Glebe is an inner-western suburb of Sydney. Glebe is located southwest of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the

City of Sydney The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842, th ...

, in the

Inner West The Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson (Parramatta River ...

region. Glebe is surrounded by

Blackwattle Bay Blackwattle Bay is a bay located to the southeast of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The bay was named in 1788 after the Black Wattle tree found at the bay, which was used for housing cons ...

and Rozelle Bay, inlets of Sydney Harbour, in the north. The suburb of Ultimo lies to the east and the suburbs of Annandale and Forest Lodge lie to the west. The southern boundary is formed by

Parramatta Road Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, connecting the Sydney CBD with Parramatta. It is the easternmost part of the Great Western Highway. Since the 1990s its role has been a ...

and

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. Broadway is a locality sited along the road of the same name, which is located on the border of Glebe, Chippendale and Ultimo.

History

Glebe's name is derived from the fact that the land on which it was developed was a

glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...

, originally owned by the

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. 'The Glebe' was a

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of given by Governor Arthur Phillip to Reverend Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, in 1790. In the 19th century, Glebe was home to architect,

Edmund Blacket Edmund Thomas Blacket (25 August 1817 – 9 February 1883) was an Australian architect, best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St. Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn. Arriving in Sydney from Engl ...

, who had migrated from England. Blacket built his family home,

Bidura Bidura House, or simply, ''Bidura'', is a heritage-listed former residence, orphanage and office building located at 357 Glebe Point Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wal ...

, on Glebe Point Road in 1858, designing it along conventional Victorian Regency lines. He also designed St John's Church, on the corner of Glebe Point Road and St Johns Road. The church was built from 1868 to 1870. The suburb of Glebe was home to a first grade football team in the New South Wales Rugby League, now the National Rugby League. The

Glebe Dirty Reds The Glebe Dirty Reds are an Australian rugby league foundation club which played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership, the major competition for the sport in Sydney, from 1908 until their exit at the end of 1929. Th ...

were formed in 1908 and played in the first seasons of rugby league in Australia, with home games at

Wentworth Park Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several muti-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...

. The foundation club did not win a premiership, and was excluded from the competition in 1930. In the 1970s, feminist activists took over an abandoned

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and set up Australia's first women's shelter, the Elsie Refuge.

Original vegetation

The original vegetation was the

Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest The Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest (STIF) is dry sclerophyll forest community of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that is typically found in the Inner West and Northern region of Sydney. It is also among the three of these plant communities ...

. A veteran

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still grows at the grounds of St John's Anglican Church, at Glebe Point Road.

Landmarks

* Glebe Town Hall, a heritage-listed civic building, which was used as the seat of the Glebe Municipal Council from its opening 1880 to 1948. Since merging with the

council in that year, the building has been used extensively as a community hall for local concerts, rehearsals, balls, parties, conferences, and society meetings. * Rozelle Tram Depot, constructed in stages from 1904, is the largest remaining tram depot in Sydney, and is one of five remaining tram depots in the state of New South Wales. Operations ceased on 22 November 1958. The depot at present contains six historic trams, some of which date back to the 1930s, as well as an old coach that has been heavily vandalised. The trams that were in near mint condition prior to 2000 have now been vandalised, stripped and painted with graffiti. The depot served the inner western suburbs tram routes to Leichhardt, Balmain, Birchgrove, Abbotsford, and Lilyfield. During its peak of operations the depot was a major place of employment, employing up to 650 staff and was one of few workplaces of significant size in the Glebe area during its period. The depot ceased operations on 22 November 1958. *

Sze Yup Temple The Sze Yup Temple ( Chinese 四邑關帝廟) is a heritage-listed Chinese joss house and Taoist temple located at Victoria Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Austra ...

(Chinese: 四邑廟) is located in Edward Street and was originally built in 1898 by Chinese immigrants from

Sze Yup The Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; ) refers to the four former counties of Xinhui (Sunwui), Taishan (Toisan), Kaiping (Hoiping) and Enping (Yanping) on the west side of the Pearl River Delta in Southern Guangdong Province, China. Geogra ...

