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Fitzroyalty - hyperlocal news and reviews about Melbourne’s first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 - is a local news and reviews site for Fitzroy residents and visitors. Read the about and hyperlocal pages for more information.

It features stories on the suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia, and reflections on life from a socially libertarian, economically socialist, culturally anarchistic and radically individualistic point of view.

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Archive for July, 2006

calling from above

Posted in Melbourne, art on July 31st, 2006

Another street art phenomenon – phone booths stuck high up on a wall in a laneway off Flinders Lane. Much observed and photographed by people like me walking out the Regent Theatre side exit following a MIFF session.

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graffiti speaks the truth

Posted in Fitzroy, art on July 30th, 2006

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gypsy bar

Posted in Brunswick St, Fitzroy, coffee, drink on July 29th, 2006

The Gypsy Bar is just around the corner from my flat. I went on a fabulous first date there years ago, when I had been in Melbourne for only 6 days, and when I walk past I experience a moment of romantic nostalgia. The glowing coffee machine makes me think of absinthe and decadent indulgences. It seemed so unlikely then that I would live so close to this cosy den of intimacy. It has the right kind of atmosphere; something that is impossible to artificially manufacture. Their bloody mary is perfect.

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Fitzroy demographics

Posted in Fitzroy, existential, social issues on July 26th, 2006

The suburb statistics tool Postcode Power reveals some fascinating information. It shows that Fitzroyalty are better paid, better educated, are getting more sex, are less religious and, most importantly, own more Ferraris than the national average. The results for Fitzroy 3065 are available here.

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