafocus,and The GlebeSocietyhaslongrecognisedthe Photo: Phil Young The announcementwasmadeamidstthegraffiti anddebristhatcurrentlyoccupiesthe Tramsheds. ceremony Monday 25 April, 7.30am–AnzacDay blue flyer. Sunday 10 April –Waratah Cruises.See blue flyer. Saturday 2 April – Waterfront Tour. See What’s comingsoon See page11 forfulldetails $10 Milliongrantfor - - - Tramsheds under aboltedgate. ciety chosetotakethequick way out,slipping spunky grey-hairedmembers oftheGlebeSo so manyyouthfulvandalsbefore them,several parted courtesyofasideexit. Meanwhile,like announcement wentaheadand thepartyde and convincingchatwithFirthMoore. The impressed enoughtoletthemstayafteraquick walls foryears.ButDumesnywasapparently artists whohavepractisedtheircraftonits huge vacantsiteisafavouritewithgraffiti them away, accusingthemoftrespassing. The John Dumesny, spottedthemandtriedtoshoo executive oftheNSW HarnessRacingClub, HeraId's Josephine Tovey reportsthechief Society andthemedia-wouldbeonsite. The Mayor CloverMoore,membersoftheGlebe ers thatsheandherentourage-includingLord Tramsheds butforgot toinformthesite'sown a disabledsportsfacilityattheHaroldPark to announcemuch-appreciatedstatefundsfor second time. The MinisterforEducationwas Balmain yesterdayalmostbrushedthelawa Verity Firth'scampaignforre-electionin members ... Spunky grey-haired 1990s. The approachwasnotsuccessful. the Pacewayforaccessto Tramsheds inthe Society memberDonEllsmore,approached courts. Irememberwhenthethenpresident, of theGlebebasketballers,whowillshare and acoupleofthemspoke,asdidthepresident Support Authority attendedtheannouncement, various officialsfromtheLifetimeCareand As wellasrepresentativesoftheSociety, definite. nouncement couldbemadeuntiltheoffer was Sydney Morning Herald,Friday4March Damien Murphy’s 22DAYS TO GO -NeilMacindoe - - - ‘Glebe Walks’ on the Web Browse to www.glebewalks.com.au or www.glebesociety.org.au and follow the links The Launch RAHS President at the launch Benledi was packed to the rafters for A grant from the Royal Australian Historical Society helped fund the walks the launch of the Glebe Society’s walks project. Here is what RAHS President, Dr Ian Jack, had to say to those attending on the web on Monday 14 March 2011. the launch ... The excitement was palpable! I am very happy to be here tonight. The Anthony Cummins and Tristan Blatt- Royal Australian Historical Society man of Red Ant Media showed off the takes pleasure in being able to distribute Glebe Walks website and described its some $60,000 worth of grants to good world-first mapping, routes for each local historical and heritage causes each walk, the layers of information, links year on behalf of the State government. between walks, information panels It is so very encouraging that good to encourage further research and the projects are every year being conceived downloadable feature. the length and breadth of the state. Anthony and Tristan from Red Ant Not all good projects, however, have the have delivered something which is knack of presenting themselves per- above and beyond our expectations. suasively. At the RAHS, we were very Not only that, but their immersion in impressed by the precision of the Glebe the project and their incredible patience Society’s budgeting last year for its Cul- as we struggled to meet the demands of tural Grant: when a Society knows that turning paper-based heritage and his- ‘Walking Glebe’ needs precisely $1675, tory into a web-friendly format was an that Society knows its business. So the Ian Jack, Liz Simpson-Booker and Red absolute credit to their professionalism RAHS is not at all surprised to see this and their craft. Ant’s Anthony Cummins at the launch. fledgling project emerge fully feathered Photo: Shelagh Bott Jan Macindoe’s energy and understand- so early in 2011. ing drove this project from its incep- Grit in print, great to know that Max is My congratulations to you all. I was tion. Both Jan and Neil Macindoe have still vitally involved with Glebe nearly first introduced to the pleasures of Glebe a tremendous knowledge of Glebe’s forty years on. by my old colleague at the University of history and heritage and this package of Sydney, Bernard Smith, and, of course, The Glebe Society has been very fortu- walks is in large part a tribute to their nate in the calibre, knowledge and per- extraordinary knowledge of our suburb. his wife, Kate. The Architectural Char- acter of Glebe was ground-breaking tinacity of its members over the years. Peter Thorogood, who is one of the So- stuff in Australia when it was published Now that you are digitised and webbed, ciety’s quiet achievers, ably facilitated in 1973 and the book was of seminal you are even more relevant a body. the technical aspects of the linkage importance to the heritage industry Through the website, you can reach out to all those who will benefit from going of the walks website with that of the which grew up with the passing of the on two kilometre walks about the penin- Glebe Society’s website. NSW Heritage Act later in that decade. sula. You will reach out particularly to The Royal Australian Historical Society But is it also good to remember that the younger folk, who are so necessary grant helped the Glebe Society realise Bernard and Kate acknowledged in their to the future of historical and heritage this project; their grant funds have book that they owed ‘most to Mr Max societies, and who no longer respond to been matched by the Glebe Society. Solling’, whose thesis on nineteenth- anything not on a computer screen. We were honoured to have the RAHS century Glebe was still unpublished in President, Dr Ian Jack, attend and speak 1973. It is great to see Grandeur and On behalf of the RAHS, I extend my at the launch. warmest appreciation to you all, and also due to Phil Young, Bruce Davis, Also present were Dr Lisa Murray, particularly to Liz Simpson-Booker and Peter Robinson and Andrew Nutting for Historian for the City of Sydney, and Neil and Jan Macindoe, not to mention technical and logistical support. representatives of local history and Red Ant Media. You have carried on community groups. We hope to see you on the streets, iPad the work of Bernard and Kate Smith in hand! Or you can download each and Max Solling and you have brought The launch could not have happened walk, but please consider the environ- the presentation of your suburb into the without the assistance of our ‘Launch ment before you do so! digital age. I am full of admiration. Pad’ team (Carole Herriman, Lydia Bushell, Dianne Gray, Shelagh Bott - Liz Simpson-Booker Thank you for inviting me to participate and Erica Robinson) who with quiet tonight. efficiency provided the elegant and See page 10 for Carole Herriman’s interview with Anthony Cummins. - Dr Ian Jack, President of the Royal delicious refreshments. Thanks are Australian Historical Society 2 Glebe Society Bulletin Planning Matters

