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Cecil Street, Fitzroy | Hidden Melbourne have created an amazing virtual tour of Cecil Street, Fitzroy. Mark is incredible with the camera and has created the ability to view every intersection in 360 degrees. The link is above and you can traverse down the street.

Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy | Hidden Melbourne have created an amazing virtual tour of Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy. Mark is incredible with the camera and has created the ability to view every intersection in 360 degrees. The link is above and you can traverse down the street.

I am yet to fully research this house. It was built later than many in the area given the area being particularly ‘swampy’ in the 1800s.

Purportedly built in 1890. During the 1900’s the building was renovated, requests for carpenters and bricklayers were advertised in August / September. Further work with bricklayers was done in October 1902, and tilers in November 1903. A room was advertised in May 1913 and then in June 1913 is the first advertisement for Kiandra, aContinue reading “56 Church Street, Fitzroy North”

In 1876 J M Smith appeared to own all of Section 85 of Fitzroy. This area had the boundaries of Brunswick St (W), Reilly St / Alexandra Pde (N), Smith St (E) and Rose St (S). Most of the southern part of Fitzroy had been subdivided and Smith’s lot was one of the last toContinue reading “Smith Reserve, Alexandra Pde, Fitzroy”

There is an amazing building in Fitzroy that is little discussed, it is the Old Drill Hall at the Victoria Parade end of George Street. We are hoping to find some old photos of this building if anyone has any? There are a lot of images of the redevelopment of the site as the propertyContinue reading “16 George Street, Fitzroy (Drill Hall)”

This is the site of the old Snap Industrial Laundry. The site is currently under renovation and it is believed it is becoming a distillery. Recently (c. 2023), Mark Hassad, Hidden Melbourne took these photos of the site. To see more, visit his site.

The current site of Mukka, an Indian establishment and favourite of Fitzroy for the past 7-8 years is in a building which has a long history. The Snadden’s (unknown – 1929) Joseph Lauder Snadden married Jane (Jennie) Price Showers, the daughter of an ex-councillor of Fitzroy. Their wedding was held at St Luke’s Church, NorthContinue reading “365 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy”

Opposite Godfrey 1 at 266-274 Brunswick Street is Godfrey 2. Another impressive terrace. This one towers over its neighbours and was built between 1890 and 1895.

I am yet to research this house, but a reader supplied me with an amazing photo of the site from the late 1970s so I have loaded up a few images of the site, starting with the most recent in 2021 and then two different photos from the 1970s.