A tour of the imaginary past from People's Tour on Vimeo.

A tour of fictional characters in the past inspired by places in Fitzroy and Carlton, for people who like to imagine the past.

Tour guide Bree McKilligan shows us five places that inspired stories of four fictional characters in Melbourne’s past.

We meet one character at a significant juncture in her life, another as a mischievous child with a tale of late-night subterfuge, one stopping to take in the moment in a familiar Fitzroy scene, and the last pondering life and trees and Proust.

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This tour goes for 14 minutes and has five stops.

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Tour guide

Bree has a background in film directing and script writing, with two films funded by Australian government film bodies. She teaches film at Swinburne University of Technology in addition to working at 3CR Community Radio.

Bree co-presents Jump Cut on 3CR, a weekly program on independent film, and is currently directing a feature documentary to be completed in 2010.

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Music

Music by Minimum Chips, from their EP Freckles (2000):

• Sweet Lady
• Bouncing Boy with a Bubble

and their EP Sound Asleep (2004):

• Sleepy Pea.

Music is used under Australian Fair Use law and/or with permission of the copyright owners.

Tour stops and links

Fitzroy
The Wikipedia entry on the suburb of Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Carlton Gardens
Carlton Gardens on Melbourne City Council website.

Fitzroyalty
A blog on the suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia, and reflections on life in the postmodern information economy.