It"s been a while since I had time to do a Fitzroy history post, but they are popular and I do mean to continue with them. I have plenty more in the draft queue. This map shows the portion of Fitzroy bounded by Victoria Parade, Johnston Street, Nicholson Street and Smith Street. The black squares show the locations of hotels, wine shops, licensed grocers and delicensed hotels and wine shops c1935. Many remain, though some have been replaced by the hospital or have been converted to other uses.
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Fitzroy history - map of pubs and wine shops c1935
...Fitzroy history - the Cairo flats on Nicholson St
The Cairo apartment building on Nicholson St is one of Melbourne"s art deco treasures. In exploring the historical photo archives I found two images of the building when relatively new, and thought these would make an interesting comparison to how it looks now.
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History of Carlton
Carlton is a residential, commercial and educationalarea adjoining the northern boundary of central Melbourne at Victoria Street. Its other boundaries are Elizabeth Street/Royal Parade, Cemetery Road/PrincesStreet and Nicholson Street. The University of Melbourne is in the postcodearea of Parkville, but is treated here as being in Carlton. The area north of Cemetery Road/Princes Street is Carlton North.
The subdivision and settlement of Carlton came later than that of Fitzroy and Collingwood.. By the gold rush, 1851, two thirds of those suburbs were subdivided, often in a hap-hazard way calculated to maximize profit on the resale of land. When Robert Hoddle, Government surveyor, came to survey Carlton in 1852, care was taken to lay out streets in an orderly grid, with reserves for open space and religious institutions....Read Full Article»
History of Collingwood
Collingwood, an industrial and residential suburb, is 3 km. north-east of Melbourne. Its western boundary is Smith Street, Fitzroy, and its southern boundary is Victoria Parade.On its east are Clifton Hill and Abbotsford, both included in the former Collingwood municipality. It was named after Admiral Lord Collingwood, who fought at Trafalgar.
Along with Fitzroy, Collingwood was subdivided in 1838 into allotments each of about 12 ha. At that time both districts were generally known as Collingwood, although the Fitzroy part was differentiated by being known as upper Collingwood or Collingwood west.
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