101 Greeves Street

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

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...
Obituary Barry Pullen

Obituary Barry Pullen

Obituary Barry Pullen Barry was founding member of the Fitzroy Residents Association and Fitzroy city councillor 1972–1976. He was very active in campaigning against the high rise Housing Commission of Victoria flats being built in the 1950s and 1960s. Barry and his...
Joseph E McGinty

Joseph E McGinty

by Mike Moore “Mr J. E. McGinty, so well known and highly esteemed as an auctioneer, house, land and estate agent, of 107 Gertrude-street, has just completed his fiftieth year of residence in Victoria. The whole period, almost without a break, has been spent in...