38 Chetwynd Street

38 Chetwynd Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as Waihenga terrace Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191488333
Previous Address 38 was also known as 22 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne before street renumbering. Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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Land Details

  1. 1895 MMBW map
  2. 1858 The Argus, Crown land sale

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

The highly sought after Victorian era heritage dwelling with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished sometime after 1960 and replaced by an industrial building, then that was demolished and replaced by the current five storey block of flats in 2003.

Owners

From To Owner More Info Data Source
to date Private source: Hatcher Index
1859 Mr. Isaac Ramsden, 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
to date Private source Hatcher Index
1970 1970 Symington R & WH & Co P/L (workshops) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1965 1965 J. O’Shea source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1960 1960 A. W. Barby source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1950 1955 Mrs. A. Sneddon source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935 1945 W. Sneddon source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925 1930 Ernest Ryan source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920 1920 John V. Butwell source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915 1915 Joseph Gallaher source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910 1910 William Roscrow source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905 1905 Miss. Annie White source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900 1900 Henry K. Warden source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1898 G. E. Barker source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191488333
1890 1895 John F. Osbourne source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1898 The Age.

BARKER.— On the 16th March, at “Waihenga,” 38 Chetwynd-street, West Melbourne, the wife of G. E. Barker of a son.

source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191488333

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:

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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