r BBQ and celebration under our e b spreading fig tree m Saturday 16 October provided a perfect e opportunity to see Glebe Point looking at v its sparkling best between the rain from the o previous night and the very cold Sunday that followed. N / Eighty people attended the BBQ. The event r was well supported by Glebe businesses e with donations and assistance. Everyone b indulged in gourmet sausages, provided by o Glebe Society members Rod and Deborah Jan Wilson, Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Eva Cox t Blay of Peppercorn Meats. Louis Fruit & Robyn Kemmis. Photo: Sue Ingram c Market, 337 Glebe Point Road, donated the fruit. The onions were donated by Damian cooperation between residents, businesses O and the City of Sydney Council. The vi- of Frank Galluzzo and Sons, 187 Glebe Point Road. Tim Smith of Glebe Liquor, 375 Glebe brancy of the community underpins the Point Road, assisted with storage of drinks philosophy of Council, that Sydney is a ‘city 4 and supply of ice. Our appreciation must of villages’. Councillors attending included Phillip Black, Verity Firth, Tony Pooley and 0 also be given to Phillip Combe of Barbehire Robyn Kemmis. Other councillors sent their 0 and his competent Chef, Brett for the apologies, as there were concurrent commu- 2 professional BBQ services / nity public meetings on in Sydney. There were the usual accompaniments, 9 Only in Glebe would we feed a driver of bread rolls, sauces and drinks. It was a true Sydney Buses, mind a Sydney bus whilst the community event hosted by the Glebe Society. Invitations were extended to driver went home for lunch and have a senior members of the Glebe Chamber of Com- member taxied home in a police car. A celebration of this nature provides an merce, Glebe Housing Estate, Glebe Police opportunity for all to come together, meet and other residents. and discuss issues very relevant for our The purpose of the BBQ was to welcome community. our ‘not so new’ Councillors and to In conclusion, our thanks must go to the City celebrate the commencement of the Glebe of Sydney for the support they have given Foreshore Walk and the acquisition of the Anchorage site. The Lord Mayor, Clover Glebe to date. Moore, spoke about the strength of the - Jan Wilson Glebe community and the importance of the Macbeth at St Scholastica’s It was like a scene out of Shakespeare’s extended from Broadway down to the Macbeth ……. Blackwattle swamp, was developed with small workers’ cottages. By 1861, 2000 On a wet and windy night about 70 people people lived there, compared with 1000 gathered around the cauldron cum slide people in the rest of Glebe. Bishopthorpe projector as Max Solling, with assistant was next, being the area further north from warlock Michael Foster, weaved their magic Cowper Street to St Johns Road. Here we of times past. learned that most houses were built under Drawings, paintings and maps of very early the owner/builder arrangement, generally in days, say back to 1850, illustrated how timber. There was much variety here but Glebe was populated by the Respectability, little of quality. Select Committees in 1860 who were spread out over 12 estates in and 1875 examined the poor drainage and about 20 substantial houses. overcrowding in such areas. It is not Then came the beginnings of subdivision. surprising that most of these early houses Firstly an area known as Bishopgate, which were replaced with brick terraces. The last Continued on page 3 ... A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY INC PO Box 100 GLEBE 2037 Australia www.glebesociety.org.au demand more funding for the school. Forest Lodge Public School The parents were socially aware and demanding, but what role has the P&C really had on the development of the school? This is just one of the many questions that could be covered in this project. When funding is approved, a project Forest Lodge steering group will be established to girls gardening scope the project. The Glebe Society in 1903 has been invited to nominate one person to help us determine exactly what is done. We hope that your long interest in the history of Glebe can ensure that a social history is in the appropriate context in the development of Glebe. The application seeks funding for: * a social historian to research the Forest Lodge Public School (FLPS) the proposal. Below is an extract from stories, will celebrate 125 years of education the funding application: * an oral historian to record at the school in 2008. In the lead up ‘The history of FLPS mirrors the identified stories, and to this event the P&C has applied for dynamic and changing cultural funding to produce a social history. history of Australia. The school was * a person to put the school register The Glebe