Fitzroy Gardens
Cottage's 70th birthday
Newspaper articles written for the 70th and 75th anniversaries of the re-location of Cook's Cottage to Fitzroy Gardens. Give historical background and photos.
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Demolition of Public Toilet
Newspaper clippings about controversial demolition of a toilet block in the Fitzroy Gardens. Photos. 2006.
- 3108 reads
Down the Garden Path
Newspaper article about the conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens especially as a tourist destination with Wilma Saunders as guide.
- 3160 reads
Drought takes its toll on City's trees
A series of newspaper clippings about the loss of many trees in the city area, particularly the Fitzroy and Treasury gardens, due to drought. Plans to replace them and plans to minimise damage in the future. Comments by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and Council's chief arborist, Ian Shears
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East Melbourne Group Newsletter - April, September 1999
April, September 1999.
- 6732 reads
East Melbourne Group Newsletter - March, August, December 1998
March, August, December 1998.
- 6613 reads
East Melbourne News 2003
March, May (update), June, September, November 2003.
- 6647 reads
East Melbourne, Fitzroy Gardens old kiosk
Photo shows the old kiosk in the Fitzroy Gardens in the 1950s. Originally built in 1908 with an octagonal bandstand at the corner which has been built in. At the entrance is a weighing machine which a customer could use by inserting a penny in the slot provided.
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East Melbourne, Fitzroy Gardens, Poplar Avenue - 1930c.
BW photo. Fitzroy Gardens, poplar avenue. 1920c. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H32492/7449.
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Fairies' Tree
Newspaper clipping about The Fairies' Tree, Fitzroy Gardens, sculpted by Ola Cohn in the years 1931-1934.
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