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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 ...

133 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
In 1920, the site was used by Adamson Bros, a wholesale and retail grocer ...

382 Napier Street, Fitzroy (Clova)
This house holds quite an interesting history! From this side of the road you ...

1-3 Grant Street, Fitzroy North
I haven't really commenced on the history of Grant Street yet, however was following ...

51-53 Cecil Street, Fitzroy
Originally this pair of houses were numbered 35 and 37 Cecil Street. They were ...

43 Cecil Street, Fitzroy
Back in 1865 Cecil Street had some strange numbering, but through tracing the houses ...

27-33 Cecil Street, Fitzroy (Ellen / Peatt’s Terrace)
Back in 1863 if you had walked along this part of Cecil Street you ...

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

149 Holden Street, Fitzroy North
I haven't conducted too much research on this site yet, however back in 1920, ...

75 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy
This latest building on this site looks to have been built in the 1980s, ...

38-44 McKean Street, Fitzroy North
In June 1920, this site was approved by the Health and Public Works Committee ...

449 Rae Street, Fitzroy North
Initially this site was the home of Mr William Radden, who passed away here ...

203-205 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North
Not sure what the building looked like here in the 1920's but it definitely ...

45 Moor Street, Fitzroy
This location is now a block of flats incorporating what would have been part ...

105-107 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This site, currently an Asian supermarket located directly opposite the entrance to the Atherton ...

75-77 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
While this building currently houses the CoHealth centre, it used to be the location ...

181-183 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
"The building at 181-183 Gertrude Street, on the north-west corner of Gertrude and George ...

445 George Street, Fitzroy (Thiepval)
445 is on the left and 447 on the right in the photo below ...

519 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This record store, was the site of Wilcox Bros in 1920, when they established ...
Victoria Parade, Fitzroy
In 1837 Robert Hoddle, the colony's Surveyor General, divided undeveloped paddocks north of the ...
Nicholson Street, Fitzroy
In 1837 Robert Hoddle, the colony's Surveyor General, divided undeveloped paddocks north of the ...
Nurse S Callaghan
In 1914, Nurse Callaghan ran a private hospital at 56 Church Street, Fitzroy (The ...

154 Johnston Street, Fitzroy (Undertakers)
On the corner of Hertford and Johnston Street is the site of the old ...

Apps, Edward (Undertaker)(1861-1932)
This complete history has been sourced from a WordPress site - it has no ...

95-99 Westgarth Street, Fitzroy
There is a bit of debate as to the numbering between 93-95 Westgarth Street, ...

96 Westgarth Street, Fitzroy
I am still to review this location, but in researching another property, I stumbled ...

27 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
This is the site of 19-35 Gertrude Street. From "1880 until 1930 Rucker & ...

121-123 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This sad and sorry looking building, was once incredibly pretty. You can only just ...
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