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| Previous Address | 49 was also known as 3 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering. | Source: from the 1895 MMBW map |
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Timelapse Building Images
1983
photographer: Graeme Butler
Land Details
- 1895 MMBW Map
- Compiled Crown Record Plan
Building Details
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Subsequent Building Alterations
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Architectural Features
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Heritage Significance and Listings
| Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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The wide early Victorian era heritage family home with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by a two storey rendered brick factory/warehouse. Built in 1927. |
Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | ||
| Mr. G. Evans, 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 | ||
| 1930 | 1974 | Fabbri & Gardini P/L (wine merchants) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1925 | 1925 | James McClure | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1876 | 1920 | James and Margaret Martin, nee Bowden | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020. | |
| 1855 | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4814676 | source: The Argus |
Social History
1918 Melbourne Tribune.
MARTIN.— Officially reported killed in action on the 26th April, after two years and six months’ service, Private Thomas Joseph Martin, 58th Battalion, beloved youngest son of James and Margaret Martin, 3 Chetwynd
street, North Melbourne, and loving brother of Michael, James, Sister Mary Austin (Convent of Mercy, Geelong). John, and Robert (on active service). R.I.P.
Loved by all who knew him.
Mother of Sorrows, to thee we pray.
Comfort the many sad hearts to-day:
Ask thy Son, at our request,
To grant dear Thomas eternal rest.
—Inserted by his sorrowing father and mother.
source: Melbourne Tribune
1855 The Argus.
On the 7th inst, at 3, Chetwynd.street, North Melbourne, Mrs. Henry Smith, of a son.
source: The Argus
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. |
| 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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