51 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

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
Style
Architect
Builder

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
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
The controls listed below affect this property: MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule DDO31 (DDO31 North Melbourne Central)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule PO12 (Parking Overlay 12)Schedule 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.

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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