51 Chetwynd Street

51 Chetwynd Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address 51 was also known as 5 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering. Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
Constructed
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Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

1983

photographer: Graeme Butler


Land Details

  1. 1895 MMBW map
  2. 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

The 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
1970 1974 Fabbri & Gardini P/L (wine merchants), A. Shapiro Creation P/L and A. Legudi (clothing manufacturers) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1940 1955 Fabbri & Gardini P/L (wine merchants), Paper Sacks P/L source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930 1940 Fabbri & Gardini P/L (wine merchants) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925 1925 J. Italian source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920 1920 Mrs. Mary Horrigan source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915 1915 Henry Green source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910 1910 C. Johannessen (laundry) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900 1905 T. Thonder (dealer/dairy) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895 1895 James Munro http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107121278 source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890 1890 Michael Cullen (dealer) source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1896 North Melbourne Gazette.

Local Industry.
On invitation from our much-esteemed fellow-townsman, Mr. Jas. A, Munro, of No. 5 Chetwynd-street, North Melbourne, our representative visited his factory in Howard-street. Work was in full swing, and the various branches of the several industries were turning out wire mattresses, beds and bedding, and the care with which the details were attended, was sufficient evidence that the confidence he has gained is fully justified. Orders from every direction were on hand, and such a thing as working half-time is unknown.
The craftsmen looked happy, contented, and well dressed. Mr. Munro explaining he deserved no credit for giving honest wages, and avoiding sweating, as he
found it to his interests not only to have capable hands, but contented ones, for then he could count on faithful employees working with honest zeal for their mutual interest. The four quarters of the globe contribute tile raw material to the economy of the factory; kapok from Java and the far east, flock originally from Manchester and shred in this colony, the timber from the Baltic, etc., wire from Birmingham, and we fear we will have to exhaust geography if we continue our remnarks.
After a friendly conversation, our representative left, fully convinced that in Mr. Munro’s hands, business may safely be entrusted.

source: North Melbourne Gazette


1864 The Argus.

source: The Argus



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
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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