Society has agreed to help established shortly after compulsory on a mailing list, so we can the P&C communicate the progress education began in 1880 and its contact previous students and and results of the project, as well as ongoing eclectic student body families, and update our mailing helping on the steering group. provides us with many narratives of list. The Commonwealth Department of Australia’s earliest immigrants and Funding for publication of the social the Environment and Heritage are their continuing cultural presence in history is also requested. We want to offering funding under the Sharing Sydney. Also FLPS’s location in an pull out stories that can also be used Australia’s Stories grants to commu- inner city suburb means the socio- by the teachers in programs such as nity, not-for-profit organisations such economic and ethnic background of Human Society in the Environment. as schools. As part of the centenary the school’s population has changed Preparation of the application has celebrations at FLPS in 1993 a factual dramatically over the last century as already generated a lot of interest. history was produced. This publica- the inhabitants of Glebe responded to The principal has suggested getting tion tells us when buildings were local changes in technological, funding to refurbish the Girls’ built, how many students attended, residential and work patterns. Department gate on Pyrmont Bridge and something of the education Over the last 20 years, in particular, Road. The oral historian has policies that affected the school. the ethnic mix of students has suggested putting digital interviews There are acknowledgements of a changed dramatically. There are now on the school web site (see number of previous students who 40% of students from families of non forestlodg-p.school.nsw.edu.au). The have contributed to the development English speaking background, from a photo of Pet Day with a pony and of Australia, such as the Antarctic wide range of countries, including many chooks has made us wonder explorer Douglas Mawson, and Sierra Leone, Fiji, Turkey, as well as what was a day at FLPS like 100 years Agnes Robertson, Commonwealth Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan. ago. Do people organise living representative for WA. What are their stories of school in history days in which current Australia and in the country their students can experience what a day This funding proposal aims to parents were born in? A Chinese was like in the history of FLPS? As capture the stories of the range of parent says that now schools in with many community organisations, students, their families and their China have 60 to 70 students in a ideas are not the limiting factor, it’s teachers. Recently the school has class! The teacher uses a megaphone funding and the time to put ideas into received a letter from a previous to be heard and discipline is very action. student who is in her 90s. What are strong. The P&C president of 25 We look forward to getting this her recollections of FLPS and what years ago can recollect only one proposal funded and having support impact has her education at FLPS had aboriginal family at the time of the from the Glebe Society in helping on her? Even over the last 90 years Centenary. Such a lot has changed in communicate and steer the project. there have been so many social a relatively short time.’ - Gabrielle Kay changes at FLPS that reflect the The Centenary publication reports For further information contact changes in society of Australia. This that the parents marched on Gabrielle Kay, Forest Lodge P&C, is the main argument we are using in Parliament House in the 1970s to [email protected] 2 The Glebe Society Bulletin ...Continued from page 1 subdivision occurred in 1915, Come to forming Eglinton Street. Max’s magic continued with early The Glebe Society’s photographs showing us the many 2004 Christmas facets of Glebe’s social history, examples being: Drinks - Many of the large houses became at institutions eg, to accommodate single mothers and homeless girls, or The Glebe Rowing Club, Ferry Road educational establishments. (next door to the Boathouse Restaurant) - Most of the building work was Friday 3 December from 6.00 to 8.00pm carried out by just a few local Enjoy a fine view over the waters of Blackwattle builders. It is interesting to learn that the people who made the money Bay as you celebrate with were Estate Agents and financiers! delicious finger food, wine, sparkling wine, beer, - Glebe went through many phases mineral water or juice, Christmas Cake and the accommodating diverse and ever Great Glebe Society Raffle. changing socio-economic populations. Catering by Nags Head Hotel, Glebe. A Booking Form is enclosed with this Bulletin.