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Glebe in Pop Culture: Music, Books, Films and TV Shows Associated with Glebe
Featuring Glebe!
See also: Glebe Famous People | Glebe History | GlebeNetTV | GlebeNet INTERACTIVE!
Music with Glebe connections
Songs/Albums
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Glebe, released in 1981, was the second studio album from Tactics, a punk/alternative/experimental group from Sydney. David Studdert (vocals) and Angus Douglas (guitar) lived in Glebe for some time at 250 Gebe Point Road in the early 1980s.
See Wikipedia entry and MySpace page.
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Anzac Bridge is mentioned in the first line of the You Am I song "Purple Sneakers", which was first released in 1995. As it was not named "ANZAC Bridge" at the time, Tim Rogers' lyric is "Had a scratch only you could itch / underneath the Glebe Point bridge" (From Wikipedia). "Purple Sneakers" was released in June 1995 and reached number 24 in the 1995 Triple J Hottest 100. The song was inspired by the school yard taunts Tim suffered after he wore purple sneakers (a twelfth birthday present from his father) to school. See official website. |
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The first track on the second disc of The Whitlam's "Little Cloud", released in 2006, was inspired by a passing moment in Glebe, as revealed by Tim Freedman on the band's website:
"Inspired by an image I’ve had in my head for 20 years of a Sydney University student sitting cross-legged on the grass outside a party in York St, Glebe rocking forwards and backwards on a bad trip. It didn’t really come together in the recording until J. added the zither in the verses. People have warmed to this one at gigs. I guess there are a lot of bad pills around these days. The young girl now directs films – there’s a happy ending for you."
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Music Videos
"Jump in My Car" is a single released by David Hasselhoff in 2006. The song was written by Australian singer, Ted Mulry and guitarist Les Hall, and was the first hit for the band, Ted Mulry Gang, in Australia in 1975. The video was shot in Glebe. See Wikipedia entry and the YouTube video.
Anzac Bridge was used as the filming location for Deni Hines' music video for "It's Alright" shortly before it opened in 1996. See YouTube video.
Books with Glebe connections
Fiction
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Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta
"Seventeen-year-old Josephine Alibrandi (who lives in Glebe) is no stranger to conflict. If she's not caught between her strict single mom and her even stricter grandmother, then she's trying to choose between wealthy good boy John Barton and working-class bad boy Joseph Coote. Josephine is always in trouble with the nuns at her Catholic school (who everyone calls "penguins because of them wearing wimples and all that Sound of Music gear") because she fights with native Australian kids over her mixed Australian/Italian heritage."
For more info and an extract of the novel, see Looking for Alibrandi on Amazon
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The character Cliff Hardy from Peter Corris' series of crime fiction novels resides in Glebe, with many of the books featuring Glebe as a backdrop.
For an example, see The Big Score on Amazon.
Glebe's Cornstalk Bookshop specialises in, amongst other Australiana related areas, Australian crime fiction, including the range of Peter Corris novels. Gleebooks, also stocks titles in the series.
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Falling Glass, Julia Osborne, 2002
Novel set in Glebe, against the backdrop of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s.
Extracts of the novel may be found in Julia Osborne's blog on her MySpace page.
"Falling Glass has been a real pleasure to encounter. Julia Osborne uses inner Sydney much as Helen Garner uses Carlton, and some of the effects are more than memorable. Its accounts of urban survivals at a time of international crisis guarantee it a lingering timeliness" David Brooks
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Non-Fiction
The Architectural Character of Glebe Sydney
by Bernard Smith and Kate Smith.
University Co-operative Bookshop, 1973; Sydney University Press, 1989. See details on Amazon.
Balmain to Glebe
by Joan Lawrence, Catherine Warne. Kingsclear Books, 2001
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Balmain, Glebe & Annandale Walks
by Joan Lawrence. Hale & Iremonger, 1997. See details on Amazon. |
The Boatshed on Blackwattle Bay: Glebe Rowing Club, 1879-1993
by Max Solling. See details on Amazon.
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Edmund Barton
By Geoffrey Bolton, Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton. Allen & Unwin, 2000. See details on Amazon. |
The Glebe: Portraits and Places
By Freda MacDonnell. Ure Smith, 1975
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Grandeur and Grit: A History Of Glebe
By Max Solling. Halstead Press, 2007.
