136 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

136 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address	136 was also known as 28 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering.	Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
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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 after 1965.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
		Mr. J. G. Priddle, 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
1974	1974	Marlandaire P/L (air conditioning equipment)		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1970	1970	Aargent Towing and Salvage Service P/L		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1965	1965	B. Rainbow		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1960	1960	R. K. Wagner		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1942	1955	Thomas S. Richardson and Mrs. Daisy Patricia Richardson	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206820560	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1940	1940	V. Brugalatta		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935	1935	Michael Dalton		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1930	Mrs. Annie Stewart		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1920	Robert Smith		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	Mrs. Elizabeth Searle		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905	1905	Andrew Murphy	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108826819	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900	1900	George Gregory		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1893	1898	Mrs. Maria Davidson, nee Clifford	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138665319	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890	1893	Thomas Davidson and Mrs. Maria Davidson, nee Clifford	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197194172	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1906 North Melbourne Courier.

NORTH MELBOURNE POLICE. COURT.

MONDAY, Oct. 15. Before Dr. Lloyd (chairman), and Messrs. Barwise, and. Fuller, Js.P.

LARCENY.

Madeline Clark and Theresa Geraghty were charged with stealing a quilt, value 27/-, the property of Andrew Murphy.

Andrew Murphy said that he resided in Chetwynd-st., and identified the quilt produced as his. On a date he did not

remember he had it on a clothes line erected on a vacant piece of land near Gardiner-st. Witness had permission to use this piece of land as a drying ground. He valued the quilt at 27/-. He did not know accused.

source: North Melbourne Courier

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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