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| Previous Address | 44-42 Provost | Source: from the 1895 MMBW map |
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| Style | Early twenty first century 2000-2030 | |
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Timelapse Building Images
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Land Details
1895 MMBW map
Compiled Crown Record Plan
The Argus, 1854 Government Land Sale, Mr. J Walker, first Crown land purchaser
Building Details
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Subsequent Building Alterations
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Architectural Features
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Heritage Significance and Listings
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The desirable pair of Victorian era terrace dwellings with its large private back and side yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by three storey townhouse. |
Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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| to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | ||
| 1854 | Mr. J. Walker, 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 | G. Shepherd P/L | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. | |
| 1970 | 1970 | not available | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. | |
| 1955 | 1965 | Don Auto Wreckers | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. | |
| 1920 | 1920 | James Arnold | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. | |
| 1915 | 1915 | Thomas Drew | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. | |
| 1900 | 1910 | Mrs. Catherine Gantley | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192204506 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. |
| 1895 | 1895 | John O’Brien, Bridget & Partick O’Brien (cab prop & blacksmith) | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190615771 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. |
| 1889 | 1890 | Alfred Weber (cab prop) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher. |
Social History
Context and Streetscape
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This property sits within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. |
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This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.
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Provost Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, a green grocer shop, butcher shop, pork purveyors, a dairy, a confectioner, dressmaker, bootmaker shop, horse livery, wood yard, cabies, a Coach builder and hotels at either end known as the North Star Hotel at Abbotsford Street corner and Commercial Hotel on the Curzon Street corner. Provost streetscape today is characterised by significantly less heritage dwellings, an addition of some contemporary multi-storey townhouses, and some 1940s to 1960s industrial buildings. In 2022, only seventeen of the original forty seven heritage buildings remain (64% destroyed) which once existed on Provost street, compared to an 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map. As of 2022, some addresses on this street’s density level has been allowed to rise by four to five times larger, due to recent increase in council approved multi-level building redevelopments since 1895. In some cases, unrestricted increases in density can be detrimental to existing residents enjoyment of amenity and quality of life. |
Other Information
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