Dehnert Family

 Dehnert House in George Street, East Doncaster c1890s built by Rheinhold Dehnert in 1897. DP0214 

Dehnert house, George Street East Doncaster  | Brief Description: Pen and ink drawing by Dorothy Fletcher of the house in Waldau Lane [now George Street] built for Rheinhold Dehnert in the 1880s. This house still stands, but the drawing may have been done from an old photo.  Fletcher, Dorothy [artist]   DP1211 




I can remember doing lawn mowing at that place back about 1984 !? At that time it was owned by a real estate agent Stockdale and Leggo in Doncaster Road. This house sits on a block perhaps 1/2 acre. Down the back behind the house is an old well that had a cover over it. Ronald Lambert Facebook 2018


2 gray roofed townhouses were added about 3 - 4 years ago. The flattened site at the rear is where a very large house is being built - might even be 2 more townhouses. I would think the property is far more than 1/2 acre - whatever 40 x 55 metres is in acre speak. I live 350 metres away. David Gawthorn Facebook Feb2018

88-90 George Street, Doncaster 1990

Of local significance for its long associations with the Dehnert family, early German settlers and orchardists, and as an externally intact Italinate house, with associated outbuildings and plantings.

88-90 George Street, Doncaster in 1990




Rheinhold Traugott Dehnert (b. 1839)

Oswald Dehnert (Carl's son), Ian Stewart Dehnert (b1930 farmer at Ballan in 2017), Rheinhold Traugott Dehnert (b1839 . 100th birthday), Carl Dehnert (Farmer "Lilyvale" in Ballan. Rheinhold's son).  1939. Probably at Dehnert homestead in George st. Doncaster
Carl borrowed from father to become farmer but he had to pay it back.) Location:  Rheinhold TD sailed to Australia on the Louisa from Hamburg. Had an orchard. Known as the "pear king". Grew muscatel grapes. My father in law has a book up at his farm with some wonderful photos.  He also has the original photo of the one i sent you. (Allison Dehnert‎ via facebook May2017)

Family Tree Extract from Allison Dehnert May2017



House 88-90 George Street, Doncaster. 

This house, which most probably replaced an earlier one1°2 once stood on a much larger allotment. The new house was built in 1897.,1°3 District rate records confirm that by 1898 Rheinhold and his son, Henry, Dehnert, fruitgrowers, owned a house and 62 acres of land in Waldau Lane (also known as German Road, or Germantown Road, now George Street).104

Rheinhold, who was born in 1837 in Silesia in Prussia, arrived in Melbourne in 1855. At first he worked in his brother, Robert's brickmaking factory at Abbotsford. Later, Rheinhold carted goods between Melbourne and the goldfields. Later still, he was a member of the German  community which established the Waldau settlement at Doncaster. Rheinhold was famous for his table grapes, which he sold in the Victorian markets. He also became a successful pear grower and at one time was known as the "Pear King." During the 1880s Rheinhold extended his George Street orchardl°5 An 1892 map showed Dehnert's George Street property extending down as far as the present Murphy Street and covering an estimated 90 acres. 106

District rate records confirm changes in the ownership of the George Street property and a reduction in its size as the orchard area was sold off. By 1910 ( when Rheinhold was owner still) the property had been reduced to 20 acres107.  In the 1920s, the house stood on five acres and by the 1940s on one acre. 108 These records confirm a long association with the Dehnert family of fruitgrowers and orchardists.. After the death in 1940 of Rheinhold ( aged 102) and the earlier death of his wife, Christiana Johanna (nee Aumann),their children ,Henry and Annie, became owners of the George Street property.109   It was described in the early 1940s as a house and sheds on one acre.11° Henry and Annie were the only family members not to marry. After Henry died in 1961 and Annie in 1967, the old house went to their sister, Augusta. She sold the house in 1969.111   A 1976 MMBW Property Sewerage Plan showed the old house with its long verandah, a rear laundry wing, and a large outbuilding.112

102 Shire of Bulleen RB 1883 Doncaster Riding No.162 (NAV 47 pounds).
103 Eric Uebergang, Aumann Family History, 1993, p.367 (photograph of house p.366).
104 Shire of Doncaster RB 1898-99 No.78 (NAV 127 pounds).
105 Eric Uebergang, pp. 366-367.
106 Parish of Bulleen. Directory Maps of the County of Bourke, 1892.
107 Shire of Doncaster RB 1910-1911 No.78.
108 Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe RB 1929-30 Doncaster Riding No.157; Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe RB 1941-42 Doncaster Riding No.159.
109 Uebergang, p.370.
110 Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe RB 1941-42 Doncaster Riding No.159.
111 Uebergang, p.370.
112 MMBW Property Sewerage Plan. No. 554886.


