City of Fitzroy

City of Fitzroy
Victoria

Location in Melbourne (shown in black)

Population:

17,600 (1992)^[1]

Established:

1858

Area:

3.73 km² (1.4 sq mi)

Council Seat:

Fitzroy

Region:

Melbourne

County:

Bourke

LGAs around City of Fitzroy:
Brunswick	Brunswick	Northcote
Melbourne	City of Fitzroy	Collingwood
Melbourne	Melbourne	Richmond

The City of Fitzroy was a Local Government Area located about 2 kilometres (1 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 3.73 square kilometres (1.44 sq mi), making it the smallest municipality by land area in Victoria, and existed from 1858 until 1994.

1 History
2 Mayors
3 Wards
4 Suburbs
5 Population
6 References

History

In 1850 the area was made the Fitzroy Ward of the City of Melbourne, and on 10 September 1858, the ward was severed and Fitzroy was incorporated as a municipality. It became a borough on 1 October 1865, a town on 3 December 1870 and a city on 1 February 1878.^[2] Many public buildings were erected at this time, with the free public library—one of the first in Melbourne—being erected in 1877, and a courthouse in 1888.^[3]

On 22 June 1994, the City of Fitzroy was abolished and merged with the cities of Collingwood and Richmond and parts of the suburbs of Fairfield and Alphington to form the City of Yarra.^[4]

Council meetings were held at the Fitzroy Town Hall in Napier Street, Fitzroy. The hall is still used for this purpose and as a municipal library by the City of Yarra.

Mayors

Main article: List of Chairmen and Mayors of Fitzroy

Wards

Fitzroy was historically divided into five wards, each electing three councillors. However, on 25 November 1986 the wards were reduced from five to three: