the streets of fitzroy

Fitzroy is a fascinating suburb, one of the oldest sections of the whiteman's Melbourne. We lived there all through the seventies and then taught at Fitzroy High School thirty years later. The photo above is of firemen relaxing after extinguishing a blaze in the milk bar opposite the school.

Below are some images of the F19 protests and barricades, late 1977 as the F19 Freeway was being pushed through ...

Click on each thumbnail, scroll through, captions are provided but often tongue in cheek ...

Gold Street

Austin A 40

Garden State

folk music

goodwill

no wheels

first barricade

Hammer

the mayor

rolling

pyramid

removals

midday

sitting down

waiting

smash

assault

night patrol

Peter

bonfire

newspaper

repairs

open

Good Times