Fitzroy North: People, Place, Protest [non booktrade customers only]
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Author: Dr Judith Buckrich
One of Melbourne’s most iconic inner-citysuburbs, characterised by historic architectureand a thriving, diverse community.Fitzroy North is an inner-city suburb just four kilometresnorth-east of Melbourne, known for its historicbuildings, interconnected community and strong ethicof protest and unionism. Dr Judith Buckrich’s historyof this iconic Melbourne suburb explores the variouselements of sport, architecture, immigration, food,gentrification and expansion, championing the diversepeople who have called North Fitzroy home.Beginning with the local Aboriginal communities priorto European colonisation, Fitzroy North: People, Placeand Protest reveals the personal lives of early colonists,gold rush era migrants, people displaced by war andconflict, and young revolutionaries in the 60s and 70s.Through economic boom and bust, Buckrich exploresthe changes to infrastructure, transport, demographicsand employment opportunities available to the peopleof Fitzroy North over a period of 200 years.
ISBN 9781922779618. Melbourne Books. hb. .
not yet published
One of Melbourne’s most iconic inner-citysuburbs, characterised by historic architectureand a thriving, diverse community.Fitzroy North is an inner-city suburb just four kilometresnorth-east of Melbourne, known for its historicbuildings, interconnected community and strong ethicof protest and unionism. Dr Judith Buckrich’s historyof this iconic Melbourne suburb explores the variouselements of sport, architecture, immigration, food,gentrification and expansion, championing the diversepeople who have called North Fitzroy home.Beginning with the local Aboriginal communities priorto European colonisation, Fitzroy North: People, Placeand Protest reveals the personal lives of early colonists,gold rush era migrants, people displaced by war andconflict, and young revolutionaries in the 60s and 70s.Through economic boom and bust, Buckrich exploresthe changes to infrastructure, transport, demographicsand employment opportunities available to the peopleof Fitzroy North over a period of 200 years.
ISBN 9781922779618. Melbourne Books. hb. .
not yet published