122 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

122 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Constructed
Also known as	Illawarra Terrace	Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8471478
Previous Address	122 was also known as 16 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering.	Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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Land Details

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Architectural Features

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
		Mr. John Thomas Smith, first Crown land purchaser		source: Hatcher Index
abt 40 thousand years earlier	1835	Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria

Residents

From	To	Resident	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source Hatcher Index
1960	1974	Mrs. M. A. Quan		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935	1955	Thomas Quirk		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1930	Miss. N. McGann		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900	1920	John T. O’Sullivan		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1892	1895	Mrs. Christina Gracie	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8471189	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890	1892	Hugh Gracie J.P. (Hotham Councillor)	https://www.melbournestreets.com.au/gracie-hugh/	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1892 The Argus.

GRACIE.—On the 17th inst., at Illawarra, 16 Chetwynd street, Councillor Hugh Gracie, J.P., timber merchant, aged 64 years, the beloved husband of Christina Gracie, a resident of North Melbourne for over 40 years.

source: The Argus

Context and Streetscape

Precinct
This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. source: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/history-city-of-melbourne.pdf historical map source: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps/maps-melbourne-city-suburbs

Zoning
The controls listed below affect this property: MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule DDO32 (DDO32 North Melbourne Peripheral)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule PO12 (Parking Overlay 12)Schedule This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Streetscape
Chetwynd Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, two churches, a school and two hotels known as the Queens Arms and the Star of Hotham. The Chetwynd streetscape today is characterised by a mix of multi-storey blocks of public flats, some modern commercial/industrial buildings, an ambulance depot, and a school. In 2021, only fifty of the original one hundred and twenty-nine Victorian heritage dwellings once found on this street remain, compared to the 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map.

Streetscape

Chetwynd Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, two churches, a school and two hotels known as the Queens Arms and the Star of Hotham.

The Chetwynd streetscape today is characterised by a mix of multi-storey blocks of public flats, some modern commercial/industrial buildings, an ambulance depot, and a school.

In 2021, only fifty of the original one hundred and twenty-nine Victorian heritage dwellings once found on this street remain, compared to the 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map.

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