135 Miller Street | Melbourne Streets

135 Miller Street

West Melbourne VIC 3003

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2022

Also known as
Previous Address
Constructed	(1st) 1860s. (2nd) demolished after 1965
Style	Victorian, Mid: 1860-1875
Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

circa 1900

Doyle's greengrocer shop, Miller Street, West Melbourne.

135 Miller Street on the western side of the Street and located on the corner of Dryburgh Street. 
You can also see a tiny part of house number 137 Miller Street next door.
In the building you can see the patterned wall paper in the hall and the fruit display and advertising in the front window. 
Some of the advertising is for ale and stout.

http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/melbourne/NorthMelbourne/19057.html

Land Details

1. 1895 MMBW map

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 historic building that once existed on this land was demolished after 1965.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
		Mr. F. Young, 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
1965	1965	G. Wilson		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1955	1960	J. R. Campbell		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1945	1950	Leo J. McNamara		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1940	1940	Mrs. D. Rainsford		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1935	1935	George P. Scott		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1925	1930	Richard G. Beer		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1920	1920	Andrew New		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1915	1915	James R. Thompson		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1910	1910	Mrs. M. McCarthy, confr	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199455321	source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1905	1905	J. L. L. White, confr		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1900	1900	John Doyle, grngrcr		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1895	1895	William Costello		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1884	1890	Patrick McCarthy, grocer		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1883	1883	John Doyle		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1881	1882	Robert West		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1868	1880	Francis Young		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1867	1867	James West		source: Rate books and Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.

Social History

Context and Streetscape

Precinct
This property sits 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 TRZ2 (Principal Road Network) DCPO3 (Development Contributions Plan Overlay)Schedule DDO26 (DDO26 North)Schedule DDO28 (DDO28 North Melbourne Station)Schedule

Zoning

The controls listed below affect this property:

MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule
TRZ2 (Principal Road Network)
DCPO3 (Development Contributions Plan Overlay)Schedule
DDO26 (DDO26 North)Schedule
DDO28 (DDO28 North Melbourne Station)Schedule

Streetscape
The first building to face Miller Street, West Melbourne in 1851 was the Benevolent Asylum running from Curzon to Abbotsford Streets on its northern side. The southern side of the street contained predominantly single and double storey Victorian era residential dwellings, a milk bar/confectioner shop near the corner of Abbotsford as well as some green grocers and a bakery on the northern side between Abbotsford and Stawell Streets. Further west was once the famous Brockoff biscuit factory which later merged with Arnott’s in 1963, the factory has been converted into flats. After the demolition of the Asylum, all that piece of the Crown land grant was subdivided up into smaller house blocks and sold off for development which helps to explain why the street has Victoria architecture on one side and Edwardian architecture on the other. Its historic dwellings have not all been immune from destruction, loosing eight Victorian dwellings and shops as well as the stone Methodist Church building on the southern corner of Miller and Spence Street. They have been replaced by commercial buildings from around 1950’s. Thankfully the Methodist minister’s manse which can be seen facing onto Spencer at number 660 has survived the wrecking ball. Built by brothers James, John and Alfred Thurgood who also built sheds A-E at the Queen Victoria Market as well as a long list of other desirable buildings around Melbourne. Miller streetscape today is characterised by a generous number of surviving heritage dwellings, with an addition of some commercial buildings at the western end. There is a huge push by the local and State Government to increase the density of residents living in West Melbourne. Existing residents already in the area would do well to keep their eyes open for any new multi-storey development proposals slated for this street that may undermine the historic nature and charm of this very early historic residential area. In some cases, unrestricted increases in density and taller building heights than heights of the existing streetscape can be detrimental to current residents’ enjoyment of amenity and quality of life.

Streetscape

The first building to face Miller Street, West Melbourne in 1851 was the Benevolent Asylum running from Curzon to Abbotsford Streets on its northern side. The southern side of the street contained predominantly single and double storey Victorian era residential dwellings, a milk bar/confectioner shop near the corner of Abbotsford as well as some green grocers and a bakery on the northern side between Abbotsford and Stawell Streets.

Further west was once the famous Brockoff biscuit factory which later merged with Arnott’s in 1963, the factory has been converted into flats.

After the demolition of the Asylum, all that piece of the Crown land grant was subdivided up into smaller house blocks and sold off for development which helps to explain why the street has Victoria architecture on one side and Edwardian architecture on the other.

Its historic dwellings have not all been immune from destruction, loosing eight Victorian dwellings and shops as well as the stone Methodist Church building on the southern corner of Miller and Spence Street. They have been replaced by commercial buildings from around 1950’s.

Thankfully the Methodist minister’s manse which can be seen facing onto Spencer at number 660 has survived the wrecking ball. Built by brothers James, John and Alfred Thurgood who also built sheds A-E at the Queen Victoria Market as well as a long list of other desirable buildings around Melbourne.

Miller streetscape today is characterised by a generous number of surviving heritage dwellings, with an addition of some commercial buildings at the western end.

There is a huge push by the local and State Government to increase the density of residents living in West Melbourne. Existing residents already in the area would do well to keep their eyes open for any new multi-storey development proposals slated for this street that may undermine the historic nature and charm of this very early historic residential area.

In some cases, unrestricted increases in density and taller building heights than heights of the existing streetscape can be detrimental to current residents’ enjoyment of amenity and quality of life.

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