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Fitzroy history – from sweatshop to furniture shop

4 July 2011 | 0 comments

Before it became a furniture shop (in the ground floor at least), the building at 205 Johnston St was another garment industry sweatshop as the 1963 photos below show. More photos are available.

johnston st history fitzroy fitzroy

johnston st history fitzroy fitzroy

Courtesy of NLA / ID: an13033162-1 / photographer: Wolfgang Sievers / copyright: used under the fair dealings provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 / c1963

johnston st history fitzroy fitzroy

Courtesy of NLA / ID: an13033162-5 / photographer: Wolfgang Sievers / copyright: used under the fair dealings provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 / c1963

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