The tour group 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.
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.
Photograph reproduced with the permission of the Keeper of Public Records, Public Record Office Victoria, Australia.
