About

WHO WE ARE

We are The 3068 Group. We are the grassroots of North Fitzroy and Clifton Hill. We are the citizens that inhabit this area. And we are the community that must protect it. The 3068 Group formed in 1998 and first met in North Fitzroy. The group is named after the postcode. 

The 3068 postcode straddles the song line that follows the high ground to yingbeal – the Heidi scar tree. In the 1840’s it became the Heidelberg Road, Melbourne’s first road. Part of the road was later renamed to Queens Parade. The border of the old cities of Collingwood and Fitzroy followed the song line along Smith Street and Queens Parade. There were and remain two post offices.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Owners of the lands and waterways where we gather. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

As we walk together on country, we recognize that sovereignty was never ceded. In the spirit of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, we commit to the journey of Makarrata—the coming together after a struggle.

We acknowledge the call for Voice, Treaty, and Truth, and we pledge to walk alongside First Nations people in a movement for a better future, rooted in justice, healing, and a shared understanding of our history.

OUR VISION

To conserve the heritage, streetscape character and amenity of the postcode of 3068 through sympathetic and respectful development.

OUR MISSION

We want to unite the members of our community to work together towards protecting and preserving the heritage of our beautiful area. For the benefit of all citizens in the past, in the present and in the future.

We formed to save the House of the Gentle Bunyip from demolition.

AIMS

  • To conserve the heritage, streetscape character and amenity of the postcode area of 3068, taking in Clifton Hill and Fitzroy North.
  • To protect sites of heritage significance in this area from damage.
  • To assist residents to resist inappropriate and unsympathetic developments in the area.
  • To improve the planning process and outcomes for residents.
  • To support the development of sympathetic building projects which respect the heritage character of the 3068 area.
  • To promote the value and significance of heritage within Yarra to residents, Council and the wider community.

Formation

The 3068 Group has had a leading and respected role in identifying, interpreting, describing and  protecting community heritage and planning since 1997.
The group began as a response to an application to build a 4-5 storey development on the site of the historic 1867 House and garden of the Gentle Bunyip on the corner of Hodgkinson and Gold Streets, Clifton Hill. Residents of the postcode 3068 nominated the site for state significance, but were rebuffed. The group was incorporated in 1997. We fought the demolition at VCAT and lost. Demolition equipment was brought on site. As a last resort residents mounted a blockade and a community picket to prevent demolition.
The 3068 Group engaged with the community and the property owners of the Bunyip and three other heritage properties to develop a solution. The solution was the development of independent living apartments providing dignified accommodation for 45 people living with mental illness and/or on low incomes.
All the apartments were contained within the heritage fabric with non intrusive rear additions. The 3068 Group has demonstrated that heritage buildings and precincts can be retained with great social benefit with co-operation, local expertise and good will.
In recent years the group has been engaged particularly with the high heritage area of Queens Parade.
Incorporations Registration No.A0037277N
ABN 61 907 325 331

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