Fitzroy Gardens
Historic gardens with a nineteenth-century cottage shipped brick by brick from Yorkshire and a fairy-carved tree stump.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne starts with a 1933 newspaper claim that a small Yorkshire cottage was Captain Cook's own retreat between voyages, a story that doesn't quite hold up. You'll hear how it reached Melbourne businessman Russell Grimwade, who wanted the cottage for Victoria's centenary, and the single condition its owner set before agreeing to sell. Along the way the guide weighs what's actually known about Cook's connection to the place against what got printed.
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