Scotchmer Street, 1970s

Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North, between Fergie Street and St Georges Road, circa 1970–74. The butcher, grocer and chemist all served a largely working-class community, many of whom were first or second-generation migrants who’d settled in the Inner North after the war.

Image credit:

Committee for Urban Action (Melbourne, Vic.), c.1970–74.

State Library of Victoria Collection.

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