Fitzroyalty

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Fitzroy history – a den of thieves, vagrants and dissolute women

The social problems menacing Fitzroy at the turn of the twentieth century seem never ending. Fitzroy troublemakers selling milk on Sundays, loitering on footpaths and, in this instance, enjoying sly grog all kept the Police busy. The Argus, Wednesday 18 July, 1917, p10 reports on a den of people past redemption on Little Napier St.

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