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263 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Godfrey 2)
Opposite Godfrey 1 at 266-274 Brunswick Street is Godfrey 2. Another impressive terrace. This ...
56-58 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
This location needs more work, the buildings on this corner of Brunswick and Gertrude ...
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)
Built by Francis Clark in the early 1840s and now considered to be Melbourne's ...
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
This little house was once home of the Horan family. Thomas Patrick Horan (8 ...
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
Still needing to do a lot of research in this area, however I wanted ...
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)
Prior to the park, there were at least two houses here. These were demolished ...
Garryowen Lane, Fitzroy
The lane behind the Garryowen Park in Leicester Street, Fitzroy was signposted in 2020 ...
214 Argyle Street, Fitzroy
This site was the head office of the MacRobertson's Chocolate Factory. The Building says ...
197 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Currently Anada, a Spanish tapas restaurant, the creamy yellow terrace below has had a ...
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
The following information has been sourced from the Fitzroy History Society February 2022 Newsletter, ...
79 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
This terrace shop has had a variety of uses over the years including as ...
18-22 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (Carlton Club Hotel)
This building has had a fascinating history. This building was once the Carlton Club ...
Delbridge Street, Fitzroy North
Delbridge Street, is named for Edward Delbridge, councillor for eleven years from 1864 and ...
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)
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
As yet I haven't looked back prior to 1920. The numbers along Napier St ...
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)
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 ...
617 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North
In 1883, number 613 is owned by John G Bird and 615 is owned ...
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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