City Plan 25 February, but the recently opened Maxwell Road, and were looking at café was so full the Acting President access via the Tramsheds. The Society’s City Plan Group met with generously offered her home for the City planners on 15 February and drew It is still unclear exactly how much meeting. Lesley Lynch commented that flexibility the rezoning permits. My up a list of concerns. These have been so many meetings have been held at circulated to members in the special view is it should permit quite a lot, Liz's that the Society ought to be paying mailout. but Mirvac is clearly concerned not to her rent. upset the City prior to the DA approval. The date for submissions is 4 April, and This was the first opportunity members We are also waiting on clarification of as it was too close to the delivery date from Annandale and Forest Lodge had the City's intentions regarding the hill of the next Bulletin the executive decid- had to question Mirvac and voice their between the Tramsheds and the Light ed the information relating to the City concerns. These are mainly to do with Rail. There is potential for access to Plan should be included in the mailout transport and parkland to be improved the proposed height, traffic movements, invitation to the launch of the new dramatically. Also, while the traffic arrangement of open space and com- Glebe Walks. All members in the post- management on site looks like improv- mercial development. As this meeting code should have received this, and are ing, traffic generation from the residen- took place after the formal rezoning of urged to write to Council voicing their tial sector, and the adequacy of parking the site, Mirvac was able to confirm the concerns. All the documents and maps provision, remain concerns. will be on display at Glebe Library until halving of the commercial floor space the end of the exhibition period. and the maximum size for commercial Application for Second meeting with premises. The other good news was demolition acceptance by the RTA of the need Mirvac The DA for the first stage of the works for principal access off the Crescent, on Harold Park, demolition of every- This meeting took place before the enabling the downgrading of the Chap- thing except the Tramsheds and tram- Tramsheds event described on page one. man Road and Ross Street access. way, is now open for comment until 8 The Working Party had arranged to Mirvac also made it clear they were not April. meet with Mirvac at Bellevue on Friday, committed to any vehicular access via - Neil Macindoe Celebration, but not underneath the arches We were meant to celebrate under- the Order of the Golden Ram’s Horn to neath the arches, but when wet weather Anne Fraser and Peter Mann. threatened we made a strategic retreat underneath the grandstand. Anne was the first convenor of the Blackwattle Cove Coalition (BCC) and The occasion on Sunday 27 February started the campaign to reclaim Went- was the celebration of the removal of worth Park for the residents of Glebe, the infill from the arches of the railway Pyrmont and Ultimo, and Peter, who is viaduct that crosses Wentworth Park, Chief Executive of the Wentworth Park and the rebuilding of the eastern and Sporting Complex Trust, has oversight- western walls of the greyhound track. ed the redevelopment of the central por- About 50 people from Glebe, Pyrmont tion of the park for the benefit of all its and Ultimo, who had been planning to users and in particular local residents. spread their rugs on the grass liter- Unfortunately Anne could not attend ally ‘underneath the arches’ brought the presentation. However she sent the their picnics into the Wentworth Park following e-mail after the event: Simon Fraser accepts the award on grandstand and sat at tables and chairs behalf of Anne. Photo: Bruce Davis to enjoy their dinner. They were enter- I have just seen the wonderful Ram's tained by a stirring performance from Horn Certificate the BCC presented As the current convenor of the BCC, the TaikOz drummers and a local choir to me. Would you please pass on my John Brooks told the gathering the coa- who finished their program with a heart- thanks for the delightful and cheeky cer- lition’s next objective is to ensure that felt rendition of Underneath the Arches/ the redevelopment of the Bridge Road Grandstand. tificate. I love it. And as it turned out we didn't need to resort to the midnight, wharves between the concrete batch VIP guests included the Lord Mayor, Cr naked, seven times round the walls plant and the Fish Market harmonises Clover Moore, the member for Sydney blowing the horn. Probably just as well with the developments in Wentworth Tanya Plibersek, and the member for but we always had it up our sleeves if Park. Balmain Verity Firth who presented diplomacy didn't work...’ - Bruce Davis

March/April 2011 3 Foreshore walk Glebe Society objects to proposed Another piece expansion of Super Yacht Marina of the jigsaw The current Sydney Super Yachts Mari- the water on the Glebe side would be na, on James Craig Drive, was gazetted intolerable. Provision is made for two falls into place as a temporary marina for large cruisers outdoor bands operating throughout during the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the day and up to 10pm at night. The Work is well advanced on a boardwalk and the State Government promised it buildings also have large balconies and launching ramp in front of the would be removed. Instead, it has been overlooking the water, so one can im- Glebe Rowing Club at the bottom of made permanent on the basis of a DA in agine a great deal of leakage of musical Ferry Road. 2008, which did not have proper public and other sounds from these buildings. consultation. The original temporary Residents of Glebe are well aware of the The project, which is being financed by arrangement, the annual extensions noise problem from previous concerns NSW Maritime, is the second last part and the DA in 2008 all referred to a over Liquidity (on the same site) and the of the foreshore walk before it reaches water-based facility with a minimal land White Bay Hotel, on Victoria Road. Bridge Road at the concrete batch plant. base. Any justification for an extension The Glebe Society has additionally Local member Verity Firth, members to the land base can only be made on objected to the lack of public access to of the rowing community and several the basis of the relevant wording in the the foreshore, potential run-off pollution members of the Glebe Society assem- Rozelle Bay Master Plan 2000, which from the land-based usage and lack of a bled at the Glebe Rowing Club on stated, in relation to a boating facility proper traffic management plan for the Wednesday 23 February to mark the ‘Preferred Land Uses. Food and retail area, which will have to take into ac- beginning of work. Once this project is outlet, ancillary to main use’. Thus the count traffic converging on the Western complete it will leave only the section Glebe Society regards this DA as an Link, from this development, the new in front of the Secondary College to be ambit claim for an entertainment centre, built. Verity assured us that the Sydney Cruise Passenger Terminal in White a mini Darling Harbour with no real City Council has funded this section in Bay, the Dry Boat Storage Facility on justification and quite out of context next year's budget, and the Society is James Craig Drive and the Harold Park with the Government’s aim for ‘Work- seeking further information about the development complex. council's plans. ing Harbour’ facilities to be built in this area. Finally, the Glebe Society complained Once these two sections are complete about lack of public consultation. The The Glebe Society’s major objections we will be able to walk around the one public meeting with local residents to this proposal, submitted to NSW foreshore from Annandale to Bridge was held at the old Liquidity build- State Planning on 4 March, are two- Road, with a small diversion behind the ing on 28 February; much too late for fold. Firstly, what is proposed is an Sydney University Women’s Rowing any changes to be effected to meet the entertainment centre. It is difficult to club. deadline for submissions on 4 March. see the logic for such an entertainment Of course the remaining big task is to The Glebe Society considers that on this complex (two two-storey buildings with ensure that the foreshore walk contin- basis consent for the proposal should be mixed use, and a multi-storey car park) ues through the Bridge Road wharves, suspended and a new round of public in what is a waterfront, industrial area. through the Fish Market, and along the consultation held. Pyrmont foreshore under the Anzac The needs of the 20 or so yachts in the - Tony Larkum Bridge. marina can be serviced very adequately by one single-storey building. Sec- Convenor, Bays and Foreshores - Bruce Davis ondly, the noise just 200 metres across sub-committee From Lucy Turnbull, AO The Acting President has received the following in response to a congratula- tory letter she wrote to the former Lord Mayor 11th February 2011 Dear Ms Simpson-Booker I was touched to get your letter of con- gratulation on my recent Australia Day honour. I have such good memories of working with the Glebe Society on get- ting the foreshore walk off the ground. Glebe is a fabulous part of Sydney and it is lucky to have your Society to keep it so. Regards Photo shows work progressing on the boardwalk. Lucy Turnbull Photo: Bruce Davis

