Newsletter, April 28, 2013
Hello Fitzresidents, (a) Here is a great How Well Do You Know Fitzroy (HWDYKF) photo. For this pic, try to guess both the location and also the date. The answers are below. HBH, Time travel. (b) Here is another HWDYKF , though it is hard to see it clearly sorry. This is a very early drawing of the CBD’s east side and it shows, Spring street just right of the middle, and then Fitzroy...
Read MoreNewsletter, April 14th, 2013.
Good afternoon, (a) HWDYKF ? Here is a photo of Fitzroy buildings which are mostly no longer there. Can you guess the location.? (See answer at the bottom of this email.) Thanks to Simon of Q Hairdressing (on Brunswick Street) for the photo. Cnr Brunswick and Gertrude (b) FRA meeting. Thanks to Stuart from CLC who came to the FRA meeting last week and spoke of going’s on at The...
Read MoreHappy Birthday House
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOUSE, HOTEL, HORSE STABLE…and friends. An FRA initiative, our 2013 Heritage campaign will be run with the support of the ‘National Trust’ and the ‘Yarra City Council‘ during the 2013 Heritage-festival week. Welcome to the FRA’s ‘Happy Birthday House’ campaign. Being a part of Melbourne’s first suburb, many of...
Read MoreNewsletter, April 8th, 2013.
Dear Fitzresidents, Please see below an email ahead of our meeting this week (2nd Tues of the month.) Firstly below is a copy of an article from the Age (6.04) in the Domain0 section. It’s a nicely written article, and has some very interesting information about Fitzroy in it. It’s terrific that The Age supports the ‘Happy Birthday House/Hotel” program also. For the...
Read MoreCommunity Day newsletter : Heritage
Good afternoon. This email (of just one topic) is for those who are interested in the Happy Birthday House program and also the World Heritage Community Day at the REB. The FRA will be having a special meeting next week for both Happy Birthday House and also the World Heritage Community Day. It’s on Wednesday 20th, March (next week) @ 6pm @ the Rainbow hotel. The meeting is to...
Read MoreMarch 9 newsletter
FRA newsletter (March 9.) Nunnery, Politics, Coles awards, HBH, Atherton garden and games, and more Good afternoon, Please note below the latest news on happenings in Fitzroy. (a) The Nunnery Hostel. (Nicholson Street). Good to hear that they won the ‘best hostel in Australia’ award for February, awarded by the Hostel Booking Association. We’d bet Julian Assange...
Read MoreFeb 29 newsletter
Good afternoon. (a) FRA web-page. The host of our site is about to help tidy it up for us. After the changes the site will be more easily accessible and the posts and newsletters will be more to the fore. (b) Yarra Residents’ Coalition (YRC) : see attached the latest letter to the CEO from the YRC re several vital matters in Yarra. One of the main concerns is the unapproved...
Read MoreFeb 18 newsletter
Good afternoon, Happy St Valentines day. Kindly note the updated news to follow the FRA’s February meeting. Though Rose Iser had planned to attend, she had to send her apologies on the night and we will re-schedule with her later in 2013, perhaps closer to the Federal election…we’ll ply her with wine and get all the gossip from Canberra. A robust discussion was had on the night of...
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