Yarra Trams' route 86 passes through Fitzroy, Collingwood and Clifton Hill, and passes some fascinating local heritage as it does so. This tour presents some of the sites of interest along this tram route.
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by laurenpikoThe Aboriginal Health Service ran from this site between 1979-1993. The Aboriginal Health Service was established in 1973 at 223 …
laurenpikoGertrude St has been home to as many as 14 hotels throughout its history, with many of these established in …
laurenpikoThe Victorian Aboriginal Health Service opened on this site in 1973. The VAHS was partly inspired by the volunteer-run Aboriginal …
laurenpikoFurniture warehouse that sold new and secondhand goods. Their advertising stated "Household furniture suitable for cottage or mansion. Packed and …
FitzroyLibraryThe Grace Darling is Collingwood's oldest surviving hotel, that still operates as a hotel. The name Grace Darling commemorates the …
FrancesMark Foy opened a drapery store on this site on Smith Street in 1870. Foy modelled his store after the …
laurenpikoThis sculpture by Glenn Romanis, maps out sites of significance to the local Indigenous community, by presenting “a bird’s eye …
laurenpikoThis site retains part of the façade of the Fitzroy Coffee Palace. By the 1870s, groups such as the Collingwood …
laurenpikoThe MacRobertson’s Steam Confectionery Works operated on this site from the early 1880s. MacPherson Robertson, born on the Ballarat Goldfields …
laurenpikoThe Clifton Hill Hotel was built by Frederick Warming in 1884, whose name can still be seen in the pediment. …
CollingwoodHSJ.H. and Sarah Cooke and friends in car, with delivery boys in carts.
FitzroyLibraryThe United Kingdom Hotel was built in 1878 and was located in a prominent triangular position at the junction of …
Frances