Carlton, Fitzroy, Parkville – March 2020
Carlton 3053
2 kms N of CBD
City Of Melbourne
Situated immediately north of city
Founded in 1851 at beginning of Victorian Gold Rush;
Carlton Post Office opened in 1865
Notable for public garden squares and 19th Century Victorian
Architecture, old slum pockets since demolished, High Rise Housing Commission.
Notorious Australian gangster Squizzy Taylor injured in gunfight in Barkly St.
later dying in St Vincent’s Hospital.
Some of Melbourne’s most historic buildings:
Melbourne Trades Hall and World Heritage Site of Carlton Gardens,
Royal Exhibition Building. Gardens also home to Melbourne Museum.
Lygon Street, Carlton, known nationally as “Little Italy” birthplace of
Melbourne’s “café culture”.
Education centre highest density of student population
In Australia – University Of Melbourne, RMIT University,
Australian Catholic University.
Public transport via multiple tram and bus routes
781 Drummond Street, North Carlton 4 BR 3 bathrm House SOLD $2.250 Nelson Alexander
101 Pigdon Street, North Carlton 2 BR House SOLD $920,000 Nelson Alexander
202/668 Swanston Street, Carlton 2 BR Apartment SOLD $785,000 Barry Plant
51 Neill Street, Carlton 2 BR House 148 sm SOLD $1.415 Woodards
Fitzroy 3065
3 kms N of CBD
City Of Yarra
Planned as Melbourne’s first suburb in 1839. Fitzroy originally called
Newtown, later called Collingwood, then in 1858 – west of Smith Street,
named Fitzroy, after Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of NSW 1846 to 1855.
Occupies Melbourne’s smallest and most densely populated
suburban area – 100 hectares.
Known throughout Australia for its street art, music culture
and bohemiansm. Home of Melbourne’s Fringe Festival.
Main heart of commercial, retail, culinary and night life is
Brunswick Street; long associated with the working class but gentrified
since the 1980’s.
Fitzroy features diverse buildings featuring some of Melbourne’s finest
era Victorian architecture.
Public Transport via multiple tram routes
25 Holden Street, Fitzroy North 4 BR House SOLD $1.671 Nelson Alexander
161 Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North 4 BR 2 bathrm House SOLD $1.683 Nelson Alexander
21 Miller Street, Fitzroy North 3 BR House SOLD $1.590 Nelson Alexander
46 Little Charles Street, Fitzroy SOLD $2.811 3 BR 2 bathrm House Nelson Alexander
Parkville 3052
3 kms N of CBD
Cities of Melbourne and Moreland
Initially part of Carlton and later named Parkville in the 1870’s.
First significant institution built in Parkville was University of Melbourne
in 1853. Housing estate commenced sales in 1861 and again in 1868. Became
popular for booming middle class with affluent terrace housing being the norm.
Parkville is a major education, research and healthcare precinct
and home to the University Of Melbourne, Monash University Pharmacy faculty
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Women’s Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital,
the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre and CSL.
Major feature is neighbouring Royal Park, Melbourne – home to Royal Melbourne
Zoological Gardens.
Train; Royal Park Railway Station
69 Fitzgibbon Street, Parkville 5 BR 510 sm SOLD $4.040 Woodards
16 Bayles Street, Parkville 2 BR House on 143 sm SOLD $1.625 Nelson Alexander
37/212 The Avenue, Parkville 2 BR Apartment SOLD $585,000 RT Edgar
5 Manchester Lane, Parkville 5 BR 2 bathrm Town House SOLD $1.195m Nelson Alexander