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| 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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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 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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