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Melbourne's Hidden Past Private Tour: Of Mansions & Mobsters

By Opatrip.comU.S.
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$1,944 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Explore the streets of Fitzroy on a private walking tour with a local guide
  • Learn about the neighborhood's history of extreme wealth and poverty
  • Discover the dramatic transitions of Fitzroy from the 1880s to today
  • See declassified crime scene photos and learn about notorious criminals
  • Hear about the architecture, economics, and liquor laws of the era

Activity location

    • Melbourne
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia | he guide will meet all guests at the Hochgurtel Fountain in Carlton Gardens, in front of the Royal Exhibition Building.
    • Carlton, Victoria, Australia

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Melbourne's Hidden Past Private Tour: Of Mansions & Mobsters

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$1,944.11 x 1 TravellerNZ$1,944.11
Total
Price is NZ$1,944.11
Until Wed, 15 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local Professional Tour Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    One booklet containing historical crime scene photos from the locations visited per guest

What you can expect

Peel back the gentrified layers of modern Fitzroy to reveal a area built on extreme wealth and corrupted by extreme poverty. Trace Fitzroy’s dramatic transitions, from the aristocratic mansions of the 1880s “Marvellous Melbourne” boom to the squalid, overcrowded boarding houses that bred the city's most notorious criminals.

Armed with a custom booklet filled with declassified crime scene photos, visually bridge the gap between past and present. Go beyond the police files and see how the architecture, economics, and strict liquor laws of the era created the perfect storm for gangsters like Squizzy Taylor.

Explore the very streets where high society and the criminal underworld violently collided.

Location

Activity location

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    • Melbourne
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia | he guide will meet all guests at the Hochgurtel Fountain in Carlton Gardens, in front of the Royal Exhibition Building.
    • Carlton, Victoria, Australia