Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km (1.9 mi) north-east of Melbourne’s Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census.
Planned as Melbourne’s first suburb in 1839, it later became one of the city’s first areas to gain municipal status, in 1858, then known as Fitz Roy. It occupies Melbourne’s smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD, just 100 ha. (Wikipedia)