Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Glebe School of Arts

Educational association founded to provide instruction and entertainment to working people.

Milestone
Formed
1859
Dissolved
1861
Formed
1883
Dissolved
1887
Formed
1923
Dissolved
1954
Name
Alternate
Glebe Workingmen's Institute
1901 - 1923
Position
1858 - 1861
1859 - 1860
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1859 - 1861
1933
Property
Occupied
1900 - 1955
Type

Glebe School of Arts and Literary Institute

,
2012

Founded on three separate occasions, Glebe School of Arts only became financially secure because of its billiard tables. By the mid-twentieth century, when new entertainments were becoming available, the school was again in trouble and passed its library and building to the City of Sydney council.