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City of Kew Victoria
Location in Melbourne
Population	28,900 (1992)
• Density	1,985/km (5,141/sq mi)
Established	1860
Area	14.56 km (5.6 sq mi)
Council seat	Kew
Region	Eastern Melbourne
County	Bourke
LGAs around City of Kew: Northcote Heidelberg Camberwell Collingwood City of Kew Camberwell Richmond Hawthorn Camberwell

The City of Kew was a local government area about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 14.56 square kilometres (5.62 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Kew was first incorporated as a municipal district on 19 December 1860, a borough in October 1863, and a town on 8 December 1910. It was proclaimed a city on 10 March 1921.

In 1965, Prime Minister Robert Menzies attended the inauguration of a new synagogue in Kew where he laid the foundation stone. Notably, two months later, in October, the synagogue was targeted with antisemitic vandalism.

On 22 June 1994, the City of Kew was abolished, and along with the Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, was merged into the newly created City of Boroondara. The new City was originally planned to be named "City of Riversdale".

The council formerly met at the Kew Town Hall, at Cotham Road and Charles Street, Kew.

Wards

The City of Kew was divided into four wards on 27 August 1955, each electing three councillors:

• Prospect Ward
• Sackville Ward
• Studley Park Ward
• Willsmere Ward

Geography

The council area covered the suburbs of Kew and Kew East, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the north and west, Barkers Road to the south and Burke Road to the east.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 406–407. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
3. "Hooligans deface synagogue." The Canberra Times, Friday, 22 October 1965.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 4. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
5. "Municipal shake-up". The Age. 9 April 1994. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
6. Melway - Greater Melbourne Street Directory (22nd ed.). Glen Iris, Victoria: Melway Publishing Pty Ltd. 1993. pp. Maps 44–45. ISSN 0311-3957.

External links

• Victorian Places - Kew

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• Former local government areas of Victoria (state)
• City of Boroondara
• 1994 disestablishments in Australia
• 1860 establishments in Australia