162 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

162 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address	162 was also known as 54 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 early Victorian era heritage family home with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished after 1955 and replaced by a five storey concrete and brick telephone and communications exchange. Built in 1960.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
		Mr. Hugh Glass, first Crown land purchaser	https://www.melbournestreets.com.au/glass-hugh/	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	North Melbourne Telephone Exchange		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1940	1955	Thomas Downing		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935	1935	Percival Larter		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1930	Mrs. Alice McDonald		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1925	Harold R. Carlson		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920	1920	Harold Read		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1915	Cecil Miers		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	James O’Connor		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905	1905	Uriah Hollingsworth		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1895	Mrs. Mary English		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
	1889	John Wilson (painter)	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241353033	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1878	1885	Mrs. John Parsons		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1874	1877	James Halligan		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1889 The Herald.

WILSON.—On the 5th December, at his residence, 54 Chetwynd street, North Melbourne, John Wilson, painter, son of the late John Wilson, of the firm of J. and W. Wilson, merchants, Liverpool, aged 66 year. A resident of North Melbourne for 37 years.

source: The Herald

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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