, Guangdong, China. It provided a focal point for the early Chinese market gardeners in the area and is still in use today. The present building, which replaced one destroyed by fire, dates from 1955. Arsonists caused another fire in January 2008, damaging the roof and all its contents. Racism and anti-Chinese sentiments just prior to Chinese New Year in February were suspected as motives, but police refused to confirm or deny this. While refusing to agree to community suspicions that the fire was racially motivated, in January 2009 the local council allowed reconstruction work as a sign of goodwill. The temple is heritage-listed. *

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, located in Blackwattle Park, was built in 1896 by Ambrose Thornley for prominent Glebe resident William Jarrett. It was later restored and turned into a café. Bellevue is heritage-listed. * Bidura, situated on Glebe Point Road, was built by architect

for his family. Built in 1857, the house may have been influenced by the design of the nearby Toxteth Park. It is heritage-listed. * St Scholastica's (Toxteth Park), Glebe, Sydney George Allen, who established a legal firm and became

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in 1844, constructed the building as his home and called it Toxteth Park. St Scholastica's College moved to this site from Pitt Street in central Sydney in 1901. The building is heritage-listed. * Lyndhurst This mansion was built between 1834 and 1837 for Dr James Bowman, who was the principal surgeon of the nearby Sydney Hospital. It was designed by the noted architect

John Verge John Verge (1782–1861) was an English architect, builder, pioneer settler in the Colony of New South Wales, who migrated to Australia and pursued his career there. Verge was one of the earliest and the most important architect of the Greek R ...

, in the Regency style. The building was resumed in 1972 with the intention of demolishing it as part of a proposed freeway project. However, it was saved as a result of public protest, then handed over to the

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in 1983. In 2004 it was sold and then returned to use as a private home. Lyndhurst is heritage-listed. * Johnstons Creek rises in Stanmore and flows in a generally northward direction towards

Rozelle Bay Rozelle Bay is a bay located to the south of Glebe Island and the west of Blackwattle Bay Blackwattle Bay is a bay located to the southeast of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The bay w ...

. The creek passes beneath the stands of the former Harold Park Paceway prior to emptying into Rozelle Bay at Bicentennial Park, Glebe. *Glebe Jubilee fountain erected in 1909 on the corner of Glebe Point Road and Broadway commemorates the Jubilee of Glebe as a municipality. *St John's Glebe Opened in 1870 it was designed by John Hunt and Glebe resident Edmund Blacket. The tower was added in 1909 by Blacket's son Cyril. *St John's Parish Hall Glebe. Built in 1870 and designed by Edward Halloran. There is a horse trough near Glebe Point Road. The hall was used as a hostel during World War II as part of the

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's efforts to offer hostel accommodation in Sydney for armed services personnel visiting from the surround military barracks. The hall had 30 beds.

Population

According to the 2021 census, there were 11,680 people living in Glebe. At the 2016 census, there were 11,532 residents in Glebe. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population. 34.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.4% were in primary school, 10.0% in secondary school and 40.0% in a tertiary or technical institution. 54.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, China 3.6%, New Zealand 2.8%, Vietnam 1.9% and Thailand 1.3%. 65.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 13.6%, Spanish 1.8%, Cantonese 1.6% and Thai 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 43.0% and Catholic 17.3%. Of occupied private dwellings in Glebe, 51.0% were semi-detached, 41.8% were flats or apartments and 4.9% were separate houses. 59.4% were rented, 19.5% were owned outright and 15.3% were owned with a mortgage.

Culture

Commercial areas, restaurants and cafés

Glebe Point Road Glebe Point Road is the main road of the inner city suburb of Glebe in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a boutique shopping strip with numerous restaurants and cafés. Description and history Glebe Point Road's southern end begin ...

is the main road through the suburb, featuring a shopping strip, known for its specialty shops and cafés and for its variety of ethnic restaurants – Indian, Thai, Italian, Nepalese, Dutch-Indonesian, and other minority ethnic tastes.