4 Glebe Society Bulletin We met the candidates Blue Wrens group meets with Council Paddy Gray Reserve, replanted in Au- gust in a public planting day, was begin- ning to look tired when members of the Blue Wren group met with Council staff for an on-site review. Judy Christie and Jan Craney had met previously and documented some of the problems – mainly invasive weeds and a few bare spots where the new plants hadn't taken. Verity Firth indicated that the turnout Jan Macindoe (left) introduces the This provided a clear basis for the joint for the Glebe Society’s recent Meet the candidates. review, and Council staff agreed that Candidates was the largest they had Photo: Bruce Davis a clean-up effort would be undertaken encountered so far in the campaign. Glebe Primary School in the next few weeks. The Blue Wren About 70 Balmain Electorate voters group were particularly pleased to assembled at Glebe Public School on ‘There are all sorts of things that can’t learn that Toolajooa, an environmental Friday 11 March to meet four of the be measured,’ says Vicki Pogulis. ‘How restoration service, has been employed candidates for the election to be held do you measure the increase in confi- by Council to oversee the maintenance on Saturday 26 March. The candidates dence of a child? How do you meas- of Paddy Gray Reserve. were James Falk (Liberal), Verity Firth ure fun?’ Thriving partnerships with (Labor), Jamie Parker (Green) and Jon elite organisations as varied as theatre A further meeting with Council offic- Shapiro (Ind). Two other candidates companies, museums and universities ers at Town Hall House had a special announced their candidature so late that have contributed to a pronounced rise in focus on how Council could support and it was not possible to include them. academic performance at Glebe Public encourage volunteers working in open Each candidate had the opportunity to School in recent years, under Ms Pogu- space in and around Glebe. We are speak for 10 minutes. The Glebe Soci- lis’s leadership. aware that our neighbours in Pyrmont/ ety had asked them to address three key Ultimo have a very active Landcare questions on Planning, Bays Develop- The young students - of whom almost group (you can see their handiwork ment and Social Housing which had 30 per cent are indigenous - have beside the light rail line, especially been sent to them beforehand: become re-engaged with education, and near the Wentworth Park station) and Planning There is widespread disaf- the school’s NAPLAN results now bear Leichhardt hosts the native nursery and fection with planning in NSW... How the fruits of a mantra based around crea- some active groups that maintain native do you propose to restore faith in the tive and pleasurable learning ... plantings around the suburb. The Blue planning system? ... But NAPLAN results alone do not a Wren group would like to see volunteers Bays Development What steps will successful school make. in Glebe given the opportunity to assist you take to ensure a coordinated and with re-vegetation of some areas in consultative approach to the redevelop- ‘You start with the solid foundations Glebe so that a corridor can develop to ment of the bays and foreshores of the of numeracy and literacy but it’s the provide habitat for small native birds. inner west? other programs - ones that can’t just be For volunteer bushcare groups to form Housing NSW Housing NSW ten- just stuck on, they must be dovetailed in - that make a difference,’ Ms Pogulis there needs to be expert advice from a ants and the local community currently Council supervisor. It was explained feel that Housing NSW practices for said. that while Council does not currently consulting with them are inadequate... So there is the partnership with the employ a bushcare specialist, there are Would you support giving local govern- Gondwana Voices Choir, made famous ment the final determination in relation plans in the medium term to do so. In by Qantas, which has led to the school’s to specific Housing NSW projects, in the meantime, Council is able to support particular the proposed affordable hous- own choir expanding over the past particular projects through arrangements ing project in Glebe? two years from a handful of students with a consultant. to almost half the school. The Sydney In the second part of the meeting, Theatre Company project will include As an initial project, the Council agreed candidates responded to an amalgam of professional actors working in each that they could support a public planting written questions from the audience, di- day to celebrate Mother’s Day, May 8. rected through the chair, Jan Macindoe. classroom later this year. And there are collaborations with the University of The Blue Wren group is exploring the We thank the candidates, Glebe Public Sydney, the Glebe Society, the Power- idea of using this occasion to extend School and its Principal Vicki Pogulis, house Museum and the Sydney Theatre appropriate native bush planting, for the members who helped to set up and Company ... example in Bicentennial Park or along clear the room, and everyone else who the foreshore walk. Look out for details attended, for contributing to such as From ‘Creative alliances allow disad- in the next Bulletin. successful evening. vantaged students to excel’ - Sydney - Jan Macindoe - Liz Simpson-Booker Morning Herald, March 5-6) March/April 2011 5 Australia Post goes postal The 18 February issue of New Matilda included an article by Roelof Smilde, a Glebe Society member, and Evan Jones. The article is reproduced here, with some topics already covered on our Bulletin 1/2011 edited out. The closure of Glebe Post Office Even so, trying just to get a date for against unanimous community op- the proposed closure from AP was position shows what can go wrong like pulling molars. At one point, the when governments privatise services. Post Office Group Action (POGA) 5pm on Friday, 4 February 2011. The got an automated message that the Glebe Post Office closes its doors, Post Office had closed on 31 De- not for the weekend as usual, but for cember. Eventually post box holders good. The same thing happens across were told of the closure but assured town in Woollahra. Just another small that the boxes would stay where step in the march of progress? they were - merely because there is no room for them at the closest post What happened to public service office at the Broadway Shopping and the social contract? It has been Centre ... replaced by a vacuum overseen by a monopoly company run on private ...The big hurdle facing the communi- sector imperatives. The government ty is that the relevant minister decline collects its dividends as an absentee to deliver on the legislated duties of Jan Wilson rallies the troops at the rally outside their portfolios. Are we to accept the landlord ... Glebe Post Office on 20 January. proposition that governments them- ... Australia Post (AP) is a hybrid Photo: Bruce Davis selves have become corporatised and entity. It is a corporation with a Each of these entities has two Share- unresponsive to the communities they legislated monopoly on certain types of holder Ministers - in all cases the are supposed to represent? letters; it has a board appointed by the Minister for Finance (presently Penny The thousands of people who have been Federal Minister for Communications; Wong) and the other the relevant Min- trying to save their post offices from it has a mandate to provide ‘reasonable ister for the area in which the business closure do not accept that proposition access’ for all Australians in a minimum is operating. In the case of AP that is for a moment. We want full disclo- of 4000 postal outlets around the coun- Communications, Stephen Conroy, who sure. We want everything put on the try; and it has only one shareholder, the also has oversight of the NBN. table and thrashed out in public before Federal Government. It is required to GBEs are