As reported in the Argus, Wednesday 15 November 1922, p5, a twenty-one year old runaway from Sydney appeared in court in Fitzroy charged with having insufficient means of support, consorting with thieves and visiting Chinese dens and sly grog shops.…
Monthly archives: January 2010
anything is possible in Carlton
On a wall near the Elgin St corner of Canning St. It uses unusually big words for graffiti. University students?
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a drink at Fireflies wine bar, North Fitzroy
I don’t know the history of this impressive building on Nicholson St, North Fitzroy. In recent years it has contained a variety of hospitality businesses. Until mid 2009 it was a Mexican restaurant I never got around to trying. It’s now the Fireflies bar and restaurant, where I had a crisp viognier with a friend recently.…
Fitzroy market to open 6 February 2010
After more than a year of planning, scheduling, council issues, resident complaints and an appearance at VCAT, the organisers of the forthcoming Fitzroy market have finally won their case and will hold the first market on Saturday 6 February 2010 at the Fitzroy Primary School on Napier St, Fitzroy.…
Fitzroy history – from electrical works to discount fashion
This grand art deco factory, originally the McColl Electric Works, is now a rather shabby shopfront.
Courtesy of Fitzroy local history collection / ID: 8754 / photographer: unknown / copyright: expired – image is in the public domain / c1948
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truth vs propaganda
I’m supportive of new online enterprises that try to do something interesting and worthwhile for audiences, and if they can make money doing it so be it. But I’m not a fan of blatantly misleading marketing hyperbole. Take the spin from the newish Melbourne site Broadsheet, which makes the following claim:
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Fitzroy community bookshelf at Galerie Montmartre
Have you used the community bookshelf at Galerie Montmartre yet? I donated Charlotte Roche’s Wetlands and picked up Jane Austen’s Emma.
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not sure if you’re a boy or a girl
Great paste-up on Victoria St (apart from the loser who defaced it).
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Fitzroy history – prosecuted for doing too much laundry
Life was tough in the nineteenth century. Too few laws existed to protect workers from exploitation, by modern standards people worked very hard and the laundry union did not yet exist. Sometimes, however, the laws seemed to make no sense. In this case, reported in the Argus, Wednesday 10 March 1897, p7, a laundry worker was prosecuted for working overtime.…