127 Chetwynd Street

127 Chetwynd Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address 127 was also known as 57 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering. Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
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Land Details

  1. 1895 MMBW map
  2. Compiled Crown Record Plan

Building Details

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

The highly sought after Victorian heritage dwelling with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by the current two storey townhouse.

Owners

From To Owner More Info Data Source
to date Private source: Hatcher Index
Mr. Andrew Halley Knight, 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 More Info Data Source
to date Private source Hatcher Index
1945 1965 David L. Oldaker source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920 1940 James T. Scott source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915 1915 Stephen Donadoni source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910 1910 Mrs. Nellie Kelly source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905 1905 Miss. A. O’Hara source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900 1900 Adolphus Webber source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1897 Herbert John Casey http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84829236 source: Bairnsdale Advertiser
1895 1895 William Jarvis source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1897 Bairnsdale Advertiser.

A PECULIAR NARRATIVE.
A strange story, which is given for what it may be worth, was related to Senior-Constable O’Shea by a lad named Herbert John Casey at North Melbourne on Friday night. The lad said:-I am 15 years of age, and I reside with my parents at 57 Chetwynd street. I left home at 7.10 an.m. this morning to go to work. As I left the house a man unknown to me then came up and asked for some haboy’s address. He then referred to the murder at length, making several remarks about the “Elizabethstreet murder.” He appeared be very restless, and my attention was drawn particularly to the man. I then noticed that his trousers was bespattered, apparently with blood, on both legs of the garment. The collar of his tennis shirt, which he wore, had also blood on it. A tennis coat which he wore was also sprinkled with blood. The man then asked me, as we were walking along together, ” Where was the North Melbourne police station ?” When I informed him he hastened his steps past the place. I noticed that he was carrying a revolver in his overcoat pocket. The man accompanied me to the Flagstaff Gardens, and then wanted me to go with him to the Exhibition Gardens. He then left me and a boy named Henry Hall, who was going to work with me to Harvey, Shaw and Co.’s, Lonsdale street. The man was about 22 years of age, 6 feet high, reddish complexion, large thick lips and clean shaved. He had on khakee trousers and dark vest, white and blue striped tennis coat, covered by a black mackintosh overcoat. He had sore eyes. His boots were all dirty and muddy, and the trousers appeared to have been recently washed.

source: Bairnsdale Advertiser



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
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.

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