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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 October, 2009

Fitzroy history – forming a laundry union

Posted in Fitzroy on October 31st, 2009

Reading about the administrivia of everyday life in the recent past makes you realise how different life really was. A minimum wage protected by law did not yet exist, although there was already movement in Australia towards this goal, which would be achieved in 1907. This article in the Argus, Tuesday 22 January 1901, p7, describes efforts to form a laundry workers union in Fitzroy to set prices for laundry services and hence laundry wages.

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shopping in Fitzroy – Largo butcher on Brunswick St

Posted in Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Westgarth St, business, customer service, food on October 31st, 2009

Part of the appeal of living in Fitzroy is having everything I need within walking distance. I value having a great diversity of goods and services available in my immediate vicinity and like to support local businesses by buying from them even though they may not be the cheapest provider in town. For me to continue to enjoy the lifestyle enabled by being surrounded by convenience, I must support local businesses. To further this aim, I’m going to write a series of posts about where to get different ingredients in Fitzroy.

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the exhibitionist

Posted in Brunswick St, Fitzroy, art on October 30th, 2009

Two works in a doorway on Brunswick St by K.

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lunch at Roundhouse Roti on Gertrude St

Posted in Fitzroy, Gertrude St, food on October 30th, 2009

I’ve walked past the closed door of Roundhouse Roti on many Saturdays, and have wondered if it would ever reopen. I began to wonder if they were open on weekdays (when I am not around) but not on Saturday when I am. I was very surprised last Saturday therefore to see the door open and smell delicious curry flavours wafting out into the street. I went in to investigate and stayed. My roti channai was the perfect lunch – tender chicken and potato in a curry sauce that was just the right amount to be soaked up by the freshly made roti.

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