prescribed in regulations un- any significant decisions are taken. meet its own costs, to seek to achieve der the Commonwealth Authorities and We want those post offices in suburbs commercial ‘best practice’ and to pay its Companies Act 1997. According to the like Woollahra, Glebe and Turramurra sole shareholder an annual dividend. Government Business Advice Branch of reopened and those offices in threatened The Australian Postal Corporation Act the Department of Finance and Deregu- suburbs like Kensington, and dozens of offers little regarding accountability, lation: others, removed from danger. We want save for an attenuated Community Serv- a mechanism put in place which gives ‘The governance regime in place for the community its rightful say in what- ice Obligations section. The relevant GBEs is a transparent and effective section requires that AP ensures that ever is proposed by way of changes to mechanism to enable active oversight essential services and all those similar ‘in view of the social importance of the and enhanced accountability of GBEs.’ letter service, the service is reasonably concerns that lie at the heart of the way that society works. accessible to all people in Australia on The ‘guiding principles‘ of governance an equitable basis’. AP is currently in arrangements include: Shareholder ****** breach of this requirement. Ministers exercising strategic control consistent with their accountability to To read this article in full go to http:// Moreover, AP is a Government Busi- the Parliament and the public; GBEs newmatilda.com/2011/02/18/australia- ness Enterprise (GBE), subject to and their officers maintaining the high- post-goes-postal additional regulation. There are seven est standards of integrity, accountability GBEs, the other six being the Australian and responsibility and information Submarine Corporation, the Austral- being produced for the shareholder and ian Government Solicitor, Rail Track, the community according to the highest Post haste Defence Housing, Medibank Private standards. and the National Broadband Network. In addition, the GBE governance frame- It’s good to know Australia Post All have the same basic structure with work dictates that a publicly available can get its act together to provide a the federal Government being the only joint Statement of Corporate Intent speedy delivery to London (Letters, shareholder. All come under a set of (SCI) be produced by the board of the March12-13). Pity it can’t provide a provisions known as Governance Ar- GBE and the Shareholder Ministers. In similar service to Glebe. rangements for GBEs. These arrange- general the regulations allocate sub- Vicky Marquis, Glebe ments give disgruntled members of the stantial responsibilities and capacity for SMH Monday 14 March public plenty of avenues for complaint. action to the Shareholder Ministers. 6 Glebe Society Bulletin Anzac Day 2011

Joseph Maxwell VC, MC and bar, DCM This brave Glebe boy Rod Holtham tells us about in England where he stayed for five the second most highly months. Joe rejoined the 18th Battalion decorated Australian soldier in France in May 1917 and was shortly of the First World War thereafter nominated for officer training back in England. He was only back in Joseph Maxwell was born in a house England for a brief period when he was recorded as 268 Hereford Street Forest charged by the military police for being Lodge on Monday 10 February 1896, involved in a boisterous party. He was to labourer John Maxwell and his wife fined ₤20 and sent back to his unit in Elizabeth. Joe was the youngest of five France. surviving children and had one older brother and three older sisters. John and Commissioned in the field as a Second Elizabeth lost their first-born son in his Lieutenant in September 1917, Maxwell infancy. took part in the battles around Poelcap- pelle, Belgium the following month Joseph Maxwell was an apprentice boil- and he quickly earned promotion to Joseph Maxwell VC, MC and bar, DCM ermaker when he enlisted in the Austral- full Lieutenant in January 1918. On 8 ian Imperial Force on 8 February 1915 March 1918 Joe Maxwell commanded somme Line near Estrees, north of St. and, like many other volunteers of the a scouting patrol that was operating to Quentin, on 3rd October 1918. His com- time, the prospect of better pay attracted the east of Ploegsteert and was ordered pany commander was severely wounded him. Joe had spent three years in the to withdraw the patrol. He and three of early in the advance and Lieutenant army cadets and a further two years in his men were covering the withdrawal Maxwell at once took charge. The the Citizen Military Forces so when he when he noticed about thirty Germans enemy wire when reached under intense arrived at Liverpool for his basic train- nearby so he recalled the patrol and fire was found to be exceptionally strong ing it wasn’t long before his experience led an attack against the German party and closely supported by machine guns, had him promoted to Lance Corporal. who were sheltering in an old trench. whereupon Lieutenant Maxwell pushed On 25 May 1915 he was assigned to The Germans subsequently withdrew th forward single handed through the wire B Company of the 18 Battalion that after losing casualties and a POW. Joe and captured the most dangerous gun, sailed to Egypt aboard HMAT Ceramic. Maxwell’s Military Cross was awarded killing three and capturing four enemy. After the battalion trained in Egypt for as a result of the encounter and was fol- He thus enabled his company to pene- about two months they proceeded to lowed within days by the award of the trate the wire and reach their objective. Gallipoli and landed at Anzac Cove on bar to the MC. Later, he again pushed forward and 22 August. The Battalion fought its first These were not the first bravery medals silenced, single handed, a gun which battle on the day of arrival. It lasted for was holding up a flank company. seven days and the Battalion suffered awarded to Joe Maxwell nor would almost half of their number as casual- they be the last. Joe was a Warrant Of- Subsequently, when with only two ties. Joe acted as a stretcher-bearer for ficer in September 1917 when he was men he attempted to capture a strong some of this time. He was admitted involved in an action near Westhoek party of the enemy, he handled a most to hospital on 2 December 1915 and during the third Battle of Ypres where involved situation very skilfully, and it evacuated from Gallipoli suffering from he performed deeds that earned him the was due to his resource that he and his jaundice. Distinguished Conduct Medal. During comrades escaped. Throughout the day the battle his platoon commander was th Lieutenant Maxwell set a high example Joe Maxwell rejoined the 18 Battalion killed and Maxwell took command and of personal bravery, coupled with excel- in Egypt on 5 January 1916 and arrived led the platoon into attack. Noticing lent judgement and quick decision. with them at Marseilles but was admit- that one of the newly captured positions th rd ted to 7 Field and then 3 Canadian was under heavy fire he led the men to a (London Gazette, 6 January 1919) General Hospital following wounds sus- safer and more tactically secure position After being discharged from the army in tained in battle. Joe was reduced to the thus minimising possible casualties. August 1919 Joe worked as a gardener ranks following a minor absence trans- in Canberra, Moree and Maitland before gression in May of that year but was The award of the Victoria Cross, re- garded as the highest military bravery moving back to Sydney where in 1921 later promoted to Sergeant following his he married Mabel Maxwell (unrelated). involvement in the Battle of Pozieres in award, was to follow and his citation reads: The marriage ended in 1926 but not October. He was again hospitalised in before producing a daughter they called November 1916 suffering from syno- For most conspicuous bravery and Jean. vitis of the right knee and after a short leadership in attack on Beaurevoir-Fon- stay was posted to a training battalion Continued on next page ...

