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Building plans for School of Arts and Working Men's Institute, Bridge Rd Glebe 1923

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Leslie, Walter

City of Sydney Archives

Glebe School of Arts and Literary Institute

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.

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Glebe

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Inner-city suburb named for its original status as Anglican church land granted to Richard Johnson, chaplain of the first fleet in 1790. The Glebe Point area became fashionable in the nineteenth century, while the southern part of Glebe became a working class district.

Glebe School of Arts hall

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Community hall and library built for the Glebe School of Arts, transferred to Sydney City Council in 1955 and used as the Glebe library for some years.

Glebe School of Arts

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

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