A man of his his time – 27 May 2014
A MAN of his TIME Francis Clark, 1840-1896 Tuesday 27 May, 2014 at 7 pm in the Fitzroy Library Meeting Room. Alison Hart, a direct descendent of Clark, presented his story Francis Clark, was a businessman, speculator and Melbourne City Councillor. He built and was the...Annual General Meeting – 18 August 2014
At the 2014 Annual General Meeting held on 18 August in the Reading Room of the Fitzroy Library the Guest Speaker was Dr Charles (Chips) Sowerwine. Professor Charles Sowerwine is currently a member of the RHSV Council and editor of History News. His address was titled...Fitzroy Railway Walk – 22 February 2015
FITZROY RAILWAY WALK Sunday 22 February 2015, 10am-12noon. The publication of a self-guided walk of the Inner Circle railway line was launched with a walk of the route, commencing where the line crosses Nicholson Street (immediately north of Park Street), North...Celebrating 25 Years of Fitzroy: Melbourne’s First Suburb – 8 March 2015
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF FITZROY: MELBOURNE'S FIRST SUBURB It is 25 years since this book was published. A celebration and meet the authors was held at: Bad Frankie's Bar 141 Greeves Street (near Smith Street corner) Fitzroy. on Sunday 8 March, 2015, 2.30-4.30...
Gallipoli Centenary Walk
This 8-page booklet was prepared to accompany a walk on 24 May 2015 to commemorate Fitzroy volunteers who served and died in 1915 (PDF – 8 pages): Gallipoli centenary...fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au
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....