101 Greeves Street

101 Greeves Street

by | 15 Sep 2024 | Article, Fitzroy people, Fitzroy places

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

by | 11 Sep 2024 | Article, Fitzroy people, Fitzroy places

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

Celebrate History Month

by | 11 Sep 2024 | Talk

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

69-79 King William Street

by | 8 Sep 2024 | Article, Fitzroy places

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

14/10/24 Documentary of Inner Melbourne

by | 4 Sep 2024 | Talk

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...
Membership renewals now due

Membership renewals now due

by | 3 Sep 2024 | Announcement

Annual membership of the Fitzroy History Society falls due in August. Please renew now. To renew click the button below. Click here to renew There are 3 ways to renew. You can renew at our annual general meeting, you can pay by bank transfer or you can pay by cheque....