The Fitzroy tour meets at the historic Workers Club which is situated at the corner of Brunswick and Gertrude Streets in Fitzroy (formerly Rob Roy Hotel). We start in the front bar with an introduction and then head out to explore the streets and alleys where Melbourne's most notorious citizens of ill fame lived and plied their trade 100 years ago.
You will receive a booklet containing photographs of the people featured on the tour so that you can put a face to their adventures. Along the way you will discover former brothels, gangland murder sites, sly grog shops and the places where criminals such as Squizzy Taylor drank, fought, got hitched and faced trial. You will get to know what it was like to struggle for survival in "Melbourne's home of criminals" - old Fitzroy.
The tour winds its way back to the Workers Club where the gentleman pictured below used to play up back in the 1920's.
The Workers Club has Happy Hour every Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri from 4-7pm. It also has yummy food at a great price.
The Gangsters, Brothels and Lolly Shops tour meets at the historic Coopers Inn, which first started trading in 1853. It is situated at 282 Exhibition Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The tour explores Melbourne's old inner-city slum district which was known as ‘Little Lon’. It runs every Saturday at 4.30 pm and every Thursday at 8pm. The Coopers has great food and a fantastic traditional Australian pub atmosphere.
You will receive a booklet containing photographs of the people featured on the tour so that you can put a face to their adventures. Along the way you will discover former brothels, gangland murder sites, sly grog shops and the places where criminals such as Squizzy Taylor drank, fought, got hitched and faced trial. You will get to know what it was like to struggle for survival in "Melbourne's home of criminals" - old Fitzroy.
The tour winds its way back to the Workers Club where the gentleman pictured below used to play up back in the 1920's.
The Workers Club has Happy Hour every Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri from 4-7pm. It also has yummy food at a great price.
The Gangsters, Brothels and Lolly Shops tour meets at the historic Coopers Inn, which first started trading in 1853. It is situated at 282 Exhibition Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The tour explores Melbourne's old inner-city slum district which was known as ‘Little Lon’. It runs every Saturday at 4.30 pm and every Thursday at 8pm. The Coopers has great food and a fantastic traditional Australian pub atmosphere.
Photograph reproduced with the permission of the Keeper of Public Records, Public Record Office Victoria, Australia.
