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'''Fitzroy''' is an inner-city suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} north-east of Melbourne'sthe [[Melbourne City Centre|Centralcentral Businessbusiness Districtdistrict]], located within the [[City of Yarra]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20924 | name = Fitzroy (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 18 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>

Planned as Melbourne's first suburb in 1839,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/fitzroy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702011619/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/fitzroy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2004|title=Fitzroy, Victoria|date=2 July 2004|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> it later became one of the city's first areas to gain municipal status, in 1858, then known as Fitz Roy.<ref name="emelb">{{cite web|title=Municipal Government|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01028b.htm|website=eMelbourne – The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online|publisher=School of Historical Studies, Department of History, The University of Melbourne|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref> It occupies Melbourne's smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD, just 100 [[Hectare|ha]].

Its built environment is diverse and features some of the finest examples of [[Victorian era]] architecture in Melbourne. Much of the suburb is a [[historic preservation]] precinct, with many individual buildings and streetscapes covered by [[Heritage Overlay]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/planningschemes/yarra/map.html|title=DELWP|last=DELWP??|date=22 May 2017|website=DELWP[[Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning]]|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> The most recent changes to Fitzroy are mandated by the [[Melbourne 2030]] Metropolitan Strategy, in which both Brunswick Street and nearby Smith Street are designated for redevelopment as [[Activity centre]]s.

While the area's first recorded name is '''Ngár-go''', the present-dayThe suburb was named after Sir [[Charles Augustus FitzRoy]], the Governor of [[New South Wales]] from 1846 to 1855.<ref name="atoz">{{cite news|last1=First|first1=Jamie|title=The A–Z story of our suburbs|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Herald Sun|date=7 January 2014}}</ref> It is bordered by Alexandra Parade (north), [[Victoria Street, Melbourne|Victoria Parade]] (south), [[Smith Street, Melbourne|Smith Street]] (east) and [[Nicholson Street, Melbourne|Nicholson Street]].

The area that is now known as Fitzroy and Collingwood was part of the territory of the country of the [[Woiwurrung]] people of the [[Kulin nation]]. The area that is now known as Fitzroy was the land of the Wurundjeri people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002|title=Snapshots of Aboriginal Fitzroy|url=https://aboriginalhistoryofyarra.com.au/SnapshotsofAboriginalFitzroy.pdf|website=Aboriginal History of Yarra}}</ref> TheLikely sourced from conversations with elder [[KulinWilliam languages|KulinBarak]] namebetween recorded1897 forand the1901, Fitzroyanthropologist area[[Alfred isWilliam Howitt]] recorded ''Ngár-go,'' (meaning "high ground",) whichas wasthe recordedWoiwurrung byword anthropologistfor [[AlfredFitzroy Williamin Howitt]]working notes rediscovered in the2018. However, it is unclear whether this referred to a broader area (possibly a clan boundary) or an 19thindividual centuryhill.<ref>{{cite web | title=The forgotten Aboriginal names for 10 of Melbourne's suburbs | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=9 July 2018 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-10/the-aboriginal-names-for-ten-melbourne-suburbs/9960092 | access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref> InThe lightname of its significance to Aboriginal people, the name''Ngár-go'' has been revived in a 2021 project called Yalinguth (meaning "yesterday").<ref name="Yalinguth">{{cite web | title=Yalinguth | website=Yalinguth | url=https://www.yalinguth.com.au/about | access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>

Newtown was later renamed [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00375b.htm | title = Collingwood | access-date = 25 September 2013 | last = Barnard | first = Jill | date = 25 February 2010 | work = e-Melbourne | publisher = School of Historical Studies Department of History, The University of Melbourne}}</ref> and the area now called Fitzroy (west of Smith Street) was made a ward of the [[City of Melbourne|Melbourne City Council]]. On 9 September 1858, Fitzroy became a municipality in its own right, separate from the City of Melbourne.<ref name="event58">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65667797 |title=FIRST HALF-YEARLY REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF FITZROY, FROM 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1858, TO 31ST MARCH, 1859. |newspaper=Fitzroy City Press|location=Victoria |date=20 July 1900 |access-date=25 September 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In accordance with the Municipal Act, on 28 September 1858, a meeting of ratepayers was held in 'Mr Templeton's schoolroom, George street' to prepare for a local council election, with [[Thomas Embling|Dr Thomas Embling]], [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for Collingwood, presiding.<ref name="event58"/> The council election took place two days later and the first councilors were; Thomas Rae, George Symons, Edward Langton, Henry Groom, Benjamin Bell, Edwin Bennett and Thomas Hargreave. The first council meeting, held after the declaration of election, was at the Exchange Hotel, George Street, and Symons was unanimously elected chair.<ref name="event58"/><ref>{{cite bookAustralian |Dictionary urlof Biography |id2= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/langton-edward-3990 | title = Langton, Edward (1828–1905) | access-date = 25 September 2013 | last = Cooksley | first = Jean | work = Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }}</ref>

