Save Christina Stead's House Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-christina-steads-house.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:44 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr vincent Marty [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14107599?utm_medium=rss I would like to invite you to view my petitions for the support of injured workers in Australia and their rights, and decide if you wish to sign on one or both and if you could kindly pass the links around to your family, friends, co-workers...( may be your supporters too as my petitions truly concern all) ...as you know it is hard to promote a petition and any legal ways to do so should be exploited...thank you for your understanding
www.communityrun.org/p/classaction15
and
www.communityrun.org/p/royalcommission
Thanks

Vincent

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:03:41 UTC 14107599 Mr David Stead [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13639349?utm_medium=rss As a young child I played in the house grounds and waterfront of Boongarre with my grandmother [Thistle] and other relatives.

For the next twenty years I watched Thistle continue to thrive in her work for the environment and natural studies, continuing to actively propagate plants in the glasshouse until she passed away 87. It was the base for her work to educate and inspire generations through her passion.

The house was the home of Australia's early environmental movement. David Stead reached out from Watson’s Bay to promote the interests of Australia's natural fauna and flora, from his passion for marine biology to halting the trade of koala skins to the US, amongst many other things.

There are increasingly fewer artefacts of the last two centuries that can inspire future generations in our unique cultural, natural and built heritage; all combined in one artefact. Boongarre is one of those unique landmarks that can be a focal point for the future of our environmental and natural heritage, not just in decades but centuries to come.

Please help retain it for future generations.

David Stead

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 03:02:50 UTC 13639349 Ms Diana Sampey [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11952788?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:12:26 UTC 11952788 ms jane hill [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11500295?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:40:37 UTC 11500295 Ms Beverley Fitzgerald [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970442?utm_medium=rss Saving the Franklin River in Tasmania resulted in far more wealth and wonder for the area that any electricity generation could have managed. It is the same for this literary treasure. Save the literary heritage intact. Honour it. the world will repay you.

]]> Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:51:05 UTC 10970442 Dr Nicole sulway [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10964985?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Aug 2011 08:14:28 UTC 10964985 Ms Fay Kennedy [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10945597?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead was one of this country's finest writer if not its best. Do the right thing and honour this great writer.

]]> Wed, 3 Aug 2011 06:08:34 UTC 10945597 Ms Alix Goodwin [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10928275?utm_medium=rss I have just read Hazel Rowley's wonderful biography on Christina Stead in which Bongarre features as an important part of Christina's early years. I can only share the sentiment of those moved to petition Woollarah Council not to approve the DA currently before it in respect of what should be the heritage listed home of one of Australia's most important and internationally regarded writers.

]]> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:12:33 UTC 10928275 Mr John Purcell [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10869559?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead is one of Australia's greatest writers. Her house is part of our shared heritage. Tear down Bradman's house if you want to destroy something but keep Stead's.

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:42:18 UTC 10869559 Mrs Henriette Gyland [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10777402?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:36:15 UTC 10777402 mrs Anne Whitfield [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10777273?utm_medium=rss Once historical buildings are lost, they can never be replaced. Don't lose our history please, we have little enough of it!

]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:24:23 UTC 10777273 Anonymous [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10765400?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:07:32 UTC 10765400 Dr Fiona Morrison [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10757593?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead is a writer of tremendous significance to Australia and the world. This house is of incalculable historical and heritage value, most particularly because it is directly related to and embroidered into settings from some of Stead's most significant and famous novels, including The Man Who Loved Children and For Love Alone. Protecting this house will indicate what we find culturally and socially valuable, so let's protect it!

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:44:16 UTC 10757593 Ms Kathryn Favelle [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10757160?utm_medium=rss Let's celebrate Australia's literary heritage, not destroy it.

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:47:54 UTC 10757160 ms lyn collingwood [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10751390?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:25:34 UTC 10751390 Anna Bemrose [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10751160?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:14:54 UTC 10751160 ms Jane Campbell [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10749795?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:47:01 UTC 10749795 prof. alessandra contenti [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10749577?utm_medium=rss I am a literary critic and I wrote articles on C. Stead. I think it would be a crime to destroy the location of so much good fiction and so relevant for the Australian culture. Readers have visualized that place and its surroundings. It is a shame, isn't it.

]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:57:14 UTC 10749577 daniela daniele [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10749280?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:49:48 UTC 10749280 Ms Julia Duffy [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10749133?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:19:10 UTC 10749133 Ms Wendy James [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10737301?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:30:47 UTC 10737301 Ms Caroline Roessler [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10736784?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:57:30 UTC 10736784 Ms Carmel Brown [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10728556?utm_medium=rss We are the custodians of heritage places. Our future citizens will judge you. Please have the courage to protect a unique part of our history and culture.

