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FITZROY GARDENS
TUDOR VILLAGE
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SINCLAIR'S COTTAGE
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SINCLAIRS COTTAGE
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CAPTAIN COOK'S COTTAGE
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COOKS COTTAGE
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ELECTRICAL SUB STATION
WELLINGTON PARADE AND LANSDOWNE STREET AND CLARENDON STREET AND ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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The Fitzroy Gardens were set aside as a public reserve, then known as Fitzroy Square, in 1848. Partially cleared and fenced during the 1840s and 1850s, it was not until 1859 that the reserve was laid out and developed as a garden under the supervision of Deputy Surveyor-General Clement Hodgkinson with the assistance of gardener James Sinclair. Fitzroy Gardens retain their original path system, albeit somewhat simplified and resurfaced. They also retain avenues of mature elms
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