Click here to read an Historical Overview of Glebe.

If you wish to find out more about Glebe's historic places and residents, use the index below. We have included only a few of the historical people and places in The Glebe, but for those who wish to dig deeper we have prepared a bibliography about our suburb. If you wish to explore Glebe's past and family history in greater depth, it should be noted that the Glebe Library holds a collection which may be of interest to the public. The library is located on the corner of Glebe Point and Wigram Roads.

The Glebe Society has also published a comprehensive 40-page walking guide, Historic Glebe, which contains a map and a more detailed overview of Glebe's history.

Click to download a Publications Order Form.

Index of Places and People

Aboriginal Sydney	Glebe Estate	St John's, Bishopthorpe
Allen, George	Johnson, Rev. Richard	St John's (Edmund Blackett)
Allen, Sir George Wigram	Lyndhurst (John Verge)	Sze Yup Chinese Temple
Barnet, James	Railways in Glebe	Toxteth Park (John Verge)
Barton, Sir Edmund	Reuss, Ferdinand	Toxteth Park, (Sir George Allen)
Blacket, Edmund	Reussdale (Ferdinand Reuss)	Tranby Aboriginal Cooperative College
Elsie (Women's Refuge)	Smith, Bernard and Kate	Verge, John
	St James', Forest Lodge (external link)	Wentworth Park

A longstanding member of the Society, Marianne von Knobelsdorff, who was born in Germany, has written an account of the her experiences in The Glebe Society 1975-2003. Click here to read her story.

Queries? email: secretary@glebesociety.org.au