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:19:02 UTC 10728556 Ms Ruth Boydell [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727343?utm_medium=rss The term 'develop' has to be the most misused in recent history.

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:12:36 UTC 10727343 Dr Elizabeth Ferrier [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727311?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead is a national treasure : she was truly an internationally acclaimed Australian writer. This house in particular is important because of the significance it has in her wonderful portrayal of Sydney's harbour suburbs and life - particularly evident in The Man Who Loved Children.

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:05:19 UTC 10727311 Dr Lurline Stuart [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727145?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:18:37 UTC 10727145 Ms Rima D'Arcy [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10726585?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:20:02 UTC 10726585 Ms Jane Sullivan [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10726171?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:16:56 UTC 10726171 Mr Andrew Kelly [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10725981?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:11:59 UTC 10725981 Kristina Olsson [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10722390?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:28:02 UTC 10722390 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721981?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:11:38 UTC 10721981 Ms Kay Hart [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721956?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:07:53 UTC 10721956 Ms K. Forrester [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721704?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:19:51 UTC 10721704 Mr Thomas Cunliffe [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721225?utm_medium=rss Please help build up Australian cultural heritage sites

]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:33:12 UTC 10721225 Miss Tori Sugden [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721202?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:23:26 UTC 10721202 Dr Bronwen Levy [Signature #236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721128?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead is one of Australia's greatest writers. With Patrick White, she is the greatest Australian novelist of the twentieth century, and a writer of world stature. It is essential that we in Australia value our literary and cultural heritage. What kind of country are we, if we don't do this?

]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:55:43 UTC 10721128 Ms Jacinta Hoare [Signature #235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10721104?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:45:16 UTC 10721104 Mrs. Julie Proudfoot [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720791?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:35:18 UTC 10720791 Ms Helen Yeates [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720767?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:28:43 UTC 10720767 Ms Alison Walsh [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720493?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:45:21 UTC 10720493 Monica Haynes [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720378?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:08:37 UTC 10720378 Ms Hilarie Dunn [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720357?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:34 UTC 10720357 Britt Ingerson [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720305?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:39:49 UTC 10720305 Dr Nicole Bourke [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720248?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:14:12 UTC 10720248 Sofi Mihailidou [Signature #227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720215?utm_medium=rss please let us hold on to some part of history

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:59:25 UTC 10720215 Mr Anonymous [Signature #226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720196?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:55:03 UTC 10720196 Ms Frances Whiting [Signature #225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720175?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:49:01 UTC 10720175 Dr Emma Felton [Signature #224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720155?utm_medium=rss Preserve our cultural heritage!

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:41:17 UTC 10720155 Ms Sandra Killen [Signature #223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720110?utm_medium=rss Our heritage matters!

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:27:59 UTC 10720110 Ms Elizabeth Bryer [Signature #222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720032?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:02:23 UTC 10720032 Ms Sally Cripps [Signature #221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720011?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:57:06 UTC 10720011 Mrs Anne McElvogue [Signature #220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719983?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:48:55 UTC 10719983 Ms Amy Drewe [Signature #219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719978?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:46:42 UTC 10719978 Sylvia Johnson [Signature #218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719930?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:29:55 UTC 10719930 Sue Terry [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719916?utm_medium=rss We MUST save what little literary heritage we have left and start encouraging more cultural tourism. This house - its association with our culture (Christina Stead), its beauty and its wonderful location in Sydney, lend itself to such tourism.

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:23:36 UTC 10719916 Mr James Tierney [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719848?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:59:08 UTC 10719848 Lindy Murphy [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719626?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:59:06 UTC 10719626 Margaret Tranter [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719585?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:45:05 UTC 10719585 Kirstin Bokor [Signature #213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719575?utm_medium=rss This house represents an important part of our literary history. It would be such an important decision if the Minister for planning were to protect this house, and its gardens from development.
This house is important to international arts and what a shame it would be to let is be ruined.

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:43:13 UTC 10719575 Jennifer Snell [Signature #212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10719564?utm_medium=rss I urge you to please preserve this important landmark of our literary heritage for future generations.

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:40:58 UTC 10719564 Ms Catriona Murray [Signature #211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10718544?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:49:56 UTC 10718544 Jo Paul [Signature #210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10717060?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:07:55 UTC 10717060 Mr Matthew Condon [Signature #209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716980?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:47:32 UTC 10716980 Mr Sunil Badami [Signature #208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716819?utm_medium=rss How can a place of such cultural importance be so easily destroyed by someone who doesn't even live here?

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:12:10 UTC 10716819 Elayn Gemmell [Signature #207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716391?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:45:08 UTC 10716391 Ms April Murdoch [Signature #206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716372?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:42:06 UTC 10716372 Ms Emma Mahony [Signature #205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716273?utm_medium=rss We save important authors' houses in the UK, why doesn't Australia do the same?

