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I haven’t conducted too much research on this site yet, however back in 1920, George Burgess applied to the Health and Public Works Committee to establish a furniture business operating from the rear of the property. He estimated that the factory would employ 6 males. The Committee approved his factory (Fitzroy City Press, 20 MarContinue reading “149 Holden Street, Fitzroy North”

This latest building on this site looks to have been built in the 1980s, as you can see from the bottom picture, but it had quite a history getting to this position. Initially it was a two storey building rising to about half the height of the Belvedere hotel next door. In 1920, Richard BayfordContinue reading “75 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy”

In June 1920, this site was approved by the Health and Public Works Committee to be developed as a factory. In this case H. Harris, proposed that he would run a boot and shoe factory here, employing 300 males and 175 females. (Fitzroy City Press, 4 Jun 1920) It is an interesting site as youContinue reading “38-44 McKean Street, Fitzroy North”

Initially this site was the home of Mr William Radden, who passed away here in April 1919. Shortly after it became Carowindra Private Hospital run by Nurse Callaghan. Carowindra private hospital opened in October 1919 (Fitzroy City Press, 4 Oct 1919). It offered medical, surgical and midwifery (Fitzroy City Press, 4 Jun 1920). The hospitalContinue reading “449 Rae Street, Fitzroy North”

Not sure what the building looked like here in the 1920’s but it definitely existed as a furniture warehouse. It now is a cafe. D. K. Ross’s Furniture Warehouse (1920) In the 1920’s this was a furniture warehouse which stocked a wide range of items relating to the household (Fitzroy City Press, 4 Jun 1920)

During the land sales in 1839, Lot 48 was the most popular. The next best was Lot 49 which also fronted Victoria Parade. This was bought by Sydney merchant Thomas Walker who sold it five months later to Captain Benjamin Baxter and his partner Captain Brunswick Smythe. Baxter quartered the land creating Brunswick Street andContinue reading “Gertrude Street”

229 is the building on the left. I have yet to fully research this location, but some of its history is below. Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (1973-1979) “The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service opened on this site in 1973. The VAHS was partly inspired by the volunteer-run Aboriginal Medical Service which opened in Redfern in 1971.Continue reading “229 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy”

This location is now a block of flats incorporating what would have been part of the dairy. I haven’t yet determined when this house was built, but it was sometime after 1899. Originally individual plots the site was slowly bought up by Larcher’s Milk who ran their dairy here, including building the chimney out theContinue reading “45 Moor Street, Fitzroy”

This site, currently an Asian supermarket located directly opposite the entrance to the Atherton Towers was once where the office of the ‘Fitzroy City Press’ was located. They utilised the site until at least June 1920, when the last publication was issued.

While this building currently houses the CoHealth centre, it used to be the location of a Watchmaker, Jeweller and Enameller in 1920 run by A C Bowman.