179 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

179 Chetwynd Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address	179 was also known as 103 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
1852 The Argus, Crown land sale

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 original Victorian period family dwelling that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by the current three storey concrete apartment building with basement parking. Built and subdivided into 17 units in 1998.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1852		Mr. Alfred Cumberland, 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	Data Source
	to date	Private	source Hatcher Index
1950	1955	Harold W. Holowell	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935	1945	John Robinson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1930	Mrs. Annie Robinson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1925	Andrew Wren	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920	1920	Charles A. Allen	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1915	James Benson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	Mrs. E. McLarty	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905	1905	Albert E. Heathcote	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900	1900	John Doherty	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1895	James White (bootmaker)	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890	1890	Joseph Ross	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1876	1885	James White (bootmaker)	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1871	1874	William Blumfield (greengrocer)	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1876 The Argus.

James White, bootmaker, 103 Chetwynd-street Hotham, yesterday identified the clothes on the body of a man found floating in the Yarra on Tuesday as those of a man named John Reilly, bootmaker, Wreckyn-street Hotham. He said, however, that he was not certain as to the identity of the man himself, owing to the decomposed state of the body, but was almost certain he was the

person named George Burgess, landlord of the house Reilly lived in, was also pretty certain as to the body being that of the man

alluded to, and took a portion of the deceased’s clothing away for positive identification.

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
The controls listed below affect this property: GRZ1 (General Residential Zone 1)Schedule DDO65 (DDO65 Hospital Helicopter Flight Path Inner Area)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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