Fitzroy Gardens
Possums in the park
Clippings from Melbourne News about night time tours run in the Fitzroy Gardens for tourists to see the native wildlife such as possums, bats and a tawny frogmouth.
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Scaly beast
Newspaper clipping about installation of dragon in children's play area in Fitzroy Gardens.
- 3208 reads
Stop dragon your feet
Newspaper clipping about the dragon which is part of the children's play area in the Fitzroy Gardens.
- 3073 reads
The influence of environmental thought in Melbourne's nineteenth-century public gardens
An article on Clement Hodgkinson's place in the history of Victoria's public parks and gardens. Photos. In Australian Garden History, Vol. 20 No. 1, July, August, September 2008.
- 2970 reads
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Best selling crime novel set in Melbourne of the 1880s. Part of the action takes place in Powlett Street and Fitzroy Gardens.
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Tree Vandals fell prized park elms
Newspaper clippings about destruction of elms and theft of small plants in Fitzroy Gardens. Photos. July-Aug. 2003. Also article on storm damage and use of wood in furniture making.
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Tudor Village
Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens Public Consultation Report by City of Melbourne in response to public reaction to their draft masterplan [see VF 288]. Original intention to demolish Tudor Village is overturned. Other items refer to proposed restoration of the Model Tudor Village. Photos.
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Untidy tiny town
Newspaper clippings about Model Tudor Village in the Fitzroy Gardens. Report that restoration is about to start on the Village which is in a state of disrepair. Some suggest that it is irrelevant and should be removed. Readers invited to comment. Results. Further report about commencement of restoration. Photos.
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Vandals attack Cook's Cottage
Newspaper clipping about vandalism to Cook's Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens. The vandals sprayed the cottage with an anti-Australia day message.
- 2639 reads