Surrounded as it was by a large number of factories and industrial sites in the adjoining suburbs, Fitzroy was ideally suited to working men's housing, and from the 1860s to the 1880s, Fitzroy's working class population rose dramatically. The area's former mansions became boarding houses and slums, and the heightened poverty of the area prompted the establishment of several charitable, religious and philanthropic organisations in the area over the next few decades. A notable local entrepreneur was [[Macpherson Robertson]], whose confectionery factories engulfedcovered several30 blockshectares<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robertson |first=Jill |title=MacRobertson: the Chocolate King |publisher=Thomas C. Lothian |year=2004 |isbn=0734406681 |location=South Melbourne, Victoria |pages=155}}</ref> and stand as heritage landmarks today.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

The [[Fitzroy Gasworks]] was erected on Reilly Street (now AlexanderAlexandra Parade) in 1861, dominating the suburb, with the Gasometer Hotel located opposite.<ref name="Circle">R Proudley. ''[[Circle of Influence: A History of the Gas Industry in Victoria]]'', Hargreen/Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987. p. 40-49.</ref>

[[File:VictoriaParade Fitzroy.jpg|right|thumb|[[Victoria ParadeStreet, Melbourne|Victoria Parade]], Fitzroy, 1935]]

Before [[World War I]], Fitzroy was a working-class neighbourhood, with a concentration of political radicals already living there. Post-war immigration into the suburb resulted in the area becoming socially diverse. Many working-class [[Chinese Australians|Chinese immigrants]] settled in Fitzroy due to its proximity to [[Chinatown, Melbourne|Chinatown]]. The establishment of the [[Housing Commission of Victoria]] in 1938 saw swathes of new residences being constructed in Melbourne's outer suburbs. With many of Fitzroy's residents moving to the new accommodation, their places were taken by post-war immigrants, mostly from Italy and Greece and the influx of Italian and Irish immigrants saw a marked shift towards [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] from Fitzroy's traditional [[Methodism|Methodist]] and [[Presbyterianism| Presbyterian]] roots. The Housing Commission would build two public housing estates in Fitzroy in the 1960s; one in Hanover Street and one at the southern end of Brunswick Street.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

From the 1960s through to the 1980s, the area became a meeting place for [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal people]] who had left [[mission station|missions]], [[Aboriginal reserve]]s, and other government institutions and drifted to the city in a bid to trace their families. The [[Builders Arms Hotel]] was the only pub which allowed Aboriginal people to drink there. The Aboriginal Health Service opened on [[Gertrude Street]] in 1973 and provided a service largely provided by volunteers,<ref name=dunstan2022>{{cite web | last=Dunstan | first=Joseph | title=Melbourne's Fitzroy hides a past as a hub for the Aboriginal civil rights movement | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=31 July 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-31/melbourne-gertrude-street-fitzroy-aboriginal-indigenous-history/101273562 | access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref> operating as a [[de facto]] community centre there until 1992. A nearby street behind a factory was a meeting and drinking place, known to the community as Charcoal Lane.<ref name=charclane>{{cite web | last=Schaik | first=Johan van | title=Charcoal Lane | website=ArchitectureAU | date=1 March 2010 | url=https://architectureau.com/articles/charcoal-lane/ | access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref> [[Archie Roach]] tells of his time in Fitzroy hanging out and getting drunk, and of reconnecting with his siblings there, in his autobiography, ''Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Roach | first=A. | title=Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music | publisher=Simon & Schuster Australia | date= November 2019 | isbn=978-1-76085-016-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjHCxQEACAAJ | access-date=1 August 2022 | page=}}</ref> His song "[[Charcoal Lane]]" mentions [[Gertrude Street]], [[Brunswick Street, Melbourne|Brunswick Street]], and other locations in Fitzroy and his time wandering the streets there. [[Vika and Linda Bull]] started their careers by singing in various venues around Fitzroy in the 1980s, including the Black Cat Cafe and the Purple Pit.<ref name=vika>{{cite web | title=Vika and Linda on the magic of Fitzroy and Archie Roach | website=[[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] | date=13 November 2020 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/vika-and-linda-bull-fitzroy-archie-roach-charcoal-lane-ausmusic/12845072 | access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/my-secret-melbourne--vika-bull-20131031-2wjlj.html | title = My secret Melbourne ... Vika Bull | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | last = O'Brien | first = Mary | date = 2 November 2013 | access-date = 1 August 2022 }}</ref> The area is highly significant in the history of the [[Indigenous land rights in Australia|Australian Aboriginal rights movement]].<ref name="Yalinguth"/>

