
Also known as | MaKenzie’s Row house |
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Previous Address | |
Constructed | 11/3/1865 |
Style | Victorian, Mid: 1860-1875 |
Architect | |
Builder | Walter Webster |
Timelapse Building Images

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Building Details
A double fronted one story rendered brick building with balcony, bluestone foundations and corrugated iron roof with a back yard. The original roof could have been slate.
Notice of Intent to Build.
11th March 1865, Registration number 752.
Fee paid: £2.00.0
Builder: Mr. Walter Webster
Owner: Mr Alexander McKenzie
Other significant building works carried out by Walter Webster can be found here.
Burchett Index
Subsequent Building Alterations
The original Victorian 4 panel front door, the slate roof and the original cast iron fence and gate have been replaced. These can easily be reinstated in the future.
Google for Slate Roofing Melbourne or Cast Iron Melbourne.
Architectural Features
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Lacework
Cast Ironphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2020
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Path
Tessellatedphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2020
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Fin Wall
Brickphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2020
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Windows
Glassphotographer: Stephen Hatcher 2020
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Fence
Brick1960’s
photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2020
Heritage Significance and Listings
Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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This home along with number 64 Abbotsford street are both significant because they are both double fronted terrace homes and are unique in their size. |
Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1966 | 1974 | Emannuele Vittorio & Silvana Carpanzano | Hatcher Index | |
1956 | 1965 | Mary & Emanuel Zammit | Hatcher Index | |
1931 | 1955 | Mary Josephine O’Sullivan | Hatcher Index | |
1920 | 1930 | Catherine Elizabeth Reid | Hatcher Index | |
1899 | 1919 | Michael Maher | Hatcher Index | |
1896 | 1898 | Michael Quinlisk | Hatcher Index | |
1865 | 1895 | Alexander McKenzie | Hatcher Index | |
1864 | J Forsyth (Crown land purchaser) | 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 | Hatcher Index |
Residents
From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1972 | 1973 | Luis Tolo | Hatcher Index | |
1966 | 1971 | Emannuele Vittorio & Silvana Carpanzano | Hatcher Index | |
1956 | 1965 | Mary & Emanuel Zammit | Hatcher Index | |
1932 | 1955 | Mary Josephine O’Sullivan | Hatcher Index | |
1920 | 1931 | Catherine Elizabeth Reid | Hatcher Index | |
1900 | 1919 | Michael Maher | Hatcher Index | |
1898 | 1898 | John Baxter | Hatcher Index | |
1896 | 1897 | Arthur Hodgson | Hatcher Index | |
1866 | 1895 | Alexander McKenzie | Hatcher Index |
Social History
1867 Sands & McDougall directory showing the McKenzie family living in Abbotsford Street West Melbourne.
Sands & McDougall directory

Mr. McKenzie was a native of Glasgow Scotland and his wife Ann Johnstone came from Ayrehire Scotland, they married around 1850 in Lanarkshire. Ann gave birth to 3 of their 14 children in Scotland and the others were born in Melbourne.
Alexander, Ann and their first 3 children left Scotland around 1854 on the vessel “John Bell” for a better life in the Port Phillip district.
Alexander McKenzie commissioned Walter Webster to build the family home in Abbotstford Street West Melbourne in 1865.
The McKenzie’s were the first family to occupy their home at 70 Abbotsford Street West Melbourne in 1865.
Ann McKenzie passed away in 1893 while her husband Alexander passed away in 1895 at home at 70 Abbotsford Street West Melbourne.
https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

Alexander McKenzie worked for Gibbs, Bright & Company Ltd.
An old colonist. Forty years in the employment of Gibbs Bright & Co.
The Age

Context and Streetscape
Precinct |
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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.
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
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Zoning |
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Streetscape |
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This streetscape contains a collection of historic Victorian buildings and later buildings. The Victorian homes are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right. |