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Fitzroy Gardens, Hotham Walk

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This postcard shows the Hotham Walk in the Fitzroy Gardens circa 1908. It is a view entirely recognisable today but with interesting differences.

The first is the presence of gaslights.  The first five were installed in the gardens in 1865 and were replaced by electricity around the turn of the 20th century.  This image must show them in their last years. 

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