Like other inner-city suburbs of Melbourne, Fitzroy underwent a process of [[gentrification]] from the 1980s onwards. The area's manufacturing and warehouse sites were converted into apartments, and the corresponding rising rents in Fitzroy saw many of the area's residents move to [[Northcote, Victoria|Northcote]] and [[Brunswick, Victoria|Brunswick]].{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

[[File:Terrace housing on nicholson street fitzroy.jpg|thumb|Terraced houses on [[Nicholson Street]]]]

Among the earliest homes are Royal Terrace (1853–1858) on Nicholson Street. Overlooking the [[Carlton Gardens, Melbourne|Carlton Gardens]], Royal Terrace was one of the first of its kind in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Terrace |url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/481 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Victorian Heritage Database}}</ref> Fitzroy's "character housing" (pre-war) is now mostly gentrified and highly sought after real estate.

As early as 1923, the [[City of Fitzroy]] was accused of 'creating slums' by allowing inappropriate development such as three houses on a 31-foot by 100-foot block.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2008139 |title=CREATING SLUMS. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=23 May 1923 |access-date=26 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> By 1953, the state Housing Minister Thomas Hayes, said that ''Camp Pell'' in Royal Park, [[Parkville, Victoria]], which had been a temporary military camp for United States forces during the Second World War, 'might become a permanent emergency housing settlement' and 'Fitzroy slum dwellers who had refused offers of alternative accommodation by the housing Commission because they would have to pay higher rents would probably' be moved there.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23221542 |title=Camp may be "for keeps". |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=10 January 1953 |access-date=26 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Two years later the headline was 'Outcry Rages Over Fitzroy Slums', as the state government accused the Commonwealth of bringing in immigrants that the states had nowhere to house, arguing that the 'Awful, dilapidated buildings in Fitzroy, crowded beyond description with exploited New Australians were a grave danger to the health of the community.'<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71700780 |title=OUTCRY RAGES OVER THE FITZROY SLUMS. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=12 October 1955 |access-date=26 September 2013 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The Atherton Gardens high-rise public housing estate, on the corner of Brunswick and [[Gertrude Street, Melbourne|Gertrude Street]]s streets, is one of Melbourne's largest, built by the [[Housing Commission of Victoria]] as part of its controversial "[[slum clearance]]" [[urban renewal]] program in the 1960s.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} The commission was established by the ''Housing Act 1937'' in response to [[slum]] housing in [[Melbourne]], and operated under the ''Slum Reclamation and Housing Act 1938''.<ref>{{cite book

Since the amalgamation of the CityCities of Fitzroy with the City of, Collingwood and the City of Richmond in 1994 to form the City of Yarra, the Town Hall has functioned as secondary offices for the City of Yarra, and other occupants including the Fitzroy Legal Service, currently at Level 4, Moor Street entrance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Us – Fitzroy Legal Service |url=https://fls.org.au/contact-us/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Moran and Cato]] warehouse designed by [[Robert Lawson (architect)|R.A. Lawson]] is considered to be of high architectural merit. The Champion Hotel is notable for its fancifulgrand and flamboyant Edwardian design.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacob Lewis Vines Architects |url=https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/-/media/files/ycc/the-area/heritage/south-fitzroy-conservation-study-1979.pdf?la=en |title=South Fitzroy Conservation Study |date=March 1979 |publisher=Fitzroy City Council |pages=109}}</ref>

With the advance of gentrification, a variety of cafés in different styles have opened up and down Brunswick Street, on Smith Street, parts of Gertrude Street and in some of the back streets, in former [[milk bar]]s and warehouse sites.<ref>{{citation|url= http://www.howitravel.co/the-15-coolest-neighborhoods-in-the-world-in-2016/ |title=The 15 Coolest Neighborhoods in the World in 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitzroy {{!}} Places to visit in Melbourne |url=https://zebrahood.com/neighbourhood/fitzroy |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Zebrahood |language=en}}</ref>

