by Mark Hassed | 18 Mar 2025 | Announcement, Upcoming
Australia’s biggest community driven Heritage Festival is coming to Victoria. This year's theme is ‘Unearthed' and seeks to reveal the unheard stories and delights of the past. Aimed at empowering and inspiring all generations, but particular the younger...
by Mark Hassed | 11 Feb 2025 | Article, Fitzroy people
Fitzroy People 2 Late in 2024 the Fitzroy History society published Fitzroy People 2. We have now made this book available to read and download online. Read Fitzroy People...
by Mark Hassed | 22 Jan 2025 | Upcoming, Walk
MacRobertson the chocolate king walking tour Discover the rich flavour of Fitzroy's chocolate history with an entertaining and informative guided tour through the world of the notable entrepreneur, philanthropist, and confectioner, MacPherson Robertson –...
by Mark Hassed | 21 Jan 2025 | Upcoming, Walk
Fitzroy history walking tour Join us on a fascinating 2.5 hour walking tour of Melbourne's first suburb. Known originally as “New Town”, the first suburb designed outside the CBD, had many gentlemen’s terraces such as “Barcelona Terrace”. Today an eclectic mix of...
by Mark Hassed | 4 Dec 2024 | Announcement, Article
We launched our latest publication Fitzroy People 2 at the North Fitzroy library on Friday 15th November. The event was the culmination of several months research work by members of the Society on persons who had lived in Fitzroy and Fitzroy North from its earliest...
by Mark Hassed | 29 Nov 2024 | Walk
MacRobertson the chocolate king walking tour Discover the rich flavour of Fitzroy's chocolate history with an entertaining and informative guided tour through the world of the notable entrepreneur, philanthropist, and confectioner, MacPherson Robertson –...