"From the 18th century to the 21st, Glebe's character has changed with the growth of Sydney and the development of society. Today's inner suburb - teeming with life, crowded with terraces, shops, pubs, schools and churches - was once a country retreat for affluent families from the young city nearby. As gold rushes, depressions, wars, gentrification and globalisation left their deep imprints, Glebe maintained a tough local identity, proclaimed by football fans in the 20s and anti-demolition activists of recent times. Max Solling combines a love of his subject with rigorous historical method, to write engagingly about the people of Glebe, their political religious and domestic lives, and the striking class distinctions in one of Australia's best loved suburbs. His broad perspective takes in Glebe's place in literature, in the economy and planning of a city, and in the world as a whole." From City of Sydney Council. See also book review by Danny Yee on Danny's Reviews.
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Leichhardt: On the Margins of the City. A Social History Of Leichhardt and the Former Municipalities of Annandale, Balmain and Glebe
By Max Solling, Peter L. Reynolds. Allen & Unwin, 1997
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Local Labour: A History Of The Labour Party In Glebe 1891-2003
by Michael Hogan. Federation Press, 2004
"The suburb of Glebe in the city of Sydney is traditional, inner city, rusted-on Labor Party territory. Local Labor tells the story of the branches of the Australian Labor Party in the area over more than a century. It recounts the broad sweep of history at the small local level, the recurrent issues, the personal and political battles. It is an account of political activity at branch level such as has never before been attempted in Australia. The history begins with the Party’s first election in Glebe in 1891 – it was successful – and ends with the suburb’s incorporation into the City of Sydney municipality in 2003." From Federation Press.
For reviews of the book, and to read the speech delivered at the launch of the book at the Glebe Town Hall on 10 June 2004, by Senator John Faulkner, see the Federation Press page for more details.
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Pictorial Memories: Balmain to Glebe: The Leichhardt Municipality
by Joan Lawrence, Catherine Warne. See details on Kingsclear Books.
Pictorial History Balmain to Glebe covers the suburbs of Annandale, Balmain, Birchgrove, Leichhardt, Lilyfield and Rozelle. Glebe, although no longer part of the Leichhardt municipality, is included for geographical and historical reasons. Each area has its own story of settlement, growth and development from Aboriginal occupancy to the changing face of suburbs in the 21st century. In that time span colonial estates and humble workers' cottages gave way to subdivision as suburbs developed away from Sydney. Annandale, the Johnston family's vast estate, was later planned as a model suburb. Balmain began with a rich maritime history and the creation of the famous Mort's Dock. Birchgrove, another colonial estate, witnessed an engineering marvel with the building of the underwater tunnel from Long Nose Point (Yurulbin) to Greenwich. Threatened demolition and unsympathetic development brought about the creation of the Balmain Association (1965), the Annandale Association (1969) and the Glebe Society (1969) by concerned citizens who wished to save the intrinsic character of these areas.
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To Build a Bridge, Glebe Island, Sydney, Australia
by David Moore. Chapter & Verse, 1996. See details on Amazon.
Underneath the Arches: A History of the Glebe District Hockey Club to 1993
By Max Solling. 1994
Films with Glebe connections
Movies that were filmed on location in Glebe include:
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Anyone You Want (2009)
Directed by Campbell Graham, starring Socratis Otto, Tabrett Bethell, Max Cullen, Denise Roberts.
links to: Official Website | IMDB
Independent film shot on location in Glebe.
Winner - Indie Spirit Best Storyline Award, Boston International Film Festival, April 2010; World Premiere - Cinequest Film Festival, California, March 2010; Screened at Manhattan Film Festival, July 23rd 2010.
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X Men - Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Dominic Monaghan
links to: Official Website | IMDB
Scenes from the movie were shot on location in Jubilee Park, Glebe in April 2008.
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Restraint (2009)
Directed by David Denneen, starring Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer.
links to: Official Website | IMDB
Internal scenes of Andrew's mansion were shot in Glebe. See interview with David Denneen on the Eye for Film website.
