In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.

The club was formed in 1996 from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions.

By the start of the 1996 season, Fitzroy was almost at the end of its financial tether.

Instead, Fitzroy was placed into administration, and its administrator accepted an offer to merge with Brisbane.

It was an important way of connecting with Melbourne-based Lions fans, many of whom had previously supported Fitzroy, and of winning over disaffected Fitzroy fans who had not started supporting the Brisbane Lions post-merger by honouring the history of the club.

Later, as he was checking on Emma Frost who was in a comatose state after the mutant Trevor Fitzroy unleashed the mutant-hunting Sentinels on Emma Frost and her students known as the Hellions, the mansion was hit by an electricity breakdown.

The University was established via the passage of the University of Sydney Act, on 24 September 1850 and was assented on 1 October 1850 by Sir Charles Fitzroy.

For a few weeks he was the youngest brigadier in the British Army, and he was one of only two men in the entire war to rise from private to brigadier ( the other being Fitzroy Maclean ).

Carey was promoted to the senior list the following year and, after dislocating his left shoulder in a practice match early in the year, made his first appearance for the North Melbourne seniors as an 18 year old in round 11 of 1989 against Fitzroy.

# Barbara ( Benedicta ) Fitzroy ( 1672 – 1737 ) – She was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, who was another of Cleveland's many lovers, and was never acknowledged by Charles as his own daughter.

She was married to George Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, second son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and Lady Henrietta Somerset.

The club's first home ground was the Junction Oval in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne and the club's first home game was against Fitzroy.

In 1862, at the age of thirty, Orchardson moved to London, and established himself at 37 Fitzroy Square, where he was joined twelve months later by his friend John Pettie.

In 1865 Pettie married, and the Fitzroy Square ménage was broken up.

Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester ( before 1100 – 31 October 1147 ) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England.

Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter.

A Blue plaque was inveiled in Fitzroy Square on 20 May 2010.

He finished the year with an impressive 7 goal performance against Fitzroy and averaged 10 marks, 20 disposals and 3. 3 goals during North Melbourne's last 8 games.

The Fitzroy Football Club was formed at a meeting at the Brunswick Hotel on 26 September 1883, at a time when Melbourne's population was rapidly increasing.

St Kilda is home to many of Melbourne's famous visitor attractions including Luna Park, the Esplanade Hotel, Acland Street and Fitzroy Street.

Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District.

Fitzroy is also Melbourne's smallest suburb in terms of area, being approximately 100 Ha.

Many working-class Chinese immigrants also settled in Fitzroy due to its proximity to Chinatown, with also a noticeable Vietnamese community ; a small enclave of Africans lives there, and the area ( particularly Johnston Street ) serves as a centre of Melbourne's Hispanic community, with many Spanish and Latin American-themed restaurants, clubs, bars and some stores.

Fitzroy North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District.

In 2009 this exhibition series featured a premier event from T. J. Bateson, a group show, TransMasculinities, which explored aspects of gender, as well as a range of work at the artist run gallery initiative 69 Smith Street on the street of the same name, in Melbourne's Fitzroy.

He played in South Melbourne's losing 1899 VFL Grand Final team defeated by Fitzroy by one point.

In 1900 Melbourne won its first VFL premiership, by defeating Fitzroy.

In early 1844, the new Governor, Robert Fitzroy investigated and at a meeting with Te Rauparaha, Te Rangihaeata and other Māori said: " In the first place, the white men were in the wrong.

The Fitzroy Tavern was named after Charles FitzRoy ( later Baron Southampton ), who first developed the northern part of the area in the 18th century.

The Dukedom was first created ( as Duke of Richmond and Somerset ) for Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of Henry VIII ( a Tudor ) by Elizabeth Blount.

The removal of the track meant that Australian rules football, more specifically the Australian Football League ( AFL ), could now be played at the ground and in 1995 the first AFL match for premiership points was contested between the West Coast Eagles and Fitzroy.

Between 1847 and 1857, convicts were used to dig the Fitzroy Dock, Australia ’ s first dry dock, on the island.

Mann was the first Chief Commissioner for Railways, the Superintendent of convicts at Cockatoo Island and the builder of Fitzroy Dock.

This park was saved for the people of Fitzroy by John McMahon, when he obtained permanent possession during his first year of Mayorship.

Finally, on 18 April 1970, Fitzroy and Geelong played the first game at Waverley Park, to a crowd of 25, 887.

* In 1977 Fitzroy played North Melbourne in the first night match at the stadium in the Amco-Herald Cup ( now the NAB Cup ).

* In 1987 Fitzroy played North Melbourne in the first night match at the stadium for premiership points in the major competition.

In the 1928 Grand Final he would kick 9 goals, a league record, and in 1929 he became the first player to kick 100 goals in a season, where he kicked 124 goals, a feat he followed up in 1930 with 118 which included a personal best bag of 17 goals against Fitzroy .< ref >

Fitzroy High was one of the first to be earmarked for closure, and it shut down at the end of the 1992 school year.

Most of 5th Brigade were moved back to Fitzroy and the Scots Guards were subsequently moved to West Falkland to await the arrival of the first garrison troops and eventually departed the Falklands for Ascension on Norland on 19 July.

The Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramways Trust had started constructing a system but it wasn't until after its takeover by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board that services first ran, on 1 April 1920, part of this system included a line from Barkly Street, Fitzroy North to Regent Street, Preston.

Four native Fuegians, including " Jemmy Button " ( Orundellico ), were brought from Tierra del Fuego by Robert Fitzroy on his first voyage with the HMS Beagle in 1830.

In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling ; or copied from real life, such as the koenig and kaiser (' king ' and ' emperor ') in traditional archery competitions ( not just national, also at lower levels ) in the Low Countries. Final Day of the 2009 season, Fitzroy celebrate their first championship in nine years.

After losing their next game to St. Kilda they played their first game at Carrara against Fitzroy, the club they would merge with at the end of 1996.

He supported the Fitzroy Football Club when he was young because in the first game he attended, Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked nine goals.