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Fitzroy history – Nicholson St bombing in 1898

My new favourite online historical resource is the archive of the Victorian Government Gazette hosted by the State Library of Victoria. You can search it and by using ‘Fitzroy’ as a keyword I have found many fascinating stories. In Gazette 54, Friday, June 10th 1898 (download full issue – 3mb PDF) is a curious story about a bomb exploding on the balcony of 144 Nicholson St.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 12:10 am and is filed under Fitzroy, Nicholson St. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Fitzroy history – Nicholson St bombing in 1898”

  1. Jayne Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Oh, how very current!

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  2. brian Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Entirely by coincidence! I wrote this last week, and imagined mining workers hoarding explosives at home, getting drunk on the balcony one night and having an accident…

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