Sister Bridget and Sister Rosina
Download the Transcript: FHS-Sister-RosinaSister-Bridget-2015 Beginning in 1972, Sister Bridget and Sister Rosina of the Sisters of Mercy have taught the waves of new migrant children coming to Fitzroy. The children may not have had any English, but they wanted...Sister Fidelis and Sister Amalia
Download the Transcript: FHS-Sister-FidelisSister-Amalia-2015 Sister Fidelis and Sister Amalia are Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, part of a small group who came out to Fitzroy from India in 1970 with Mother Teresa to open a community house in Gore...
Sam Marasco
Download the Transcript: FHS-Sam-Marasco-2016 Sam Marasco came to Fitzroy as an 18-month old from Calabria in the mid-1950s and has lived here ever since. He talks about his childhood, games they played, the street life and selling papers from the age of 6 or 7...Rose Mary Brondolino
Download the Transcript: FHS-Rose-Mary-Brondolino-2015 Rose Mary Brondolino, who conducts a law practice in Fitzroy, talks about her very early years in southern Italy before she came to Fitzroy in the mid-1950s. She provides anecdotes and descriptions of her...
Rose Chong
Download the Transcript: FHS-Rose-Chong-2015 Rose Chong describes herself as “a maker”. She studied dressmaking and then design at an art school in the UK, and opened her costume store on Gertrude Street in 1979, making costumes for the film industry, and for...fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au
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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....
The Brotherhood of St Laurence has digitised three fascinating films they made between 1946 and 1950....
The March 2024 issue of the FHS newsletter is out now.