88-90 George Street Doncaster 

Place No. 167   5.02 - Orchards & market gardens 
A symmetrical Italianate house, built in a rectangular plan, has three bays, with a centra entrance. It is rendered brick, with vermiculated quoins. The frieze has bracket pairs and a moulded cornice. The hip-roofed timber verandah extends along the front and right-hand side. The front windows are paired and the entrance has side and fan lights. There is a building at the rear; it is clad with corrugated iron, and may be a former stables. 

The house was built by Reinhold Dehnert in 1897 [I]. Dehnert, who had arrived in Australia in 1855 from Prussia, bought some land between Blackburn Road and Victoria Street from some German settlers in around the late 1850s and started a farm. He had soon turned to orcharding, specialising in the production of pears. The house remained in the ownership of the Dehnert family until at least 1967. 

[1] Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society Newsletter, June 1986 Creation Date 1897 
Dehnert family

Local significance for its long associations with the Dehnert family, early German settlers and orchardists, and as an externally intact Italianate house, with associated outbildings and plantings. 

Manningham Heritage Study Context Pty. Ltd. page 76 

http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/22398/download-report

Newspaper References to Dehnert:  (need reference links to be added from Trove)

Examiner, Launceston, Saturday 24 April 1937
Personal
Mr. A. [sic] Dehnert, a retired orchardist, of Doncaster (Vic.), yesterday celebrated his hundredth birthday. He arrived in Victoria from Germany when aged 17. He is still able to do odd jobs about his home, and attend the garden. He is a widower, has eight children, 21 grandchildren, and about 20 great grandchildren.
The Argus, Melbourne, Saturday 1 May 1937
DONCASTER.—Mr. R. Dehnert celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday. He has lived in Doncaster for 77 years. His son Henry, and his daughters, Annie and Mrs. Fitzgerald, held a reception in his honour. Four generations were present, including his five sons and three daughters.
The Argus, Melbourne, Saturday 13 January 1940
Deaths
DEHNERT. —On the 12th January, at his residence, George street, East Doncaster, Reinhold, loved father of Minna (Mrs. Schuhkraft), Reinhold, Henry, Alfred, Annie, Albert, Augusta (Mrs. Fitzgerald), and Oswald, passed peacefully away. (Private interment.)
The Argus, Melbourne, Monday 15 January 1940
102 Year-Old Pioneer
Mr. R. Dehnert Dead
Mr. Reinhold Dehnert, who died at his home at East Doncaster on Friday, aged 102 years, had lived in the Doncaster district for 81 years. He had had no illnesses until last year, and attributed his longevity to plain living.
Born at Breslau, in Saxony, on April 25, 1836, he came to Australia at the age of 17 years, and five years later settled at Doncaster, where he has lived ever since. At 23 years he married Christina Aunann [sic], who died 18 years ago. He had five sons and three daughters, all of whom are still living, and at his death had 21 grandchildren and [?] great-grandchildren.
Mr. Dehnert was a very successful orchardist, and for many years was famous for his table grapes, grown on 23 acres of vines on his Doncaster property, and retailed at the Victoria Market. Mr. Dehnert was equally successful with the cultivation of pears, and at one time was known as "the pear king."
The funeral took place on Saturday at the Box Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were made by A. W. Padbury and Co. and the service was conducted by the Rev. J. Simpfendorfer.
[N.B. Mrs Dehnert would have been an Aumann.]
The Mercury, Hobart, Monday 15 January 1940
Longevity Due To Plain Living
MELBOURNE, January 14.
Reinhold Dehnert, who died at his home at East Doncaster on Friday, aged 103 years, had lived in the district 81 years. He had no illnesses until last year, and attributed his longevity to plain living. Born in Saxony, he came to Australia at the age of 17. He had five sons and three daughters, all of whom are still living, and at his death had 21 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, Monday 15 January 1940
Death Of Man Aged 103
MELBOURNE, January 14.
Mr. Reinhold Dehnert, who died at his home at East Doncaster on Friday, at the age of 103, had lived there for 81 years. Born at Breslau, in Saxony, on April 25, 1836, he came to Australia at the age of 17, and five years later settled at Doncaster.
Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, Tuesday 16 January 1940
Centenarian Dies
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Reinhold Dehnert, who died at his home at East Doncaster on Friday last, aged 103, had lived in the district for 81 years. He had no illnesses until last year. He was a native of Saxony and came to Australia at the age of 17.
Northern Standard, Darwin, Friday 19 January 1940
Death at 103
Melbourne, January 16.
Reinhold Dehvert [sic], of East Doncaster, has died, aged 103. He came from Breslau, Saxony, when 17, and had lived in East Doncaster for 81 years.
[N.B. Reinhold Dehnert]








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