128 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

128 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

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Land Details

Complied Crown Record Plan
1895 MMBW map

Building Details

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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	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source Hatcher Index
1935	1960	George Young		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1930	Robert Randle		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920	1925	Mrs. Margaret Macfie		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1915	Alfred Smith		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	Francis Rogers		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1905	Miss. Susan Ryan		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1894	1894	Michael J. Ryan	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197464785	source: The Age 1894
1890	1890	Mrs. Mary Ann Williams		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

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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