by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
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...
by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
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...
by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
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,...
by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
HONOURING FITZROY VOLUNTEERS IN THE GREAT WAR FHS has a data base of about 3,000 volunteers in WWI who have a connection with Fitzroy. On Sunday 24 May there was a walk from the Edinburgh Gardens to the Fitzroy Town Hall, during which the stories of some of these...
by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
A WALK AROUND MacROBERTSON’S GREAT WHITE CITY On 20 September 2015 FHS member Seb Costello led a walk that revealed many of the buildings that had been part of the MacRoberson confectionery and chocolate company. The empire of MacPherson Robertson included at...
by Tom O'Dea | 27 Jun 2021 | Past Events
ALWAYS A WELL-LIQUORED SUBURB: A Sunday Survey of Fitzroy’s pubs, grog shops and dives. On 3 April 2016, Allan Willingham led a walk around Fitzroy looking at licenced premises, past and present, in Fitzroy. [ngg_images source=”galleries”...