Formed in 1883, the [[Fitzroy Football Club]], an [[Australian rules football]] club, went on to play in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (now known as the [[Australian Football League]]).<ref>The Argus, 28 September 1883</ref> From 1884 until 1966, [[Brunswick Street Oval]] was its primary home ground, even after the club stopped playing games at the venue, the Brunswick Street Oval still remained the primary training and administrative base of the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFL until 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/brunswick-street-oval|title=Brunswick Street Oval|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/25/what-becomes-of-the-broken-hearted-the-footy-stalwarts-who-kept-fitzroy-alive|title=What becomes of the broken hearted: the footy stalwarts who kept Fitzroy alive|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=24 August 2016|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/46466/the-moment-that-began-fitzroys-long-slow-death|title=The moment that began Fitzroy's long, slow death|date=24 June 2016|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

TheyThe Brisbane Lions adopted a logo, song, and guernsey based on those of Fitzroy, would take eight Fitzroy players in the 1996 draft, three Fitzroy representatives would serve on the board, and the Lions would keep an office in Melbourne.

The Brisbane Lions would go onto win three premierships in a row in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and be considered one of the greatest teams of the modern era.

The strong support of Fitzroy club legends such as Kevin Murray, Garry Wilson, Mick Conlan, Paul Roos, and many more, have only added to the Brisbane Lions being considered athe direct continuation of Fitzroy in the AFL.

Fitzroy's non-AFL operations came out of administration after the Brisbane merger in 1998, and the clubs shareholders voted for it to continue with the goal of resuming its playing operations. After sponsoring various local clubs, Fitzroy merged with the University Reds and finally returned the playing field after a 13-year absence, participating in the 2009 [[Victorian Amateur Football Association]] season with its home games played out of [[Edinburgh Gardens, Melbourne|Brunswick Street Oval]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24771588-19742,00.html | work=Herald Sun | first=Damian | last=Barrett| title=The old Lion roars again as Fitzroy is reborn | date=9 December 2008}}</ref> Since that time, Fitzroy have doubled their membership and achieved promotion twice within the VAFA. The club currently plays in the premier B division.

Fitzroy United Alexander Football Club, now [[Heidelberg United FC|Heidelberg United]], was Fitzroy's first ever sporting club to play at a national level. Founded by Melbourne's inner eastern [[Greek community of Melbourne|Greek community]], the club was relocated to the [[Brunswick Street Oval]] in early 1971 but later departed by late 1978. Whilst the club was based in Fitzroy, the club was initially participating in the [[National Premier Leagues Victoria|Victorian State League]] where it was crowned state champions in the 1975 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/H/HeidelbergUnitedDH.html|title=Heidelberg United – Divisional History|website=Ozfootball.net|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> With the club's on and off-field strength, Fitzroy was invited to be an inaugural participant of the [[National Soccer League]], the former highest level of [[soccer]] in Australia, where the club became the suburb's first national sporting team. Although administration and club training was based at Fitzroy, the club used various venues in [[Melbourne]] for its home matches. The suburb's first domestic first tier sporting match of any code was played at the Brunswick Street Oval on 2 May 1977, with Fitzroy United defeating [[Queensland Lions FC|Brisbane Lions]] 4–1 in front of over 4000 attendees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/Round05.html|title=1977 National Soccer League results|website=Ozfootball.net|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> The club participated in the [[1977 National Soccer League|1977]] and [[1978 National Soccer League|1978]] seasons as 'Fitzroy' finishing third and fifth respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neososmos.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/soccer-at-fitzroy-cricket-ground.html|title=Neos Osmos: Soccer at the Fitzroy Cricket Ground|first=Ian|last=Syson|date=5 July 2013|website=Neososmos.blogspot.com.au|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> In late 1978, the club and its administration was relocated to [[Olympic Park (Village)|Olympic Village Stadium]] in [[Heidelberg West, Victoria|Heidelberg West]] prior to the [[1979 National Soccer League|1979]], with name being changed to Heidelberg United FC as a result of a better stadium deal and there being a larger Greek community in Heidelberg West than Fitzroy.

