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2025

What's on Annandale (21 August 2025)

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Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email:marghanita@ramin.com.au
Website:http://ramin.com.au

Heritage Act Review

"draft Heritage Strategy
It includes:

Share your feedback below by Sunday 13 July 2025... More at https://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/nsw-heritage-strategy

Hisby Park Playground

"We[Council] are building on what we heard in 2024.. This feedback included: Improvements to the soft fall surface; Overall upgrades to the play equipment; and Additional shaded areas.

We[Council] are seeking community feedback on the playground only. You can influence: Selection of play equipment; Range of play experiences; and Seating, shade and furniture in the playground area

Key dates: Community feedback - Monday 16 June 2025 to Monday 28 July 2025
In-person drop in session at Hinsby Park Playground - Sunday 29 June 2025, 9-11am"

More at https://yoursay.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/hinsbyparkpg

loaded dog folk clubLoaded Dog Folk Club(started at Annandale in November 1990)

2025 calendar(Tritton Hall, Hut 44, Addison Road Centre)

The Annandale Community Centre is being renovated, so we have moved to Tritton Hall, Hut 44, Addison Road Centre.) We normally(for many years) met in Annandale on the 4th Saturday, 7 for 7.30 start, with occasional changes due to competing Festivals!

More and live links to performer's sites..https://folkfednsw.org.au/loaded-dog-folk-club-2025-calendar/

Phoenix collective Quartet (PCQ) 2025 Program & Subscription

More at https://phoenixcollective.com.au/

Drawing - New Class

hand painted poster for classhand painted poster for classDrawing Class at Hunter Baillie starting 5 August 2025 4.30-6pm, Starting 5th August 2025
at Hunter Baillie Sandstone Church with Steeple & 1886 Hall behind 1889 Church.Contact: rodholdaway11@gmail.com

Linda Gilbert & Friends - Piano Trio Recital

Chamber recital featuring the monumental "Archduke" Trio by Beethoven and Brahms piano trio No.1. Virtuoso violinist Linda Gilbert joins forces with brilliant Sydney musicians Stacey Yang (piano) and Emily Cavey (cello). You will be treated to the timeless classics of Beethoven's famous Piano Trio "Archduke" and the dramatic splendour of Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No.1 in B major.
Linda Gilbert - Violin
Emily Cavey - Cello
Stacey Yang - Piano
Date: Friday 15 August 2025 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM (UTC+10) Location:Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church(Sandstone Church with Steeple)
Cnr Johnston St &, Collins St, Annandale NSW 2038..Tix at Door and https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1431460

Banner advertising Organ recital 4pm 26 July 2025What's on in Annandale (1 August 2025)

Season: Tugarah tuli Jun-Jul (approx)

"Time of the flowering of the Burringoa (Eucalyptus tereticornis) Cold, time to gather the nectar for ceremony, Barrugin, the echidna begin their gatherings." Source: ABC Weather cycles around Sydney from the Bodkin/Andrews clan of the D'harawal People © Bodkin/Andrews clan of the D'harawal People, Online at "Weather cycles around Sydney from the Bodkin/Andrews clan of the D'harawal People", https://www.abc.net.au/science/features/indigenous/calendar2.htm, viewed 2 Aug 2025.

Sad loss of Organist

Sad loss of Organist, Edward McNeal GRANTHAM (25 November 1944 - 28 May 2025): https://tributes.smh.com.au/au/obituaries/smh-au/name/edward-grantham-obituary?id=58625856

ANNANDALE GALLERIES: "HENRI MATISSE / ROBERT MOTHERWELL Etchings Aquatints Lithographs Linocuts Woodcuts"..www.annandalegalleries.com.au

Hey Woolies- Illegal parking on busy road endangering pedestrians.

woolworths Delivery Van blocking footpathInstagram Post https://www.instagram.com/marghanitadacruz/p/DMwR40iy__J/

Hey IKEA - Illegal parking on busy road endangering pedestrians.

