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The Fitzroy Gardens are of social significance because, from their establishment in the early 1860s, the Gardens have been a place of relaxation, passive recreation and entertainment; the Gardens have been the people's park in the city. Scarred tree. A scarred tree in the gardens has been preserved. The plaque at the bottom of the tree reads:
More than for any other public garden, the history of their development summarised the story of the parks and gardens of Melbourne. TIME LINE. 1848. 64 acres (26 hectares) set aside as a reserve (Fitzroy Square) 1855. Conservancy granted to Council by the Government. 1856.
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History of Fitzroy. The area belonging to the Woiworung tribe became Melbourne’s first suburb and smallest municipality, when it was separated from the City of Melbourne in 1858. Fitzroy, like other old, congested inner suburbs included immense diversity over time and within a given period. In the early years of European settlement, Fitzroy ...
In 1857, the park was landscaped by Clement Hodgkinson, who designed it in the style of the English and European gardens of the time. He planted a variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and created winding paths, fountains, and statues.
the gardens as they were in La Trobe’s century. Uncovering their story reveals the lasting legacy of La Trobe’s hopes for Melbourne as the city grew; and in turn how they continue to define our urban identity today. The sculptures were part of a broader scheme of the Fitzroy Gardens as a typically nineteenth century European urban garden.
Fitzroy Gardens also holds social significance: it was established in the nineteenth century to provide a place of respite within the bustling city of Melbourne. Some say the garden’s establishment reflects 19th century beliefs about both moral and physical health benefits of a park within dirty and overcrowded cities.
It was resumed and landscaped in 1939 and was originally to be named after Civic Reform Alderman Ernest Tresidder, but political considerations intervened and the name was changed to Fitzroy Gardens after the Fitzroy ward of the City of Sydney, originally from NSW Governor Sir Charles FitzRoy (1846-1855).
