170 Leicester Street, Fitzroy A red-brick church-like building in Leicester Street, Fitzroy gives no clues as to its fascinating, though short-lived, moment of glory. This edited extract from Laurie O'Brien's article in Fitzroy: Melbourne's First Suburb brings to life a forgotten piece of Fitzroy's history 'In 1888 a new curate, Ernest Selwyn Hughes was appointed to St Mark's . Fresh from personal experience of mission settlement work in the East End dockland of London, Hughes was fired with enthusiasm to launch a similar project in Fitzroy, one that would bridge the gulf between class and class.... ... See MoreSee Less