There are two primary schools in Fitzroy: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217204240/http://fitzroyprimaryschool.vic.edu.au/ Fitzroy Primary School] (government school) and [http://www.shsfitzroy.catholic.edu.au/ Sacred Heart Primary School] (Catholic school). [http://www.fitzroyhs.vic.edu.au/ Fitzroy High School] is located in [[Fitzroy North, Victoria|Fitzroy North]]. At the [[2021 ARIA Music Awards]], Sacred Heart School's Zoë Barry won [[ARIA Award for Music Teacher of the Year|Music Teacher of the Year]].<ref name="Moran 1">{{cite web | url = https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/genesis-owusu-and-the-kid-laroi-break-hip-hop-ceiling-at-aria-awards-20211122-p59azh.html | title = ARIA Awards 2021 winners: Genesis Owusu and the Kid Laroi break the hip-hop ceiling at Australia's top music awards | last = Moran | first = Robert | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 24 November 2021 | access-date = 7 December 2021 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>

There are no railway stations located in Fitzroy itself, with the nearest train stations being {{stnlnk|Rushall}} in Fitzroy North, and {{stnlnk|Collingwood}} and {{stnlnk|Parliament}} Stations. There was a short-lived railway station named [[Fitzroy railway station|Fitzroy]] but it was just north of the actual Fitzroy suburb and was closed to passengers in 1892 (but remained open for freight until 1981). An underground railway line running between the [[City Loop, Melbourne|City Loop]] and [[Clifton Hill railway station, Melbourne|Clifton Hill]], with stations located beneath Brunswick Street and Smith Street, has been proposed.

* [[Melbourne tram route 86|Route 86]] ([[Bundoora, Victoria|Bundoora]] – [[Docklands, Victoria|Docklands]]): travels along Nicholson Street, Gertrude Street and Smith Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=86 Bundoora RMIT - Waterfront City Docklands |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1881/86/ |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Public Transport Victoria}}</ref>

* [[Melbourne tram route 96|Route 96]] ([[Brunswick East, Victoria|East Brunswick]] – [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]]): travels along Nicholson Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=96 East Brunswick - St Kilda Beach |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1041/96/ |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Public Transport Victoria}}</ref>

* [[Melbourne tram route 11|Route 11]] ([[Preston, Victoria|West Preston]] – [[Docklands, Victoria#Victoria Harbour|Victoria Harbour Docklands]]): bisects Fitzroy along Brunswick Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=11 West Preston - Victoria Harbour Docklands |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/3343/11/ |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Public Transport Victoria}}</ref>

The [[St Vincents Plaza]] tram interchange, in adjacent [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], is at the junction of Victoria Parade and Brunswick Street and handles tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 2430|2430]], 86, [[Melbourne tram route 30109|30109]], 86and 11.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Vincents Plaza/Victoria Pde #12, in East Melbourne |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/2483/st-vincents-plazavictoria-pde-12/1/tram/#StopPage |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Public Transport Victoria}}</ref> It also handled tram route [[Melbourne tram route 10924|10924]] andbefore 11it was discontinued on 27 July 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Capacity boost for tram passengers |url=http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2014/capacity-boost-for-tram-passengers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726093749/http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2014/capacity-boost-for-tram-passengers/ |archive-date=26 July 2014 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Yarra Trams}}</ref>

The 2010 Australian television show ''[[Offspring (TV series)|Offspring]]'' was set almost entirely in Fitzroy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/7730782/offspring-in-the-air-/|title=au.news.yahoo.com|website=Au.news.yahoo.com|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718133920/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/7730782/offspring-in-the-air-/|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The main characters of the show were often seen at the Black Cat, a Brunswick Street bar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ten.com.au/offspring-offspring-photos-episode-2.htm|title=tenplay|first=Network|last=Ten|website=TenPlay – tenplay|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> Fitzroy has also featured in episodes of a number of Australian TV shows, including ''[[City Homicide]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.savanahdesign.com.au/blog/?p=669|title=Murder at Savanah Design – Design in the mind|website=Savanahdesign.com.au|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Rush (series 3)|Rush]]'' (notably in Season 3, where the team shot at Fitzroy Town Hall to commemorate the death of a former colleague).{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

The movie series and television series, [[Jack Irish]], is filmed in Fitzroy. Based on the [[Peter Temple]] novels, it features many Fitzroy cultural icons.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

*[[The Distillers]]' song "Young Crazed Peeling", in which [[Brody Dalle]] sings about growing up in Fitzroy{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

*[[Birds of Tokyo]], in their song "Good Lord" reference drinking in Fitzroy pubs.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2022}}

* Alfred H. Horsfall (1871–1944) – military surgeon<ref>{{Citecite Australian Dictionary of Biography book|url id2= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/horsfall-alfred-herbert-6737|title = Horsfall, Alfred Herbert (1871-1944)|date = 1983|access-date = 30 March 2015|website = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Australian National University|last = White|first = Anthony D.}}</ref>

* Sir [[Doug Nicholls]] (1906–19081906–1988) – Aboriginal activist, pastor, and sportsman