Dorothy McInroy

Dorothy McInroy

by | 2 Feb 2022 | Oral History Project

    Download the Transcript: FHS-Dorothy-McInroy-2015 Dorothy McInroy’s mother left an unhappy marriage in the country and moved with her six children into Argyle Street, Fitzroy when Dot was eleven. She tells of her family, her schooldays and her working...
Chris Friday

Chris Friday

by | 2 Feb 2022 | Oral History Project

    Download the Transcript: FHS-Chris-Friday-2017 Chris Friday was a teacher at North Fitzroy and Fitzroy Primary Schools in the 1970s and later trained in Special Education. Chris talks about her time teaching in Fitzroy schools and also about the changes...
Bruce Pitts

Bruce Pitts

by | 30 Jan 2022 | Oral History Project

    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

Brian and Renata Howe

by | 30 Jan 2022 | Oral History Project

  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

Barry and Margaret Pullen

by | 28 Jan 2022 | Oral History Project

  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

Paul and Anne Coghlan

by | 28 Jan 2022 | Oral History Project

  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...