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263 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Godfrey 2)

263 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Godfrey 2)

Opposite Godfrey 1 at 266-274 Brunswick Street is Godfrey 2. Another impressive terrace. This ...

80 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

80 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

I am yet to research this house, but a reader supplied me with an ...

76 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

76 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

I am yet to research this house, but a reader supplied me with an ...

131 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

131 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

The little wooden house. I am not sure when it was built but it ...

133-135 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

133-135 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

This street is amazing. I am sure you can tell that these are not ...

78 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

78 Kerr Street, Fitzroy

Yet to research - this lovely house, but see below for two photos from ...

56-58 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

56-58 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

This location needs more work, the buildings on this corner of Brunswick and Gertrude ...

62 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

62 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

This building was initially a bakery owned by Francis Clark who built the Devonshire ...

34-38 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy (Devonshire Arms Hotel)

34-38 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy (Devonshire Arms Hotel)

Built by Francis Clark in the early 1840s and now considered to be Melbourne's ...

248-250 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North

248-250 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North

Yet to research the lovely cafe Tin Pot and its history, but this photo ...

294 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy

294 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy

This little house was once home of the Horan family. Thomas Patrick Horan (8 ...

266-274 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Godfrey 1)

266-274 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Godfrey 1)

This impressive building at 266-274 Brunswick Street (on the south east corner of Victoria ...

Bennett Street, Fitzroy North

Bennett Street, Fitzroy North

Still needing to do a lot of research in this area, however I wanted ...

57-61 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

57-61 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

The Fitzroy Art Metal Co was in Johnston Street from 1913 until at least ...

20 Leicester Street, Fitzroy (Garryowen Park)

20 Leicester Street, Fitzroy (Garryowen Park)

Prior to the park, there were at least two houses here. These were demolished ...

Garryowen Lane, Fitzroy

Garryowen Lane, Fitzroy

The lane behind the Garryowen Park in Leicester Street, Fitzroy was signposted in 2020 ...

214 Argyle Street, Fitzroy

214 Argyle Street, Fitzroy

This site was the head office of the MacRobertson's Chocolate Factory. The Building says ...

197 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

197 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

Currently Anada, a Spanish tapas restaurant, the creamy yellow terrace below has had a ...

390A Queens Parade, Fitzroy North (Bakehouse)

390A Queens Parade, Fitzroy North (Bakehouse)

"Mr. James Willmott opened a retail bakery at 392 Queens Parade(then 384 Northcote Road) ...

80 Webb Street, Fitzroy

80 Webb Street, Fitzroy

The following information has been sourced from the Fitzroy History Society February 2022 Newsletter, ...

Webb Street, Fitzroy

Webb Street, Fitzroy

The first Crown Land sales in Melbourne in 1837 with 20 acres of Sub ...

79 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

79 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

This terrace shop has had a variety of uses over the years including as ...

Marion Street, Fitzroy

Marion Street, Fitzroy

You can be forgiven if you do not know where Marion Street is. It ...

18-22 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (Carlton Club Hotel)

18-22 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (Carlton Club Hotel)

This building has had a fascinating history. This building was once the Carlton Club ...

37 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

37 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

Clearly a rebuild, 37 Gertrude is at the end of this row and has ...

Delbridge Street, Fitzroy North

Delbridge Street, Fitzroy North

Delbridge Street, is named for Edward Delbridge, councillor for eleven years from 1864 and ...

Charles / Young Street, Fitzroy (Delbridge Stone Yard)

Charles / Young Street, Fitzroy (Delbridge Stone Yard)

The Stone Yard was operated by Delbridge & Thomas.

"Some of ...

Woodhead St, Fitzroy North

Woodhead St, Fitzroy North

It is highly likely that Woodhead St, Fitzroy North is named for Benjamin given ...

438 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North (Former Northcote Arms Hotel)

438 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North (Former Northcote Arms Hotel)

The following has been extracted from the Fitzroy History Society - May 2023, written ...

Queens Parade, Fitzroy North

"Before 1850, what became Queens Parade was a track (probably first created by Indigenous ...

106 Napier Street, Fitzroy

106 Napier Street, Fitzroy

As yet I haven't looked back prior to 1920. The numbers along Napier St ...

118 Greeves St, Fitzroy (Dispensary)

118 Greeves St, Fitzroy (Dispensary)

This building was originally established as the United Friendly Societies Dispensary by a number ...

Robertson, MacPherson (Australia's Grandfather of Chocolate)

Robertson, MacPherson (Australia’s Grandfather of Chocolate)

There is lots of research already on MacPherson Robertson including his own biography and ...

Hollow, Joseph (Builder) (1839-1903)

Joseph was born in Marazion, a little seaside village in the Parish of St ...

55-57 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

55-57 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

Yet to research

Google Image - Jul 2021
Committee for ...
59-61 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

59-61 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

Yet to research

Google Image - Dec 2018
Committee for ...
617 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North

617 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North

In 1883, number 613 is owned by John G Bird and 615 is owned ...

63-65 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

63-65 Cecil Street, Fitzroy

Yet to research.

Google Image July 2019
Committee for Urban ...
817 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

817 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

In March 1920, this beautiful little cottage was condemned by the Officer of Health ...

Johnston Street, Fitzroy

In 1837 Robert Hoddle, the colony's Surveyor General, divided undeveloped paddocks north of the ...


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