Obituary Laurie O’Brien
Obituary Laurie O'Brien When the Fitzroy History Society was formed, fittingly, the first meeting of the newly formed committee was held at 35 Hanover Street, Fitzroy, the home of Laurie O’Brien. Laurie was to be an indefatigable champion of the Society and its...
1970s Fitzroy in The Age
It's usually nice when Fitzroy is in the newspaper. Justine Costigan lived in Fitzroy for 7 years during the mid-1970s. Here's a brief excerpt from her article published in The Age on 28 May 2024. Click on the button or the link below to read the rest of the article....
Living rough in 1960s Fitzroy
The photographs of Alan K Jordan Alan K Jordan created a fascinating social history through his photos. The collection is at the State Library of Victoria. Below is an excerpt from the SLV website. To see the full article click on the link to the right. Alan Jordan...
23/5/24 Sir Doug Nicholls Round
Thursday May 23, 6-8pm. Gertrude St Fitzroy walking tour and film screening highlighting footy and Sir Doug. Start Atherton Gardens, finish Builders Arms. The AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round is coming! How much do you know about Sir Doug Nicholls? “Running,...
Tony Birch awarded
Local author, Tony Birch, has won book of the year from The Age newspaper for his novel that tackles the impact of domestic violence, Women & Children. Tony was one of the people interviewed in our oral history project. The Age article about award FHS interview with...
10/5/25 MacRobertson the chocolate king walking tour
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12/4/25 Fitzroy history walking tour
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15/3/25 MacRobertson the chocolate king walking tour
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Join us at 10.00am on 10 May 2025 for a fascinating 2.5 hour walking tour of MacRobertson, the chocolate king of Fitzroy....
Join us at 10.00am on 12 April for a fascinating 2.5 hour walking tour of Fitzroy, Melbourne's first suburb....
Advice to members of past event, the launch of our new book, Fitzroy People 2....
Join us at 10.00am on 15 March 2025 for a fascinating 2.5 hour walking tour of MacRobertson, the chocolate king of Fitzroy....
In 1859, the Bible Christian Church was constructed at the south east corner of Gore and Greeves Streets (278 Gore Street)....