144 Westgarth Street, Fitzroy

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Google Image – April 2021
The land between Gore St and George St was empty in 1901. The land was ready for subdivision but had not been built on. This photo above shows a game of cricket that occurred on the land from Rose St, all the way up and across Westgarth St (which is the street in the foreground. On the far right of the picture, you can see the side profile of 144 Westgarth Street, visible because the dairy had not yet been built on the SW corner of Westgarth and George Streets.
(Junior Cricket: Fitzroy La Mascotte v. South Yarra. Scene of the exciting play on Saturday at Smith Street Reserve, Fitzroy, The Australasian, 27 April 1901, p.26)

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