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Acting Out (2007)
Directed and written by Danny Merton, and featuring Lara Cox, Sam Atwell, Damien Parker, Rebecca Clay
links to: IMDB | Amazon
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He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Directed by Richard Lowenstein and starring Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton Romane Bohringer and Sophie Lee
Links to: SBS Films | IMDB | Amazon
A house on Avenue Road in Glebe was used as the Melbourne house in the film. As the scenes were supposed to have taken place in winter, but were actually shot in spring, the film crew had to pluck the leaves from the wisteria out the front! (Thanks to Margaret for the info.)
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Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Directed by Kate Woods and starring Pia Miranda, Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia, Matthew Newton
Links to: Australian Screen
IMDB | Amazon
Cardigan Street was where the Alibrandi house was situated.
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The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
Directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Helen Garner, and featuring Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox, Mirando Otto, Bill Hunter
links to: IMDB
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Over the Hill (1991)
(aka Round the Bend)
Directed by George Miller, and featuring a cast including Olympia Dukakis, Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds, Pippa Grandison, Aden Young, Bill Kerr, Steve Bisley, Andrea Moore
links to: Australian Screen | IMDB
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Brides of Christ (1991)
(mini series)
links to: Australian Screen
IMDB | Amazon
The gates and chapel at St Scholastica's College were used in the film.
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
links to: IMDB | Amazon
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Evil Angels (1988)
(aka A Cry in the Dark)
links to: IMDB | Amazon
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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (aka Mad Max 3)
links to: IMDB | Amazon
Underworld (Pig Pen) was located in an unused bull sale ring in Glebe: see Mad Max Movies.
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Fatty Finn (1980)
links to: Australian Screen | IMDB
See "Movie Minutiae: Fatty Finn", Cristen Tilley, Articulate, ABC News, 1 June, 2007.
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Other films include:
The Badge (2009): short film produced by Short Black Films and members of the Glebe Youth Service, shown at the Glebe Community Film Festival, 28 February 2009. See article on Two Flat Whites.
Island Rescue (2002): short film shown at the Valhalla Big Issue Film Festival, 2002
Seek & Ye' Shall Find (2001): short film directed by Callistus D'Costa - "A quirky vampire flick with a twist."
One Afternoon (2000): short film directed by Callistus D'Costa - "A case of mistaken identity through rage which could happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime."
Born to Shop (1991): documentary partly shot in Gleebooks, Glebe, about "the excitement of the search, the satisfaction of the find and the thrill of the purchase". See Ronin Films website.
Call Me Mr. Brown (1985): film directed by Scott Hicks, with a cast including Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, Bill Hunter, Russell Kiefel, John Polson, John Frawley. "The true story of Australia's 'Great Plane Robbery' of 1971. Calling himself Mr Brown, petty criminal Peter Marcari extorts $500,000 from Australia's national airline Qantas. After a day of tension, suspense and ironic twists of fate, he makes a clean getaway. An international manhunt begins." See Australian Screen.
The Tender Hook (2008): a film noir set in 1920's Sydney, featuring a cast including Hugo Weaving, Rose Bryne and Pia Miranda. Scenes of the Glebe Island Bridge were actually shot on location around Sale, in rural Victoria. See "Tender Hook Set in Sydney makes $7 million for Victoria", Vicky Roach, The Daily Telegraph, 22 August, 2008.
The Valhalla - Glebe's Connection with the Film Industry
Before its closure in 2005, the Valhalla consistently provided alternate non-mainstream and foreign language films of exceptional quality. It was the NSW home of key foreign and animation film festivals, the much acclaimed “popcorn taxi” film technical appreciation events and was held in high high esteem by the community involved and interested in film production. For more information, history and articles on the Valhalla, see GlebeNet's History page.
Television shows with Glebe connections
The old Glebe Island Bridge was used in a episode of the ninties television drama Water Rats.
A Toxteth Road house was used in the ABC medico drama G.P..
Section Index:
- Music with Glebe connections
- Books with Glebe connections
- Films with Glebe connections
- Television shows with Glebe connections
See also: Glebe Famous People | Glebe History | GlebeNetTV | GlebeNet INTERACTIVE!
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