Broadway Shopping Centre Broadway Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Sydney, located in the Broadway locality. It features a 500-seat Food Court and Hoyts 12-screen cinema complex along with major retailers Kmart, Coles, Target, Aldi, Dymocks Booksellers, J ...

was built on the landmark site of the former Grace Brothers department store. The shopping centre includes a food court and cinema complex, and completed a renovation in July 2007 which added a fourth floor. Glebe has a popular market which is held on Saturdays in the grounds of Glebe Primary School. Arts, crafts, clothing and edibles are sold. They are known as the alternative markets for the alternative lifestyle goods that are offered. New and second-hand goods are sold there.

Sport and recreation

, which features a

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racing track, is on the border with Ultimo. Glebe mini skateboarding ramp is located in Bicentennial Park off Chapman road, in between Glebe and Annandale. The mini was originally tall with a hump in the middle. Circa 2005 the original mini was removed and replaced with a traditional ramp, sans hump. Balmain South Sydney Cricket Club play at Jubilee Oval in Glebe.

compete in the

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Education

Schools in the suburb include Glebe Public School (on Glebe Point Road), St James Catholic School (on Woolley Street), Forest Lodge Public School (Bridge Road) and St Scholastica's College (on Avenue Road). The

Blackwattle Bay Campus The Blackwattle Bay Campus of the Sydney Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational dual modality comprehensive senior secondary day school, located in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Glebe, New South Wales, New South Wales, ...

of Sydney Secondary College sits on the site of the old Glebe High School.

Tranby Aboriginal College Tranby is a heritage-listed former residence and now adult education centre for Aboriginal Australians in Sydney, commonly known as Tranby Aboriginal College. It is located at 13 Mansfield Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe ...

is located in a heritage-listed house,

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, in Mansfield Street.

Transport

The

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has two stations in the suburb, Glebe and Jubilee Park, with the journey from Glebe to Central railway station taking just under twenty minutes.

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route 431 runs regularly from

Martin Place Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney.

via Elizabeth Street, Broadway and Glebe Point Road, terminating at Glebe Point. The 433 runs from

Railway Square Railway Square is a plaza at the southern end of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia, formed by the confluence of Broadway, Lee Street, Pitt Street and George Street. The square itself is a very busy intersection an ...

, along Glebe Point Road and continuing to Balmain. Glebe Point Road is also serviced by

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route 370, which runs from Glebe Point to Coogee via Newtown,

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and the

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Houses

19th century housing stock is largely intact, having undergone restoration as a result of

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. It is popular with city-workers and students due to its proximity to the Central Business District as well as

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, the

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, and the

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. Glebe is a popular destination for

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due to the bars and cafes of Glebe Point Road and the aforementioned proximity to the city.

Public Housing

At its south-eastern end is the Glebe Estate, an area of Housing Commission properties, mainly consisting of low density affordable Victorian terrace houses (similar to the surrounding private houses), single cottages and small complexes, purchased by the government of

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as a massive urban renewal project to provide public housing for the needy. Some houses in the Glebe estate have been sold off to private real estate, including a high density tower block, and a large complex. This area has the third highest Aboriginal population in Sydney.

Heritage listings

Glebe has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the following sites listed on the

New South Wales State Heritage Register The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...

: * 55-57 Leichhardt Street: Bellevue, Glebe * 160 Bridge Road: '' Reussdale'' * 281-285 Broadway:

University Hall and Cottages The University Hall and Cottages is a heritage-listed former hotel and now student accommodation located at 281–285 Broadway in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Austral ...

* 61 Darghan Street:

Lyndhurst, Glebe ''Lyndhurst'' is a heritage-listed residence and former school, laundry, maternity hospital and industrial building located at 61 Darghan Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New So ...

