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Timelapse Building Images
Felicity Jack 2020
Land Details
- 1895 MMBW Map
- 1859 The Argus, Crown land sale
Building Details
Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
Heritage Significance and Listings
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The highly sought after Victorian era heritage dwelling with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished sometime after 1921 and replaced by the industrial building on the site today. The factory has since been converted into a family home. |
Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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| to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | ||
| 1859 | Mr. John McLennan, 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 |
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| to date | Private | source Hatcher Index | ||
| 1970 | 1974 | McDonald & Montgomery & Co (china glass & crockery) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1960 | 1965 | Harris-Williams Press P/L | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1950 | 1955 | Pyrox Ltd (factory) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1944 | 1945 | Army Dept (Ordnance Clothing Store) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1940 | 1940 | Cave’s Pure Fruit Drinks Ltd (fruit drinks manufacturer) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1935 | 1935 | Gray N P/L (egg exporters) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1925 | 1925 | Gardini Motor Co (motor garage) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1920 | 1921 | Mrs. Margaret Keith Benjamin nee Willis | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1915 | 1915 | E. Perkins | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1910 | 1910 | H. Cameron | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1905 | 1905 | A. Barry | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1900 | 1900 | M. Kennedy | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1877 | 1895 | Michael Moloney | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. |
Social History
Margaret Keith Benjamin nee Willis was born in 1863 at Weyburys Gully, Victoria, daughter of George Willis (1825-1916) and Flora McDonald (Isle of Skye, 1837-1921).
She married Henry Benjamin in Fitzroy in 1894 and they had five children together.
Henry died in 1905 at the age of 47 at Heidelberg.
Margaret lost their son, Henry Charles Benjamin at West Melbourne just six months after he was borne in 1906, leaving Margaret to raise four of their surviving children, Erick, Coral, Leo and Leslie into adulthood.
Margaret passed away in 1945 at the age of 82 in Clifton Hill.
source: Stephen Hatcher
1919 The Argus.
source: The Argus
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Context and Streetscape
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This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. |
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The controls listed below affect this property:
This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.
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Chetwynd Street was once a mainly residential street filled 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 characterized 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 an 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map. |
Other Information
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