March/April 2011 7 ... continued from previous page Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey (1862-1915) Joe attempted to join the services again in 1940 but because of his age and A Gallipoli casualty worsening health he was rejected in Sydney so he moved to Warwick in by Lyn Collingwood Queensland. In June that year, he used Major James McManamey was born the alias Joseph Wells and even named and married in Glebe and taught at the his next of kin as Elizabeth Wells, sup- Collegiate School on Glebe Point Road posedly his mother. He was listed for during the 1881-2 headmastership of a position with the 7th Cavalry Divi- Frederick Jackson*. He later trained as sion but by September his identity was a barrister. Second in Command of the discovered and he was discharged. 19th Battalion 5th Infantry Brigade, Mc- Manamey was killed by shrapnel on 5 Joe was certainly one of the most deco- September 1915 while going to bathe on rated soldiers in the AIF, and possibly North Beach, just two weeks after land- the bravest, depending on the interpre- ing on the peninsula. He was buried at tation of ranking of gallantry medals Hill 60 cemetery. After participating in awarded. Ask an infantryman and I’m the last stages of an ill-fated attack on sure they will tell you that this brave Hill 60, the 19th had carried on the rou- Glebe born boy was the bravest of them tine work of extending and maintaining all. trenches, and dragging water and rations Williiam McManamey, James’ father, Joseph Maxwell died of a heart attack up the hillside. Its commander was was a country policeman stationed in near his home at Matraville in July William Mackenzie, like McManamey the Bathurst district. William lived in 1967 at the age of 71. His second wife, an ex-student of Sydney University Glebe before joining the police force. Anne, presented his medals to the Army Law School. (Mackenzie survived the Museum at Victoria Barracks which war, dying in 1952.) When news of taught him Modern Greek, at All Saints’ subsequently presented them to the McManamey’s death reached Sydney Bathurst, and at Sydney University Australian War Memorial, Canberra in several judges paid tribute to him from where, a bursar, he graduated BA in 2003. the Bench. 1881. He then taught at Frederick Jackson’s school in Glebe and, with - Rod Holtham James McManamey was the oldest of A B Piddington, was one of the first six children born to William (1838- masters at Sydney High School. After 1909) and Jessie née Fraser (ca 1838- admission to the Bar in 1892 he built 1919) who married in 1861. In January up a large legal practice and chaired 1863 Irish-born dark-complexioned several industrial arbitration boards. In William, a labourer, joined the police 1903 he returned briefly to teaching, as force. Of ‘smart appearance’, he was Mathematics Master at Scots College, sent to the Western District. Promoted Bellevue Hill. to senior constable nine months later, he became a sergeant in 1870 and a In university football James was a senior sergeant in 1891. In 1865, while talented forward and captained the stationed at Pulpit Hill Bathurst, he team; he went on to be president of the No 234 Hereford Street. testified at the inquest into the death NSW Rugby Union. (After his death Photo: Rod Holtham of a teenage dray driver who, together the Great Public Schools competed for with his horses, had been blown to the McManamey Shield.) James was Footnote: pieces when his load of blasting powder also a keen member of the University For those wanting to make a pilgrimage exploded. For most of his working life Regiment, served for 20 years in the 1st to the birthplace of Joseph Maxwell VC, there are some complexities of William was stationed in the Bathurst - Volunteer Australian Infantry Regiment st which one needs to be aware. His birth Forbes area. At the time of his death, at and the 21 Infantry and commanded certificate states he was born at 268 Woolwich on 12 August 1909, he was the 38th (Kogarah). After enlisting on Hereford Street, Forest Lodge on 10 living on a police pension. 12 April 1915, he embarked for Egypt on the Ceramic on 25 June, and landed February 1896. Hereford Street house James, born on 9 February 1862, was numbers (on the south side) at that time at Anzac Cove on 21 August, one of educated privately at Wellington by went to 270 but in the last decade of a close-knit rugby and legal frater- J W Turner and a local doctor who the 19th century, the street underwent nity. Other prominent footballers in several significant re-numberings. *Frederick Jackson MA, an Oxford his battalion were Glebe-born Sydney From the configuration of houses, then graduate and a friend of Professor Albert Middleton, lawyer Francis Coen and now, the location of the house Charles Badham, drifted into insanity (killed in action in 1916), Leo Barclay where Joseph Maxwell VC was born, and suicided in 1883 at the age of 44. Heath who graduated in Medicine after is No 234 Hereford Street. There is a He was found with his throat slit in his the war, Clarence Wallach who died tiny worker’s cottage on this site which bedroom in Glenmore House on Glebe of wounds in 1918, and Alick Buck- would appear to be the same building ley. McManamey was posthumously as in 1896. Point Road by his housekeeper Mrs - Liz Simpson-Booker Mary McGaughren. Continued on next page ...

8 Glebe Society Bulletin ... continued from previous page From then on I felt no guilt about what awarded the three standard World War Letters we were doing. We saved almost all of 1 medals, and a memorial plaque and to the one of Sydney's great Victorian pre- scroll, sent to his widow (Rose née Editor cincts - celebrated in Bernard's book Rurrock whom he had married in Glebe The Architectural Character of Glebe. I in 1895) in 1922. From 1916 Rose Dear Editor even think my mother, who had grown received a war pension of £157 pa. for As co-founder (with Bernard and Kate up in Wigram Road, Forest Lodge, herself and her two sons; John, born Smith and my wife Sandra) of the Glebe before escaping to Bondi, would have in 1899, and James (1902-57). The Society, and its inaugural vice-president, seen, had she lived on, what she had former became senior medical officer at may I add an historical note/comment missed as a child. Lidcombe Hospital. to the mention of ‘gentrification’ in your Robert Darroch - Lyn Collingwood last newsletter (which I am very grateful Bondi Sources: to receive). Dear Editor Australian War Memorial online records Gentrification was a word much bandied Having employed a local estate agent to Tony Cunneen Engaged to Act on Another about at the time of the launching of the manage the basement of my house I was Front society. I can remember Les McMahon, somewhat shocked to discover on my McManamey family papers (Mitchell Li- then deputy mayor of Leichhardt and monthly statement of account that I had brary ML MSS 1507/1) the future local MHR, expressing to me NSW birth, death, marriage records been charged $96 for what was euphe- grave fears that the society would turn mistically described as electrical repairs. NSW cemetery records Glebe into an inner-west version of Pad- It turned out that the agent had sent two Poems of John Fraser McManamey dington (and convert a working-class electricians to change the battery in one Sands directories suburb into a conservative bailiwick - smoke alarm. Scots College Prospectus 1892 the Greens being then just a glimmer in Scots College The Scotian 1904 Jack Mundey's eye). In preparation for receiving another ten- Sydney Morning Herald 20.9.1915; ant last month I called at the fire station 20.12.1919 We ourselves had fears that our efforts in St Johns Road where one of the fire- University of Sydney The Archives Record to preserve the suburb from Parkes De- men showed me how to test the alarms. 2005 velopment, the DMR and - yes - Leich- As one alarm appeared to be defective Woodford Academy papers (Mitchell Li- hardt Council would have a negative I rang the fire station (9660 7156) and brary ML MSS 1475/1) impact on the extant local community. was soon surprised to find three firemen We made particular efforts to try to at my front door. I had made a mis- Affordable housing enlist the ‘locals’ into the society. I take about the alarm which I'd thought personally made strenuous efforts to get was defective but as they had brought project approved by them to come along to our launch in the another alarm with them they installed it City Council town hall in St Johns Road. free of charge in another room. Council recently approved the first stage These efforts were almost completely They were at all times courteous and of work for new social and affordable fruitless, even though I got the local helpful so if you have any problems housing in Glebe, at the Elger Street parish priest, Father Roberts, to give with smoke alarms I recommend that Housing NSW site. his considerable imprimatur to what we you should ring your local fire brigade. were doing. This, not-that-incidentally, The project will turn 134 old public Ian Edwards helped save St Scholastica's in Avenue housing units into 153 new public Glebe housing, 83 affordable housing and 250 Road from the DMR's western distribu- privately-owned dwellings. tor. The project will preserve existing Subsequently, after the society was up- Japan disaster relief public housing levels and increase the and-running, I encountered many locals charity art auction level of affordable housing for workers and long-term residents and would ask Yuga Cafe & Floral Gallery, 172 St and others on low incomes - a housing them why they were not interested in Johns Road, Glebe, will be hosting a type Sustainable Sydney 2030 indenti- what we were trying to do - save their charity auction on Thursday 7 April to fied was particularly undersupplied. suburb. It came as quite a shock to get raise funds for the Japan disaster relief. The new properties will also improve their responses. Housing NSW’s ability to meet tenant The auction will start at 5.30pm and They did not like living in Glebe. To needs, through designs that increase feature Japanese artworks. them it was a slum. Mostly they rented accessibility for seniors and people with their ill-maintained properties, and a disability. Auction hosts Setsuko Yanagisawa from desperately wanted to escape to greener Yuga Floral Design and Ben Crisafulli City of Sydney research for Sustainable fields further west - to lovely places like from Yuga Café hope to raise at least Sydney 2030 has identified a need to Mr Druitt and Green Valley. They liter- $10,000 through the auction. maintain social housing, while housing ally did not ‘see’ the beauty in Glebe. (I If you would like to donate an artwork, for low to moderate income households remember pointing out to Les McMa- attend and/or sponsor the evening must increase from less than one per hon the ceramic tiles on the houses in cent now to 7.5 per cent of all dwell- Victoria Street. It was the first time he please contact Setsuko Yanagisawa on ings. had ‘seen’ them, though he had lived in 9692 8604 or [email protected]. - Clover’s eNews, 11 March 2011 Glebe all his life.) au March/April 2011 9 Many of us met Anthony Cummins at the launch of Glebe Walks Anyone interested in joining the group on 14 March (see page 2 of this Bulletin). Carole Herriman has (not necessarily Glebe residents) can try interviewed him. out by contacting the coordinator, Peter Pockley, by phone on 9660 6363. The Ant Cummins first hit will be free! Recently Red Ant Media, the company PUG Community that designed Glebe Walks, took out an Institutional membership of the Glebe Men’s Shed Society. I caught up with Anthony (Ant) Cummins, the founder, in his During our voyage on the Waratah on premises on Glebe Point Road, which 31 October, Ross Hindmarsh told us is shared with another of his ventures, about the Pyrmont Ultimo Glebe Com- Gallery Red. munity Men’s Shed. Its main activity is restoring the 1912 ferry Kanangra, In a wide-ranging chat I couldn’t help which we had to walk across to board but ask ‘what got you started in web the Waratah. design?’ From my perspective the combination of good visual and artistic Ross Hindmarsh writes: skills together with good technical skills The PUG Community Men’s Shed is not that frequently found. And so it launched their operation in September turned out. Ant had studied art as well 2009 on board the Kanangra at Rozelle as maths and science at school, and con- Anthony Cummins. Bay. tinued on with tertiary studies in graphic Photo: Carole Herriman Men’s Sheds all over Australia support design with a focus on printing. comfortable with technology and likes the social interaction of men and ad- After a couple of years post-graduation the challenge of constant change. When dress health issues as men get together working for a specialty printer, Anthony working on a website, in the forefront in Men’s Sheds to share, disseminate embarked on a working holiday in the of his mind is balancing creativity with and preserve their skills, abilities and UK. Whilst working in Scotland he practical needs. And of course optimis- interests. ing access to a website involves impor- experienced the sub-contractor’s Ah-hah At the present time members of the moment when he found out that the tant issues such as optimising structure and content. PUG Community Men’s Shed have agency he was contracting through was joined the Sydney Heritage Fleet vol- charging him out at three times what he Successful web design results from unteer group and set up a work shop on was earning. This gave him the impetus clients who know what they want. But the upper deck of the Kanangra Ferry to work for himself and to go freelance. in common with many other businesses, to help with the restoration of the ferry. On his return from the UK, having been managing client expectations is prime! They are taking out all the windows and given space in the old nurses’ quarters - Carole Herriman doors, restoring them, inserting lami- behind the Glebe Library/St Helens nated glass and reinstalling them. buildings, he set up ‘shop’ and for some The PUG Community Men’s Shed is time indulged his love of painting and Have a hit on supported by the Uniting Care Ageing, photography. These passions have been Sydney Region by way of a Memoran- relegated since 2003 as he has built his Wednesdays! dum Of Understanding to auspice the business in graphics and web design. For many years a steadily-changing Men’s Shed. The Uniting Care Aged, Where does the name ‘Red Ant Media’ group of Glebeites (mostly Society Sydney Region will help the Men’s come from? When it was time to reg- members) has gathered at the upper Shed with applying for grants, supply of ister a business name Anthony wanted St James Tennis Court on Wednesday equipment and funding for promotion to use ‘Ant Media’ to reflect his name. nights for a good-natured, hour-long hit events. However this was not allowed, and from 7 to 8 pm (under lights for nine We welcome new members as it’s an seeing something red on a nearby desk, months of the year). opportunity for men to get to know the he suggested the name ‘Red Ant Media’ men who are involved in the Men’s which was acceptable to the Office of Players entertain no pretentions to great Shed and to participate in the activities Fair Trading. skill but seem able to live up, or down, of the shed. to average levels for keeping a ball on Over the years he has occupied a Contact Ross Hindmarsh on Hind- the move. Normally, there's a vigorous number of different commercial [email protected] or 0414 660 warm-up for the first 15 minutes which premises in Glebe, only once defecting 839 for more information. ensures everyone gets a good hit before to Surry Hills. He also lived in Glebe moving on to proper games which vary at different times, but does not live here between the serious and the hilarious. now. Age is no qualification or barrier, Anthony likes to work with a small, accommodating the relatively youthful, The Waratah multi-skilled team and enjoys the tech- middling and verging on the elderly. pictured in nical aspects of web design. He is very Numbers playing vary from two to six. 1902 10 Glebe Society Bulletin Coming Glebe events Get on the trail Remember and Rejoice National Trust of the monster Coro Innominata 2011 Heritage Festival Ars Moriendi ("The Art of Dying") Glebe events 3pm, Sunday 17 April 2011, Saint garage sale The events below will take place in Scholastica's Chapel, Glebe. The City of Sydney is hosting two early April, forming part of a state Garage Sale Trails on Sunday 10 April Inspiring and contemplative choral mu- wide National Trust Heritage Festival 2011, in Surry Hills and Glebe. sic designed around the subject of loss themed about water and the stories that and mourning and appropriate for the have flowed from its presence and use. It’s all part of the Garage Sale Trail, season of Lent. Tickets $33/$28. Australia’s largest garage sale. There’ll Saturday 2 April - Glebe’s be thousands of garage sales all over the Supreme Serenity: A Liszt Bicenten- Historic Waterfront - A Guided country on the same day reusing and nial 3pm, Sunday 7 August 2011, All Tour recycling items instead of sending them Saints' Anglican Church, Woollhara. The tours will start from the Glebe to landfill. A celebration of the 200th birthday of Library garden from 10 am to 10.30 am Are you a bargain hunter? Come and Franz Liszt with music for choir and and take approximately 3 hours. The shop in Surry Hills and Glebe at the organ by this cosmopolitan, yet devout tours cost $25 which includes notes, City of Sydney’s Garage Sale Trails! Hungarian composer and his friends. maps and refreshments. Tickets $33/$28. The City of Sydney is even having Sunday 10 April - Waratah its own garage sales from 9am – 3pm Magnificat! 3pm, Sunday 27 Novem- Steam Tug Inner Harbour ber 2011 Saint Scholastica's Chapel, at the grassed areas of Glebe Library Cruises Glebe. Glebe Library garage sale, • First cruise departs at 10am sharp. A banquet of festive Baroque sound, in- Sunday 10 April, 10am-3pm • Second cruise departs at 12 noon cluding Bach's Magnificat in its original sharp. version and the fairly recently discov- Meet at the Sydney Heritage Fleet and Surry Hills Library selling props, ered Gloria by Handel for solo soprano Shipyard, James Craig Road, Rozelle. books, CDs and more! and strings. Tickets $38/$33. Each cruise will cost $30 and the actual Do you call Surry Hills or Glebe home? Google Coro Innominata for more in- cruising time is 90 to 100 minutes. If so, get involved and have a garage formation and to buy tickets. Tickets Please bring your own refreshments. sale on Sunday 10 April. Make sure you for all three concerts are $92/$80. See the Glebe Society Website and register your sale and it’ll feature on the the enclosed blue flyer in this month’s City of Sydney’s Garage Sale Trail map Bulletin for more details. Bookings are so people know where to come and buy essential for both events. your items. Anzac Day Inquiries: Judith Ahlqvist, 9566 4871. Once you’ve registered you’ll get a Service pack which includes a T-shirt, hat and other bits to help dress you and your Glass Artists Gallery garage sale on the day. exhibition, 5 - 24 April Don’t forget to tell your friends and family about it so that they can come Maureen Cahill invites members to the and buy some vintage bargains. latest exhibition the Glass Artists Gal- lery, at 68 Glebe Point Road. For more information Google the City Glebe War Memorial – Glebe of Sydney home page and click on the Encore 2011 features more recently Point Road Grage Sale Trail logo. Or go to the requested works from Ranamok Final- 7.30am, Monday 25 April City’s Facebook or Twitter. ists 2010. This group exhibition always The Parish Priest of St James promises a varied and eclectic response Church, Rev Colin Fowler, will by artists interpreting their ideas officiate and the talk will be given through the medium of glass. by local historian Max Solling. Opening drinks will be from 6 to Morning tea will be served at the 8pm on Tuesday 5 April. Everyone is back of St John’s Church after the invited. The exhibition continues until ceremony. Sunday 24 April. The Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-6pm and Everyone is welcome. Sunday 1-5pm.

