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Deutsche Schule
Originally St Mary's church-school over 1911-38.Then St Joseph's Mariist Brothers college over 1939-99.Now German bilingual school, Deutsche Schule Melbourne since 2003.
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North Fitzroy tram sheds
The cable tramway to North Fitzroy was opened in 1886.The route along Brunswick Street and St Georges Rd terminated at Barkly Street.The trams were housed in sheds adjacent.When the route was extended and electrified, the site was sold in 1939.Shops were built along St Georges Road and villa units were built along Barkly Street and Pilkington Street
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Tram Sheds, St Georges Road, North Fiitzroy
The North Fitzroy cable tramway was opened in 1886.The route along Brunswick Street and St Georges Road terminated at Barlky Street.The trams were housed in sheds adjacent to the terminus.In 1939 the route was extended and electrified, and the site of the tram sheds was sold.Shops were built along St Georges Road, and villa units were built along Barkly St and Pilkington Street.
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Fitzroy Garbage Destructor
The garbage destructor was built in 1893 for the Fitzroy Council in Miller Street between King Street & Queen Street.It was controversial, and after a short trial the Council notified the contractor to remove it within 3 months. The 180 feet chimney was eventually removed in 1937.
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Northern boundary of North Fitzroy
North Fitzroy was proclaimed in 1860, as the area north from Reilly Street (now Alexandra Parade) as far as Park Street.In 1881 the northern boundary was extended further north to present-day May Street, and that is still the northern boundary of the City of Yarra. Incremental boundary changes in 1940 and 1983 have extended the northern boundary of the Locality of Fitzroy North to include the properties along the north side of Glenlyon Road and then along Alister Street.
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47 Miller Street, boyhood home of Chicken Smallhorn
Chicken (Wilfred) Smallhorn, 1911-1988, won the Brownlow Medal in 1933, and played for Fitzroy over 1930-1940.This was his boyhood home over 1921-1934.The house was built for local grocer George Baird in the late 1880s, and was initially surrounded by farmland and market gardens
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Glass Bottle Works, King Street, North Fitzroy
In early 1897 John Dunne established the Moonee Valley Glass Works on 4 acres at the corner of King Street and Glenlyon Road. The glass furnace had four working holes, a smelting capacity of ten tons, and was surmounted by a stack 70 feet high. He imported the plant and the skilled bottle makers, erecting eight dwellings for them on the site. The manager's "most handsome balconied and towered residence" still stands at the corner of Glenlyon Road and King Street
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Pilkington Street
This street was first named in Robert Russell's plan of subdivision in 1854, and is probably the oldest street name in North Fitzroy. The land was then owned by William Thomas, and the street was named after his daughter Emily Eliza who had married Robert Pilkington. The sheds for the 1886 cable trams were at the eastern side until 1939. Then the land was sold, and the existing villa units were built.
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Barrett Brothers cordial factory
Founded in 1908 at 43 HoldenStreet, the business expanded to include 42 Barkly Street and a new larger factory at 529 Rae Street by 1924. In 1938 peak output was 24,000 bottles per day, delivered by 24 motor lorries and six horse-drawn vehicles. In 1956 the factory re-located and the properties were sold to Taylor Ferguson, wine merchants.
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Moonee Valley Cordial Company and Horonda Brewery
The Moonee Valley Cordial and Aerated Water Co was established by John Dunne in 1890 at what is now 9 Birkenhead Street. By 1894 the business had expanded to 36 acres at North Fitzroy northwards from Clauscen Street. By 1897 he employed 70 hands and had stabling for 60 horses. In early 1897 he established the Moonee Valley Glass Works on 4 acres at the corner of King Street and Glenlyon Road. In 1898 his range of soft drinks then included the increasingly popular 'Horonda', an alcohol-free beer based on Horehound. This factory (measuring 66ft x 307ft), extended from Miller Street to Clauscen Street, and was opposite the Moonee Valley Company’s offices which still stand at 131 Miller Street. The business was sold by 1910. The company's accountant Patrick Barrett had joined with John Barrett to establish Barrett Brothers Cordials nearby in 1908.
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Bangalore Villa, owned and built in 1885 by Robert Showers.
Robert Showers was a Fitzroy builder (1852-55), a farmer at Northcote (1855-62), then builder and publican at the West of England Hotel (1862-77) at the corner of Kerr Street and Fitzroy Street. He was a Fitzroy councillor for 15? years from 1875, and mayor in 1877 when Fitzroy was proclaimed a city. In 1885 he built his home on a large site (250' x 400') opposite Clauscen Street between St Georges Road and the Merri Creek. The two storey brick residence "is named Bangalore after the place of his nativity, and is the finest dwelling-house yet erected in Fitzroy. Its immediate surroundings are excellent, the edifice itself can be seen from a great distance, and the internal arrangements reminds one of a modern English baronial mansion on a small scale, while the views from the balconies are extended and pleasing." (Our Local Men of the Times, Fitzroy Library LH 32/15)
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Proposed Township of West Northcote in 1854
This land had been purchased by William Thomas in 1848, and used as a farm by his son. In 1854 the Government Township of Northcote was established across the Merri Creek and south of Westgarth Street. William Thomas engaged surveyor Robert Russell to prepare this map of his land for its sale in early 1854.The Government Road in Russell's plan of 1854 was also named Westgarth Street West, then later Brunswick Road, and Holden Street since 1881. Sydney Street was later renamed Barkly Street in honour of Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria from 1856 to 1863. The north-south streets were named after Thomas's children: - Emily Eliza, born c1834, married to Robert Pilkington; - William Jackson Thomas, born c1820, died 1909; - Mary Ann, born c1830, married in October 1849.to William Lansdown, a farmer from Pentridge, Thomas Street and Lansdowne Street were not constructed and were replaced very soon after by the Yan Yean water pipeline and later St Georges Road. Pilkington Street, only 100 metres long, remains today, and dating from 1854, is probably the oldest street name in North Fitzroy.
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Merriville Lodge at 217 Holden Street (and 262 Barkly Street)
William Thomas was a protector and guardian of Aborigines from 1839 until his death in 1867. He lived here from before 1863 until his death in 1868. Later owners/occupants were draper J C Wilson (to 1878) and hoteliers Edward & Catherine Poole (to 1910). It was described as a double fronted bluestone villa, slate roof, 6 rooms & scullery & washhouse, with 2 small attic rooms. It has been replaced by the apartments now at 262 Barkly Street, but originally it had a frontage to Holden Street (No 217) and the rear stables were at Barkly Street.
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Merrivale Cottage at 243 Holden Street
This was a wooden house of 7 rooms facing towards the Merri Creek, at the present site of 243 Holden Street. Thomas' daughter Eliza, her husband Robert Pilkington and their large family lived here from 1868.56 Later occupants here were Robert Carrington, gentleman, from 1881, Samuel Lang in 1890, and civil servant John Mactaggart in 1900.
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Danny's Burgers since 1945
After being the site of a fruiterer (1935) and a florist (1940), Andonyou and Chapkoun established a hamburger shop here in 1945, open from 6pm to 1am. From 1960 the Vic & Danny Café was operated by Victor Chapkoum and Danny Vasiliadis. A few years later, Danny & Eva Vassos were the property owners, and Danny Vassos was the proprietor.
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Volksrust - Chicken Smallhorn birthplace
Chicken Smallhorn was born at Volksrust, Clauscen St in 1911
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