Fr Brian Cosgriff compiled and wrote this history of the parish for its Fiftieth Anniversary, 1938-1988. It was revised by Fr Pat Harvey for the Sixtieth Anniversary in 1998. With the help of Sr Margaret McKenna the history between 1998 to the present is currently being compiled.

Before 1937 the area of Fitzroy which now comprises the parish of All Saints was part of the parish of St Patrick’s Cathedral. Like inner urban areas in other cities, Fitzroy had undergone many changes. By the end of the 1860’s it had become a popular residential area. Many politicians found it a convenient and pleasant area, close to Parliament House substantial houses were built in the southern sections of Nicholson, Brunswick, Gore and Napier Streets and of course Victoria Parade.