144 Chetwynd Street

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

Also known as
Previous Address 144 was also known as 36 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering.Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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Timelapse Building Images

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Land Details

1. 1895 MMBW map

2. 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 family home with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by a brick warehouse after 1925.

Owners

FromToOwnerMore InfoData Source
to datePrivatesource: Hatcher Index
Mr. Hugh Glass, first Crown land purchaserhttps://www.melbournestreets.com.au/glass-hugh/source: Hatcher Index
abt 40 thousand years earlier1835Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoriasource: Hatcher Index

Residents

FromToResidentMore InfoData Source
to datePrivatesource Hatcher Index
19501974Bell & Orders (electrical engineers)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19401945Quirk’s All Australian Refrigerators P/Lsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19301930Machine Tools P/L (tool manufacturers)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19251925Albert J. Millersource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19201920Michael J. Griffinsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19151915John Smithsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19051905Herman Niclasensource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19001900Alfred Gillivansource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18951895William H. Waldronsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18901890John Matchermsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1864 The Argus.

WANTED a respectable young girl as GENERAL SERVANT, 6s. a week. 36 Chetwynd-street Hotham. Early.

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
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.

Other Information

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