Ikea Delivery Van blocking footpathInstagram Post https://www.instagram.com/marghanitadacruz/p/DMmuwszOsmi/

RPA-Health Precinct

Cnr Pyrmont Bridge Road and Parramatta Road

"Residential Towers Overtakes Inner-Sydney Hospital Plan:..plans submitted by PWD CD Health Trust for the 122-130 Pyrmont Bridge Road and 206 Parramatta Road site would replace the hospital plan.
Planned is an 18-to-22-storey shoptop housing tower with a four-storey podium of non-residential floor space.".. https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/inner-west-camperdown-hospital-annandale-scrapped-apartments-nsw

Annandale Dive Site (Brown fields Site)

"Landcom is proposing to transform the former WestConnex dive site in Camperdown[Annandale] with well-designed and well-located mixed-use development.""..https://www.joinin.landcom.nsw.gov.au/camperdown

What's on in Annandale (16 July 2025)

More at https://ramin.com.au/annandale/

Annandale Dive Site (Brown fields Site)

"Landcom is proposing to transform the former WestConnex dive site in Camperdown[Annandale] with well-designed and well-located mixed-use development.""..https://www.joinin.landcom.nsw.gov.au/camperdown

Annandale Traffic Management Plan

Annandale artist

Merrick Fry featured in article by Stephen Lacey in Sydney Morning Herald's Weekend Magazine. Article available at https://www.smh.com.au/topic/two-of-us-1qy

Measuring Girth of Shoulder Tree

man with tapemeasure and electronic padMeasuring Girth of Shoulder tree at 12.37pm on Friday 27 June 2025.

Kirkin of the Tartans

Kirkin o Tartan, here, 29th June 2025 at 10am, wear your tartanKirkin o Tartan, at Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyteriean Church, corner of Collins and Johnston Sts,
10am Sunday 29th June 2025.

Wear your tartan

Blugrass group celebrates 50 years of existance (including about 40years at the Annandale Neighbourhood Centre (upstairs hall) and now Annandale Community Centre (backhall).

Ron and Judy Jones started a Blue Grass Club, with Phil Moore, at Sydney University in 1975. The club first me in Tin Sheds at the University, then at Balmain, before finding a home at Annandale 40 Years ago...story7-bluegrass&TraditionalCountryMusicSocietyofAustralia.shtml

Season: Bana'murrai'yung Mar-May (approx)

Time of the ripening of the fruit of the Lillipilli (Syzygium spp)
Wet, getting cooler, time to make cloaks and start the journey to the coast
Marrai'gang, the tiger quoll seeks her mate

What's On (29 May 2025)

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Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: marghanita@ramin.com.au
Website: http://ramin.com.au

HUNTER BAILLIE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ANNANDALE

Annandale and Hunter Baillie Heritage day

12-4pm Sunday 18 May 2025

More at https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf_event/hunter-baillie-memorial-presbyterian-church-heritage-day/

Organ Recital

4pm Saturday 24th May 2025
Hunter Ballie Memorial Presbyterian Church
Organist: Ted Grantham

Entry is by donation.

Fables and Faith: Stories in the Shadows. Songs in the light. Sunday 25 May, Hunter Baillie Church, 4pm. Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, Soloists: Wesley Wu, Alice Morgan.Conductor: Aija DragunsLeichhardt Espresso Chorus: Fables and Faith

Sunday 25 May 4pm
Hunter Baillie Memorial Church, cnr Collins and Johnston Sts, Annandale
Tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1380193
Tenor Soloist: Wesley Wu
Saxophone Soloist: Alice Morgan
Conductor: Aija Draguns

FABLES and FAITH—a choral concert celebrating humanity, hope, faith, and childlike wonder! Experience this unique performance as we intertwine contemporary Australian sound with the timeless works of JS Bach, featuring the Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, tenor soloist Wesley Wu, saxophonist Alice Morgan and accompanist Catherine McEwan. The program explores various perspectives on human faith—from belief in stories and fables, to self-belief, and divine faith.

