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Fitzroy

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three kilometres northeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area.

Fitzroy
Fitzroy · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three kilometres northeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fitzroy

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Melbourne

    The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria.

    1.5 km · Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Melbourne Cricket Ground

    The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yarra Park in the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The stadium primarily hosts Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of multiple teams in the Australian Football League, as well as the Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and the Victorian cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.

    2.4 km · Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Royal Exhibition Building

    The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. The building sits on approximately 26 hectares, is 150 metres long and is surrounded by four city streets.

    900 m · heritage building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Eureka Tower

    Eureka Tower is a 297.3 m skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior was completed on 1 June 2006.

    2.9 km · skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Carlton Gardens

    The Carlton Gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the northeastern edge of the Central Business District in the suburb of Carlton, Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia. The gardens are a popular picnic and barbecue area, and are home to an array of wildlife, including brushtail possums.

    1.1 km · garden in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Docklands Stadium

    Docklands Stadium is a stadium located in the Melbourne suburb of Docklands. It is primarily used for Australian rules football as the home ground of several teams in the Australian Football League.

    3.4 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    National Gallery of Victoria

    The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.

    2.8 km · art museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

    Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is a stadium located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne. It is primarily used for soccer, and rugby league as the home ground of the Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC in the A-League men's and women's competitions and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.

    3 km · association football stadium in Melbourne · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Rod Laver Arena

    Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year.

    2.6 km · tennis stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    RMIT University

    The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Proposed by Francis Ormond, and established in 1887 by Ormond, the Victorian government, Trades Hall Council and others, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in Australia, a founding member of the Australian Technology Network, and a member of Universities Australia.

    1.7 km · public Australian university based in Melbourne · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Fitzroy

Airports
Melbourne (MEL), 19 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 52 km
Stations
Flinders Street, 2.4 km · Southern Cross, 3.2 km
  • Geelong/Melbourne → Fitzroy
    5 km · quickest by road, 19 min · A$1
  • Hobart (Cambridge) → Fitzroy
    600 km · quickest by air, 4h 40m · A$200–300
  • Adelaide → Fitzroy
    4 km · quickest by road, 13 min · A$0.5
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fitzroy

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fitzroy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Melbourne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    642 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    725 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,597 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,057 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,212 km

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Around it

Next door to Fitzroy

Fitzroy is 2 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Melbournecapital city of Victoria, Australia2.2 km
  • Carltonsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1 km
  • Southbanksuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.9 km
  • Parkvillesuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.7 km
  • Richmondsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.2 km
  • Docklandssuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.5 km