Glebe Island and Anzac Bridge 2005
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Glebe Island
Bridges Memorials Ports War Wharves
Anzac bridge
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From abattoir to shipping terminal, Glebe Island has been an intrinsic part of the development of industrial Sydney.
Wharves
Rocky outcrop bounded by White Bay to the west and north and Johnstons Bay to the east and south and linked to Balmain by causeway in 1840s. It was the site of abattoirs from 1850s to 1912, then levelled and used as wharves.
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.
Cable-stayed bridge spanning Pyrmont and Glebe Island, forming part of the Western Distributor freeway.