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Glebe Point

Headland or point

Headland in Rozelle Bay marking the northern end of the suburb of Glebe.

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Headland or point

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Headland or point

Plan shewing the situation of Mr William's property at Glebe Island, WH Wells, surveyor July 11th 1844

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By

William Henry Wells

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a8329001 / Ca 85/32]

(Dixson Map Collection)

Glebe Point c1895

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By

John Henry Harvey

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

Benledi Estate, Glebe Point: for auction sale Saturday 29th September 1900 on the ground at 3pm

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By

Richardson & Wrench

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[MAP Folder 61A, LFSP 882 (Copy 1)]

Advertisement for auction sale of subdivision of Toxteth Estate, Glebe October 1904

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By

Richardson & Wrench

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.map-lfsp885]

Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed, published 1913

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By

Sydney Harbour Trust

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

(Published by the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, 1913)

Chinese

Chinese settlers arrived in Sydney from 1818 and their compatriots followed, especially after gold was discovered in New South Wales. Despite harrassment from governments and intimidation from other Sydneysiders, Chinese immigrants continued to come and to stay throughout the 19th century, until the relaxation of racist laws in the mid-20th century. With renewed Chinese immigration in the 21st century, Sydney's Chinese community is rapidly changing.

Glebe Island

From abattoir to shipping terminal, Glebe Island has been an intrinsic part of the development of industrial Sydney.

Glebe

Cadigal and Wangal country that was parcelled out to the Church of England soon after the Europeans arrived, Glebe became a retreat for the gentry and later a gritty working-class enclave. The late twentieth century saw it transformed again into a heritage precinct, saved from redevelopment by resident action.

Glebe Pubs

In nineteenth century Glebe, the pub was larger and more comfortable than the average working class home and it was just around the corner. Open seven days a week from 6 am to midnight, for the working class the pub was the centre of community life and an important public space. From the 1880s, changes to Sunday trading, the management of hotel licences and the introduction of six o'clock closing led to new drinking practices that would remain in place until the 1950s. The 1951 Royal Commission on Liquor Laws in New South Wales supported a 10 pm closing-time, offerings of food and entertainment, and access to pubs for women. But the heyday was long over: in 1892, Glebe supported twenty-eight pubs; by 2003, there were just ten pubs still trading in Glebe.

Clairvaux House

By the early twentieth century many of Sydney's old estates were subdivided. Their large grounds were too expensive to maintain and as Sydney expanded, land became a premium. Clairvaux House, a grand Victorian house, was built on land purchased from the Wentworth Estate c 1871. A domestic residence until the early twentieth century, the house underwent three subdivisions before being demolished in 1929.

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