* 24 Ferry Road: Rothwell Lodge and Factory * 266 Glebe Point Road:

Monteith, Glebe ''Monteith'' is a heritage-listed residence at located 266 Glebe Point Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1890. It was added to the New So ...

* 357 Glebe Point Road: ''

'' * 53 Hereford Street:

Hereford House Hereford House is a heritage-listed historic site located in Hereford Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1870 to 1879. The property ...

* 13 Mansfield Street:

Tranby, Glebe Tranby is a heritage-listed former residence and now adult education centre for Aboriginal Australians in Sydney, commonly known as Tranby Aboriginal College. It is located at 13 Mansfield Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe ...

* Victoria Road:

* Wentworth Park, Jubilee Park, Johnstons Creek:

Glebe and Wentworth Park railway viaducts The Glebe and Wentworth Park railway viaducts are a series of two heritage-listed railway bridges and arch bridge, arch viaducts that carry the Inner West Light Rail across Wentworth Park, Jubilee Park, and Johnstons Creek (New South Wales), Joh ...

* Metropolitan goods railway: Pyrmont and Glebe Railway Tunnels The following buildings are listed on other heritage registers: * St John's Anglican Church, Glebe Point Road * Glebe Court House, Talfourd Street * Glebe Police Station, Talfourd Street * Former Glebe Town Hall, St John's Road * Former Glebe Post Office, Glebe Point Road * Emslee, Mansfield Street * Margaretta Cottage, Leichhardt Street * Hartford, Glebe Point Road * War Memorial, Glebe Point Road

Notable residents

* Sir Edmund (Toby) Barton (1849–1920), federationist, prime minister, and judge. * John Borghetti, Aviation industry executive. * Sir John Sydney James Clancy (1895–1968), judge. *

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, author, sociologist, activist. *

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, comedian, musician, author. * Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896–1942), Catholic cardinal. *

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, economist, journalist, author. * Stan Grant, television presenter, journalist. *

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(1905–1977), designer, publisher, feminist and campaigner for children's rights. *

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, journalist, sports broadcaster. * James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1889–1962), adventurer, photographer, and film maker. * Maynard, broadcaster, entertainer, event promoter. *

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, musician, artist, entrepreneur. *

James Bradfield Moody James Chin Moody (born James Bradfield Moody in 1976) is the CEO of Sendle, an Australian package delivery company he co-founded in 2014. Moody was previously Executive Director, Development at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Resear ...

, author, engineer, executive. *

Ernest Ridding Ernest 'Ernie' Ridding (1927–2001) was an eccentric resident of Glebe, NSW. He was well known locally as 'The Fridge Man' on account of his practice of repairing old refrigerators and donating them to the poor. During his early life, Ridding s ...

(1927–2001), well known locally as 'The Fridge Man', Ridding's community service was honoured by the Governor of New South Wales. * Patricia Easterbrook Roberts (1910–1987), floral designer. *

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, actress, was raised in Glebe until age six.

Gallery

Image:Glebe Nags Head.JPG, The Nag's Head, St Johns Road Image:Glebe St Johns Road.JPG, Record Reign Hall, St Johns Road File:Bicentennial Park and Glebe Point NSW.JPG, Bicentennial Park on Rozelle Bay Image:1 St Scholasticas3.jpg, St Scholastica's College, formerly Toxteth Park Image:1_Emslee_in_Mansfield_Street.jpg, Emslee, Mansfield Street Image:(1)Sze_Yup_Temple-1.jpg, Sze Yup Chinese Temple File:1 St Johns church2.jpg, St John's Church, Glebe Point Road, designed by Edmund Blacket Image:Glebe Town Hall.JPG, Former Glebe Town Hall, St Johns Road

References

External links

The Glebe Society

City of Sydney: Glebe, Forest Lodge and Broadway

Tranby Aboriginal College

SYDNEY.com – Glebe

Dictionary of Sydney entries

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