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:18:57 UTC 10716273 Dr Rosie Scott [Signature #204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716248?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:09:43 UTC 10716248 Dr Anonymous [Signature #203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716192?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:56:30 UTC 10716192 Ms Lisa Hill [Signature #202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10716063?utm_medium=rss Let's not let another piece of our literary heritage go under the hammer. It's a scandal that Patrick White's house was lost, and foolish to let a tourist attraction disappear.

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:24:20 UTC 10716063 Ms Sandra Hogan [Signature #201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10715918?utm_medium=rss People in Sydney might not know who Christina Stead was but in Brisbane we still recognise her as one of Australia's greatest writers. Please don't destroy her home.

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:41:09 UTC 10715918 Olwyn Conrau [Signature #200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10715875?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:26:00 UTC 10715875 Ms Susan Johnson [Signature #199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10715821?utm_medium=rss Why isn't Australia protecting its cultural heritage by preserving the family homes of its greatest authors?
Why does the UK, the US, France and every European country protect such places for the benefit of all? Because our cultural past forms our national memory, and every country apart from Australia appears to understand this.
Shame on you Woollahra Council!

]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:08:30 UTC 10715821 Ms Anna-Louise MacLulich [Signature #198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10714732?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:42:24 UTC 10714732 Jodi Collas [Signature #197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10709316?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:40:32 UTC 10709316 Ms Tamara Graham [Signature #196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10706658?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:39:37 UTC 10706658 Ms Pamela Coleman [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10705644?utm_medium=rss It was a disgrace that the home of Patrick White was lost to us. Don't let this happen to the house where Christina Stead lived for some years and obviously incorporated aspects of this location into her stories.

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:50:05 UTC 10705644 Zoe Dobson [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10705463?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:07:45 UTC 10705463 Ms Katrina Devery [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10702444?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:23:52 UTC 10702444 mrs Hannah Jacob [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10701986?utm_medium=rss Its a shame that we as a society have to now resort to sigining petitions to save our past!

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:37:55 UTC 10701986 ms Anonymous [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10696816?utm_medium=rss If we don't hold on to heritage properties - we gut our tangible history. There are countries overseas that hold on to important buildings - why are we so much in a hurry to deny our links to great artists and writers. They are few and far between, and if we don't stand up and say: wait on, this is a special place worth keeping, there will be little heritage to pass on to future generations.

]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:55:21 UTC 10696816 Giacomo Fosscati [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10689868?utm_medium=rss Please save our precious heritage and set an example for yourselves.

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:24:05 UTC 10689868 Ms Nanette Turner [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10689812?utm_medium=rss Please protect our heritage Woollahra Council

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:02:22 UTC 10689812 Mr John Foss [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10689799?utm_medium=rss Is there anything in the world allowed to come between an Australian and his right to build? Do the right thing WMC!

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:57:14 UTC 10689799 Dr Anette Bremer [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10686907?utm_medium=rss As an Australian living in England, I appreciate and benefit from the preservation of English literary heritage. Both local, state and federal governments must do more to preserve what remains of Australia's literary heritage.

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:23:00 UTC 10686907 Ms Danielle Powell [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10684623?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:04:00 UTC 10684623 Ms Karen Smith [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10684581?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:56:20 UTC 10684581 Dr Melinda Harvey [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10683695?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead is Australia's greatest-ever woman novelist. We really must preserve this house.

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:37:40 UTC 10683695 Ms Katy Forde [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10683355?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:25:35 UTC 10683355 Mr Arthur Frame AM [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10682498?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing or be remembered for what you permitted to occur by future generations

]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:55:48 UTC 10682498 Joanna Carson [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10681543?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:45 UTC 10681543 Caroline Petit [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10671671?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:40:32 UTC 10671671 John Levey [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10669667?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:16:58 UTC 10669667 Ms Julie Prosser [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10668826?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:15:39 UTC 10668826 Annette Kerwitz [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10668060?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:51:21 UTC 10668060 Mrs Barbara Kiser [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10666839?utm_medium=rss Christina Stead explored the frontiers of human reality and recounted her discoveries in a way that still wakes the reader up with an almighty, and very welcome, jolt. The Man Who Loved Children is wondrous. She had it hard enough in her lifetime; it seems we could give her a break now--a move that would in any case awaken a new generation to her extraordinary talent.

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:47:25 UTC 10666839 Ms Sheridan Lee [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10666835?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:46:22 UTC 10666835 ms Lyndel Caffrey [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10665598?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:11:25 UTC 10665598 Andrea Goldsmith [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10665429?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:34:52 UTC 10665429 Ms Laryssa Dowell [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10665095?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:37:24 UTC 10665095