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I am yet to research this property in terms of its history, but I received information in relation to one of the residents ‘Ella Grace Phillips’ who lived in the property with her parents, Ferrar (or Ferrer) Phillips, 1849-1942 and Mary Harper Phillips nee Scott, 1854-1937. Ferrar had the fascinating profession of “horse dentist” –Continue reading “669 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North”

Today, there are almost no houses left on Marion Street, but it used to contain some very small little houses. And in one of these, 15 Marion Street, there was living Mr John Dilworth Devereux, a violin, cello and double bass maker. He was first recorded here in 1858, (Rate Books). The house, along withContinue reading “15 Marion St, Fitzroy”

The first advert for this property was the hiring of a laborer to attend with his pick and shovel in August 1915 (The Age, 11 Aug 1915). This likely co-incides with when Arthur William Patrick moved into the house, he is listed as living here in 1914 (Australian Electoral Roll, 1914 &1915). During this periodContinue reading “440 Rae Street, Fitzroy North”

This site looks like it was never developed until this house was built. The MMBW for 1904, shows the site as empty. In 1913-18, the house was occupied by Charles W Gray, who was an Oven Builder (Sands Directory 1913-1918, Sands & McDougall Directory 1915). I am not sure where he operated prior, but heContinue reading “464 Rae Street, Fitzroy North”

I don’t yet know a lot about this property, when it was built or who initially owned it, but I did some research of it around 1899/1900. This is what I found. In 1897, the house and next door (203) was owned by Thomas Tame of Heidelberg Road, Alphington. Tame owned a lot of propertyContinue reading “201 Gore Street, Fitzroy (Goldington)”

The photo above shows the current 39 Westgarth Terrace on the left, the two little terrace houses of 41 and 43, and then off to the right 45 and 47. These terrace houses (the remaining two) have such a massive history and are quite old compared to some of the housing in the north ofContinue reading “37-47 Westgarth Street, Fitzroy (Westgarth Terrace)”

This house has always intrigued me, as it sits on its own on this block, and currently (2025) is about to be completely dwarfed by an 8 storey monster building that will be built next to it and behind it (that is if VCAT ignore the locals who are fighting it). Everyone wants this siteContinue reading “436 George Street, Fitzroy”

There is no record of anything on this corner spot of land (North East corner of Young / Kerr Street) until 1872 when we see Francis Cass here. Francis owned and lived on this site at that time. By 1885, Francis had passed away and his wife Mrs Cass still owned the site, but rentedContinue reading “127-129 Kerr Street, Fitzroy”

John Matthew Smith hails from Ludston Hall, Warwickshire where he studied law and was admitted to the Bar in London in 1843 (27 years). Shortly after this time he travelled to Australia, leaving his wife and family at home and set up the company Smith and Emmerton solicitors of Melbourne. Two years later his wifeContinue reading “Smith, John Matthew Esq. (1816-1898)”

Trade operated from this site as early as 1865. The first person residing here was John Stephens, a horse dealer. The site was quite large, including both the house below as well as the property to the right of it, and extended all the way through the back and included 5 Highett Place. Initially theContinue reading “309-315 Gore Street, Fitzroy”