This exquisite concert features music from one of Australia’s leading composers, Alice Chance with her work Aesops Fables, and work by LEC Artistic Director Aija Draguns. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience this exciting choral exploration of faith, wonder, and the power of belief!- www.instagram.com/leichhardtespressochorus/

What's On (13 May 2025)

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Marghanita da Cruz, Editor Annandale on the Web
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: marghanita@ramin.com.au
Website: http://ramin.com.au/annandale

What's On (22 April 2025)

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Marghanita da Cruz, Editor Annandale on the Web
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: marghanita@ramin.com.au
Website: http://ramin.com.au/annandale

Annandale Artist

Merrick Fry Exhibition 50 Buckingham St, Surry Hills 1-19 April ..https://www.merrickfry.com/blog

2 March at 3pm, Sydney Opera House(SOH) debut for Phoenix collective Quartet

Buy 2025 SUBSCRIPTION TICKET (excludes SOH debut). buy SOH ticket)

Subscription Concerts in Hunter Baillie Sandstone Church, with Steeple, cnr of Johnston St and Collins St, Annandale: 4 concerts Saturdays at 2pm: featuring Beethoven,Verdi, Dvorjak, Ravel,Tsnsks and Italian cellist Giovanni Soilima.

Subscriptions for 2025's Recital Series does not include debut at SOH. PHQ makes its debut at Opera House, with music by Shostakovich, Mozart and Greenhill, on 2 March 2025 at 3pm. Buy SOH Ticket

ANNANDALE GALLERIES

MATISSE / MOTHERWELL

Etchings, linocuts, aquatints, lithographs and collage on show 7 May – 28 June 2025
Opening 7th May 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Preview from 26 April

Annandale Galleries is excited to announce that two of the most influential names in modern art will return to the gallery for the first time in over a decade. Featuring etchings, linocuts, aquatints, lithographs and collage, the exhibition traces their stylistic experimentations as well as innovations within printmaking and colour theory.

We see the lasting relevance of Henri Matisse and Robert Motherwell in the way they confronted the unknown and ephemeral qualities that defined their own times. This is evident through their shared love for the poet Mallarmé and his dictum "describe not the object itself but the effect it produces". Not only would they become key figures of their own movements, they created seismic shifts which reverberate to this day.

PROUDLY PRESENTS NEWCOMERS 25
FARNAZ DADFAR • EMILY ISABEL TAYLOR • SASKIA VANDER
Opening Wednesday 12 March 6:30-8:00 pm
Exhibition dates: 12 March – 12 April 2025

Saskia Vander, The Condemned, 2025, oil and acrylic on board, 80 x 122 cmMarking the second annual Newcomers series, recent art-school graduates have been invited to usher in the new year of exciting exhibitions and events.

Each artist embraces a sense of fragmentation, where the act of repairing broken matter, reshaping images and reframing personal narratives translates to an act of resilience and regeneration. Whether through painting, bronze, glass or recycled plastic, each carries the memory of lived experience and produces something stronger and more adaptable than before.

For all inquiries, including early access to our Newcomers25 catalogue and pricelist, please contact info@annandalegalleries.com.au

COMING IN MAY: MATISSE / MOTHERWELL

Annandale Galleries is excited to announce that two of the most influential names in modern art will return to the gallery for the first time in over a decade. Featuring etchings, linocuts, aquatints, lithographs and collage, the exhibition traces their stylistic experimentations as well as innovations within printmaking and colour theory.

We see the lasting relevance of Henri Matisse and Robert Motherwell in the way they confronted the unknown and ephemeral qualities that defined their own times. This is evident through their shared love for the poet Mallarmé and his dictum "describe not the object itself but the effect it produces". Not only would they become key figures of their own movements, they created seismic shifts which reverberate to this day.

All inquiries to info@annandalegalleries.com.au

Organ Recital

photo of HB organ Saturday March 29th, A.D. 2025, 4 p.m.

