198 Chetwynd Street

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

Also known as
Previous Address 198 was also known as 72 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering. Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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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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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

The early Victorian industrial building on this site was demolished around the early 1900s and the current house was built before 1915.

Owners

From To Owner More Info Data Source
to date Private 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 Private source Hatcher Index
1955 1974 Edward Scragg source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1950 1950 Robert Wing source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1945 1945 R. Tye source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935 1940 Robert Wing source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925 1930 Joshua Klein http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232519305 source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920 1920 Stanley Pratt source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915 1915 David Fraser source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890 1890 David Munro & Co. source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1880 1880 Pearson & Downey (contractors) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199827434 source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1877 The Ballarat Star.

The tenders for the erection of the new Law Courts were opened to-day, when it was found that Messrs Pearson and Downey were the lowest contractors, their alternative prices being for erecting the building, in brickwork and cement £188,630, and in Tasmanian stone £239,438, while Messrs- A. Wright and Co. were prepared to complete the building in stone from the Grampians at £248,903 3s.  The Department of Public Works has decided upon taking time to consider which material at the price will be the more acceptable. The foundations have already been set, and during the construction of the building the business of the Lands, Titles, and Registrar General’s office will be removed to Queen street.

source: Ballarat Star



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.

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