101 Greeves Street
By Mike Moore 101 Greeves Street, built by James Linacre for himself in 1855. James Linacre (1814-1877) migrated to Victoria as a stone mason from Derbyshire in 1844. He prospered here as a builder and contractor of roads and bridges, public buildings and private...
20 Bell Street
20 Bell Street today By Mike Moore This building was erected in 1867. Some of the early occupants were surgeon Gustavus Matt (1867), Mrs Spooner’s Fitzroy Ladies College (1881-88), Charles Shaw dairy (1894), Joshua Moss fruiterer (1895-1910) and Fitzroy councillor...
Celebrate History Month
The shadow Minister for the Arts & Creative Industries and Member for Southern Metropolitan Region, The Hon. David Davis MP, invites local historical groups and societies to join him and celebrate History Month. Date:Tuesday, 1 October 2024 Time: 11:00am –...
69-79 King William Street
By Peter Woods The first sales of land in the Port Philip District were held in Sydney when, on 13th February 1839 Thomas Walker purchased Portion 70 of 28 acres in the parish of Jika Jika for approximately £200. Shortly thereafter he sold the land to Robert Saunders...
14/10/24 Documentary of Inner Melbourne
On Monday 14 October from 6.30 – 8.00pm, Chris Lermanis will present an author talk at the Fitzroy Library Reading Room. As a refugee, and as a child who spoke no English when he arrived in Melbourne, Chris Lermanis often felt he was looking in at a world...
10/5/25 Visit an 1851 Bluestone cottage
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Heritage Festival coming to Victoria
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See what kinds of bones, bottles and buttons have been hiding dormant under the floorboards of 80 Webb Street....
North Fitzroy underwent significant development in the 1880s boom as the population of the area grew by 10,000 people....
The stretch of Greeves Street, Fitzroy from Brunswick Street to Mahoney Street is a very intact and homogeneous Victorian streetscape....
The Zanoni Hotel was on south west corner of Rae and Reid Streets, Fitzroy North....
The National Trust's 2025 Australia Heritage Festival is coming to Victoria from 18 April - 18 May 2025....