Organist – Ted Grantham
Performing on William Hill & Son Organ installed in 1892

Entry is by donation. Organ restoration in 2016

What's On (19 March 2025)

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Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email:marghanita@ramin.com.au
Website:http://ramin.com.au

Season: Gadalung Marool Jan-Feb (aprox)

Time of the blooming of the Weetjellan (Acacia implexa) hot and dry, eat only fruit and seeds Burra (kangaroos) start having their babies

Source: ABC Weather cycles around Sydney from the Bodkin/Andrews clan of the D'harawal People © Bodkin/Andrews clan of the D'harawal People

Annandale Westconnex Dive Site

10 Feb 2025: "More than 500 homes to be built on old WestConnex site near Sydney CBD, with 200 build-to-rent units" "At least 200 homes will be "build-to-rent" units, offered at a discount to essential workers. Landcom would first need to submit a design and rezoning proposal for the build-to-rent units, which he hoped would be finalised by mid-year. Additional development applications would be needed for the other 300 dwellings, he said."...https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-10/500-new-homes-camperdown-westconnex-site-200-build-to-rent/104916022

"Plan showing the position of properties and occupants with measurements, 28 Allotments to be sold …] Chester St, Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Booth St, Camperdown Rd, Octagon St, Elizabeth St, Parramatta Rd
Z/SP/C5/7 [Camperdown sketch plan J.B. Jones Estate] Chester St, Elizabeth St, Booth St, Pyrmont Bridge Rdd
Z/SP/C5/8 Plan of the subdivision of Lots 35 & 15 of … Parramatta Rd, Connelly's Lane, Gordon St d
1883 Z/SP/C5/9 Plan of 3 allotments Missendon Rd Camperdown Stephen St, Missenden Rd 3 July 1883d
1884 Z/SP/C5/10 21 Allotments Newtown, for aution sale … Newtown Rd (King St now), Angel St, Iredale St 16 February 1884d
1884 Z/SP/C5/11 Estate of the late Mrs Walker Glenyarrah House and allotment Brown St, Camperdown Camperdown Rd, Brown St, Missenden Rd 24 January 1884d
1856 Z/SP/C5/12 Sketch of 25 Building allotments at Grose Farm Parramatta Rd near the Glebe [near Forest Lodge] Parramatta Old Rd 1856d
Z/SP/C5/13 Estate of the late J.B.Jones Camperdown, for auction sale … Chester St, Elizabeth St, Booth St, Pyrmont Bridge Rd 13-Jund
Z/SP/C5/14 Choice building sites Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Forest Lodge Chester St, Pyrmont Bridge Rd".. https://content-lists.sl.nsw.gov.au/tabular-list/camperdown-subdivision-plans

"Balance of allotments, estate of late J.B. Jones, Camperdown : for auction sale on the ground, Saturday 13th June at 3 o'clock / by W. Pritchard & Son Chester St, Booth St, Pyrmontbridge Rd Johnston" https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3

What's On (13 Feb 2025)

Passing of Rochelle Porteous, former Mayor of Leichhardt and Inner West Council

"Soft Opening of Annandale Plant Nursery in 2012."Is this really Morning Tea with the Mayor in the Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery, Wisdom Street, Annandale?
Wednesday 29 August 2012": https://ramin.com.au/annandale/rbcnn/rbcnn-wisdom-street-29Aug2012.shtml

Loaded Dog Folk Club

loaded dog folk club

two people on stageJohnston St Jazz

Renactment of Rum Rebellion in Annandale

park at 6pm in Januarypark ag 6pm in Januarysandstone bridge boarded up photo at 10pm

"Aiming to get a 26 jan reenactment of the Rum Rebellion in "Camperdown" which was the catalyst and somewhat ironically is now part of Annandale (eastern side of johnston creek)."...

Wrap up of Rum Rebellion Renactment 6pm 26 Jan 2025 and towards Wurridjal festival - 12 April 2025...https://perambuler.ramin.com.au/2025/01/wrap-up-of-rum-rebellion-renactment.htmll