
Also known as | Bilston House | Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189348738 |
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Previous Address | 25 was also known as 35 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne before street renumbering. | Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory |
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Timelapse Building Images
Building Details
Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
Heritage Significance and Listings
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Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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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 | More Info | Data Source |
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to date | Private | source Hatcher Index | ||
1974 | 1974 | Ivos | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1965 | 1970 | C. Pizzul | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1950 | 1960 | Mrs. E. M. Beech | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1945 | 1945 | George C. Beech | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1920 | 1940 | David Jenkins | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1910 | 1915 | John Moylan | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1905 | 1905 | Mrs. C. Kearney | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1900 | 1900 | Frank McIntyre | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1895 | 1895 | Mrs. M.A. McKenna | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1890 | 1890 | Miss. J. M. Büsst (music teacher) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1885 | 1889 | William Büsst | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
1878 | 1878 | Mrs. Headland | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. |
Social History
1890 Table Talk.
source: Table Talk

1888 The Age.
source: The Age

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. |
Zoning |
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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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Streetscape |
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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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