23 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

23 Chetwynd Street

West Melbourne VIC 3003

photographer: Felicity Jack 2020

Also known as
Previous Address	23 was also known as 33 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne before street renumbering.	Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
Constructed	12/9/1871
Style
Architect
Builder	James Roberts

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Land Details

1895 MMBW Map
1859 The Argus, Crown land sale

Building Details

Notice of Intention to Build.

Number: 4552

Date : 12/9/1871

Street: Chetwynd Street [21 and 23]

Owner/Builder: James Roberts

Type: Two 2-storey brick houses[with their own private back gardens]

Fee: £3.0.0

source: Burchett Index

Subsequent Building Alterations

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Architectural Features

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1859		Mr. John Thomas Smith, 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
1974	1974	Koi Ko	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1955	1970	Mrs. D. Ciantar	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1950	Leslie Virgin	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1925	Mrs. Alice M. Murphy	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920	1920	Miss. Bridget Wallace	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1915	Arthur G. Heenan	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	Hugh F. Todd	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1905	Miss. Mary Bailie	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1877	1890	Alexander and Margaret Bailie, nee Mclaughlan	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1875	1876	John Gillen	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1894 The Age.

BAILIE.— On the 9th June, at his residence, 23 Chetwynd-street, West Melbourne, Alexander, beloved husband of Margaret Bailie, and father of Mrs. J. A. Caven, Flemington. For many years inspector [of works], Victorian

Railways. R.I.P. Interred Sunday, 10th June.

source: The Age

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/69341

image source: State Library of Victoria

1874 The Age.

INFORMATION WANTED of JOHN GILLEN, who came to Australia 35 or 40 years ago; was last heard from in 1869, at Clay River. If he will address, giving paiticulnrs of himself, to Matthew James Richards, Box 992, New York post office, United States, it will be to his advantage.

source: The Age

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 HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)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.

Other Information

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