Bruce Pitts
Download the Transcript: FHS-Bruce-Pitts-2016 Bruce Pitts opened the first specialized exhaust workshop in Melbourne in the mid-seventies at 67 Johnson Street, Fitzroy where he still operates, making good use of the laneway system behind the building....
Brian and Renata Howe
Download the Transcript: FHS-BrianRenata-Howe-2017 Brian and Renata Howe arrived in Fitzroy following their University years and study for the Ministry in Chicago. Interested in Saul David Alinsky and community organisation, Brian began to apply these teachings...
Barry and Margaret Pullen
Download the Transcript: FHS-BarryMargaret-Pullen-2016 Barry and Margaret Pullen talk about their house purchase in North Fitzroy in 1971 when a young married couple. Significantly they discuss their involvement in the community response to residents’ fear of...
Paul and Anne Coghlan
Download the Transcript: FHS-AnnePaul-Coghlan-2015 Paul and Anne Coghlan lived in North Fitzroy and Fitzroy in their early family life. They became very involved in community matters and in 1974-75 Paul was Mayor of Fitzroy. Anne was instrumental in the...
The Aboriginal History of Yarra
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The Fitzroy Cyclorama, built in 1889, was one of the first two in the city of Melbourne....
Here is an interesting collection of Fitzroy's gas lamps....
Beating the Bounds" (or boundaries) is a ceremony of great antiquity from England and Europe. It also occurred in Fitzroy....
Back in 1906 postcards from Fitzroy existed. Here is a collection of ten....
Hidden Melbourne has published a virtual tour of one of Fitzroy's most interesting streets – Fitzroy Street....