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Thirsty Thursdays State of Siege Members and friends are invited to meet in restaurants in and Sydney resident Dennis Grosvenor has documented the de- around Glebe, on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, to struction of his neighbourhood under NSW State Government eat and talk with other people who live in Glebe. We visit a planning laws in State of Siege. In Michael Moore style, his different restaurant each month, varying cuisines. Put these feature length documentary examines the conflict between dates in your diary now. development and urban conservation. Steeped in a culture of political donations, NSW politics has put the basic tenets of On Thursday 7 April we will eat at Fountain 77, the Italian democratic rights under threat. Restaurant at 77 Glebe Point Road (next door to Otto). The film has had several screenings at the Roseville Cinema. On Thursday 5 May we will go to Darbar Indian Restau- It will be shown, followed by a panel discussion led by Den- rant, 134 Glebe Point Road (cnr St Johns Road). nis, on this side of the harbour at 2 pm on Saturday 9 April And on Thursday 2 June we will go to La Tavolaccia, 355 at New Theatre 542 King Street, Newtown. This should be a Glebe Point Road. lively post-election event. Please email me or ring me on 9660 7066 by the Wednesday- before the dinner to let me know if you are coming, or if you Ghost Tours are likely to be late. The Friends of Old Government House at Parramatta have - Edwina Doe asked us to pass on information about Monthly Ghost Nights at Old Government House. These are held on the third Friday of the month. Cost: $30, National Trust members $27. This Welcome to new members includes a tour of Old Government House by candlelight, The following people were accepted as members of the Glebe ghostly tales and supper. The night starts at 7.30 pm and Society at the March Management Committee meeting: finishes approx 10.30pm. Bookings are essential and can be made on 9635 8149. • Kim & Terry Munyard • Red Ant Media (Anthony Cummins and Tristan Barangaroo Blattman) It’s a bit outside our area, but if you are concerned about We look forward to seeing them at future Glebe Society func- issues surrounding the Barangaroo project, go to the Website tions. handsoffourharbour.com.au where you can get information or add your voice to those wanting an investigation. Players in the Pub City of Sydney Councillors Here are the next plays in the series of popular moved read- Lord Mayor: Clover Moore MP ings at Glebe’s Toxteth Hotel. Presented by members and friends of Sydney’s New Theatre, these are not static readings Councillors: but theatrical presentations using minimal props and furni- Phillip Black ture. Meredith Burgmann 19 April - The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour, direct- Irene Doutney ed by Rodney Delaney. The Anzac Day drama rejected by Chris Harris the governors of the inaugural Adelaide Festival of Arts who Marcelle Hoff feared it might offend the RSL. The author will be attending Robert Kok this reading of his work, now an Australian classic. 17 May - Moonlight by Harold Pinter, directed by Alan Shayne Mallard Faulkner. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pinter is John McInerney best known for ground-breaking theatre works such as The Di Tornai Birthday Party, The Caretaker and The Homecoming, and For enquiries: Please contact the City of Sydney on screenplays including The Servant, The Go-Between and The 9265 9333. French Lieutenant’s Woman. 14 June - Tinseltown Tears at the Toxteth, devised and directed by Nicholas Papademetriou - a stage version of a Forest Lodge Hollywood ‘weepie’. Tuesdays at 7 pm in the upstairs Media Room (enter via Public School Ferry Road stairs) Toxteth Hotel, 345 Glebe Point Road. Free Home of The Glebe admission. Two main meals for one on Tuesdays. Orders Society Archives from 5.30pm. Phone 9660 3530

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Saturday 26 March, State Election Day and Earth Hour (8.30 - 9.30pm). Saturday 2 April, starting at 10-10.30 am, from the Glebe Library garden – Waterfront Tour. See page 11 and blue flyer. Thursday 7 April, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday – Fountain 77 Italian Restaurant, 77 Glebe Point Road. Sunday 10 April, 9am – 3pm – Garage Sales Trail, Glebe Library and other locations. See page 11. Sunday 10 April, 10am and 12 noon from James Craig Road, Rozelle – Waratah Cruises. See page 11 and blue flyer. Wednesday 13 April, 7.30pm – Management Committee meeting, 115 Mitchell Street. Sunday 17 April, 3pm – Coro Innominata, St Scholastica’s Chapel, Avenue Road. See page 11. Tuesday 19 April, 7pm – Players in the Pub, Toxteth Hotel. See page 11. Monday 25 April, 7.30am – Anzac Day ceremony, Glebe War Memorial, Glebe Point Road. See page 11. Thursday 5 May, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday - Darbar Indian Restaurant, 134 Glebe Point Road. Wednesday 11 May, 7.30pm – Management Committee meeting, 115 Mitchell Street. Tuesday 17 May, 7pm – Players in the Pub, Toxteth Hotel. See page 11. Thursday 2 June, 7pm – Thirsty Thursday – La Tavolaccia, 355 Glebe Point Road. Wednesday 8 June, 7.30pm – Management Committee meeting, 115 Mitchell Street. Tuesday 14 June, 7pm – Players in the Pub, Toxteth Hotel. See page 11.

Contacting The Glebe Society Inc The Glebe Society Established 1969 Mail Management Committee: All correspondence should be addressed Acting President Liz Simpson-Booker 9518 6186 to: Vice-president Bruce Davis 9660 7873 The Glebe Society Inc Immediate Past President Lesley Lynch 9660 5084 PO Box 100, Glebe NSW 2037 Correspondence Secretary Vicky Marquis 9552 2592 Minute Secretary Margaret Sheppard 9660 4121 Website Treasurer Bruce Davis 9660 7873 The Society has a growing Website (www. Committee Members: glebesociety.org.au) for the information Dorothy Davis 9660 7873, Carole Herriman 9571 9092, of members and anyone with an interest David Mander Jones 9552 4172, Margaret Sheppard 9660 4121 in Glebe. The Website will only flourish if Sub-committee Convenors: members use the site. Send contributions All sub-committee convenors are ex-officio members of the Management or comments to webmaster@glebesociety. Committee org.au Arts, Culture and Media Sue Ingram 9692 8534 Bays and Foreshores Tony Larkum 9660 7030 The Bulletin Community Development Robyn Kemmis 9692 9440 We are glad to publish letters or articles on The Environment Jan Macindoe 9660 0208 any matters of interest to Glebe, any topic raised in the Bulletin, or any issues relating Heritage tba to the Glebe Society, within the Guidelines Membership Cheryl and Bryan Herden 9660 7371 published on our website. Write to the ad- Planning Neil Macindoe 9660 0208 dress above or email editor@glebesociety. Transport and Traffic Andrew Craig 9566 1746 org.au Other Contacts: Archivist Lyn Milton 9660 7930 Disclaimer Blackwattle Cove Coalition (BCC) Bruce Davis 9669 7873 Views expressed in this Bulletin are not Bulletin Editor Edwina Doe 9660 7066 necessarily those of The Glebe Society Inc. Event Coordination Dorothy Davis 9660 7873 History of Glebe Max Solling 9660 1160 Bulletin deadline History of the Glebe Society Jeanette Knox 9660 7781 The next edition of the Bulletin will be Liaison with CoGG Bruce Davis 9660 7873 published at the end of April, The deadline Website Phil Young 9692 9583 for contributions is Wednesday 20 April. March/April 2011 13 In this issue

• $10 million grant for Tramsheds – page 1 • Launch of ‘Glebe Walks’ – page 2 • Planning matters – page 3 • Super Yacht Marina – page 4 • Anzac Day 2011 – page 7 • Glebe events – page 11

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