Fritsch Holzer Park Dog Off Leash Area

15 Rose Street, Hawthorn East VIC, 3123


At the end of Rose Street there are three unshaded tables made from industrial iron work, bins, water tap with bowl, BBQs and toilets. Tracks lead through a wooded area which opens up to large grassy areas. There are bins and shelters at various points. Plenty of space for the dogs to run around.

The park was named after Augustus Fritsch and the Holzer brothers who formed the Upper Hawthorn Brick Company in 1883. The factory employed around 50 people and produced 250,000 bricks a week, which were used throughout Victoria. Council bought the area in 1972 and used it as a landfill site until 1986, then as a temporary waste transfer station until 1989. In the years that followed the site was left empty to allow the landfill to stabilise. Council, together with the Victorian Government and the Rotary Club of Hawthorn, reconstructed the area into a park in 1995.

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