There is much still to research on this site. New posts will be started for the new buildings that are being developed on the site and this post will be kept for the history.
Image held by Fitzroy Library. Caterpillar road paving machine laying concrete base. First complete Australian made road paver. Darge Photographic Company, 360 William Street, Melbourne. Jan-1929
Image held by Fitzroy Library. Caterpillar road paving machine laying concrete base. First complete Australian made road paver. Darge Photographic Company, 360 William Street, Melbourne. Jan 1929
J H Porter brand on a stanchion.
One of the challenges for the Gasworks site was that it contained the likely only remaining portable building of J H Porter. The 1853 J H Porter Prefabricated Iron Store was located in the Yarra Council depot in North Fitzroy (which forms part of the Gasworks site). The store is one of the few remaining portable buildings in Melbourne, and the only known standing structure J H Porter building in the world. (Fitzroy History Society Newsletter, December 2018).
JH Porter building in the Yarra Council depot. It has been on the site since at least 1944.
Currently the site is under development. As at Nov 2021, the school development has been predominantly built. The rest of the site is still undergoing remediation to be built into apartments and shops. Image from the Fitzroy Gasworks Overview
