124 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

124 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address	124 was also known as 18 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering.	Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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Land Details

1895 MMBW map
Compiled Crown Record Plan

Building Details

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Subsequent Building Alterations

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Architectural Features

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes
The highly sought after Victorian era heritage dwelling with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by a brick warehouse and office building. Built around 1960.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
		Mr. J. Brown, 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	source: Hatcher Index

Residents

From	To	Resident	Data Source
	to date	Private	source Hatcher Index
1940	1960	Miss. Campbell Lawson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1935	Peter Lawson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1925	John O’Flaherty	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1920	Miss. Cath Brooks	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	Mrs. Maria Du Feu	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905	1905	Charles Blackston	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1895	Ager Atkin	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1885	1890	William and Amelia Himen, nee Trafford	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

William and Amelia Himen, nee Trafford once lived at 124 Chetwynd Street.

They gave birth to Edith Mary Trafford Himen in Hotham in 1875. She was the younger sister of John James Himen and Amelia Matilda Himen.

Researched by: Stephen Hatcher

source: Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria

1893 The Argus.

THE TRAMWAY ACCIDENT ON THE ST. KILDA ROAD.

Mr. William Himen, of Chetwynd-street, North Melbourne, who was shockingly injured in a tramway accident on the St. Kilda road on Sunday, is doing better than his medical attendants expected. When first admitted to the Alfred Hospital, he was suffering so severely from shock that it was feared his death would not be long delayed. The amputation of his left leg, which was performed by Mr. O’Hara and several of the surgeons of the hospital, was, however, so successfully accomplished that the patient’s condition improved subsequently, and though still critical is scarcely hopeless.

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.

Other Information

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