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Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Jas R Mathers Son & McMillan, The Dale Estate, Deepdene, 1918
... Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban... Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation ...Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The Dale Estate in Deepdene was made possible by the death of Robert Sparrow Smythe, Australian journalist, newspaper editor/owner and theatrical manager. Smythe lived in his residence ‘Highate’, Deepdene until his death in 1917. In the subdivision proposed one year later, before the end of the First World War, 18 allotments were to be created. The very fragmentary plan in the Society’s collection notes that a large weatherboard [house] will need to be removed. This may be Smythe’s own home. The proposed subdivision included allotments facing Burke and Whitehorse Roads and Dale Street. Bordering the subdivision is the Deepdene Station and the Outer Circle Railway Line. The clear directions on the plan indicate that in 1918 it was possible to travel by train from Deepdene to East Camberwell and Ashburtonsubdivision plans - deepdene, the dale estate -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Jas R Mathers Son & McMillan, Clifton Estate, Kew, c. 1916
... Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban... Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation ...Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The Clifton Estate was an ambitious subdivision. It included 61 allotments bordering Cotham and Park Hill Roads, and Florence and Adeney Avenues. It is difficult to ascertain the exact year when the ‘Clifton Estate’ was surveyed, subdivided and first auctioned. The uncertainty may be due to allotments being released during the First World War. The subdivision took its name from the house ‘Clifton’ (lot 5) on the corner of Adeney Avenue and Cotham Road. The outline of Clifton (since demolished) and the extent of its land following the subdivision are represented on the plan. The auctioneers have also shown ‘Maryfield’ and ‘Wimba’, the neighbouring properties in Cotham Road, on the plan."B"subdivision plans - kew, clifton estate, cotham road, adeney avenue, florence avenue, park hill road -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Plan of Subdivision of Part of Crown Portion 84 / Parish of Boroondara / County of Bourke / Lodged Plan No. 2217, Twentieth Century
... Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban... Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation ...Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.Undated Plan of Subdivision of Crown Portion 84 in what is now Kew. The area shown is bordered by Burke Road, Harp Road, Arglye Road and Normanby Road.subdivision plans -- kew (vic), harp road, burke road, normanby road, lady loch's drive, gladstone street, second avenue, first avenue -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - 'Wimba', Cotham Road, J E & B L Rogers, c.1965
... and drained... .' (Sanderson P, City of Kew Urban Conservation Study..., City of Kew Urban Conservation Study, Volume 2, 1988) This work ...'Wimba' is of significance as one of the key nineteenth century houses of Kew and for remaining in a substantially intact state. Although probably built some time earlier, the first mention in the Rate Books of the property later known as 'Wimba Lodge' appears in the entry for 1870 when the property, owned by John Sharpe Denbigh, a civil servant, was given an N.A.V. of £72 2. Denbigh did however occupy a house in Cotham Road in 1863, and it is possible that was the same premises'. The house was occupied by Denbigh until at least May 1876 when the 'family residence...' \ 'as auctioned to Carlington George Edmund Marston 5, a chemist of Smith Street, Collingwood. At the time of the auction the house was described thus: The residence and grounds of the late J.S. Dendigh, situate in the most elevated part of Cotham Road Kew. The grounds comprise an area of 4a Or29p or thereabouts, and have a frontage to Cotham-road of 4 chains. The house has two large rooms in front, with 6ft hall built of brick, bay and side windows (plate glass), four rooms of wood behind with slate roofs, bathroom and closets, detached kitchen and servant's room, large shed with washing boiler, pantry and cellar under, brick and cement tank, and the Yan Yean laid onto house and grounds, cowshed, pigstye, &c, the whole securely fenced. First class orchard and flower garden. The paddocks laid with English grasses and drained... .' (Sanderson P, City of Kew Urban Conservation Study, Volume 2, 1988)This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.The front entrance of Wimba in Cotham Road, Kew. The entrance is flanked by two polygonal bay windows, and a verandah with a concave corrugated iron roof returns around three facades, and accentuates the projections of the windows. The solid render parapet is very ornate and tall for the date of construction. It has panels of decoration along it and is surmounted by a number of render urns. The image was used by Dorothy Rogers in 'A History of Kew' (1973), facing page 144.Wimba ca. 1860 built by J.S. Denbigh (has been altered).wimba, kew, dorothy rogers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, Victoria Park : Concept Management Plan, Research Papers, 2004
... The Kew Urban Conservation Study was commissioned... The Kew Urban Conservation Study was commissioned by the City ...Graeme Butler & AssociatesProject FilesProvenance OrderRed cardboard wallet containing historical research by Graeme Butler, heritage architect, into the history of Victoria Park, Kew. The file also includes a draft Victoria Park Concept Master Plan, 2004. The research includes memoranda, maps, photocopies of plans, forms, notes, aerial photos, and sundry references.graeme butler - heritage architect, victoria park - kew (vic), heritage studies - kew (vic.)graeme butler - heritage architect, victoria park - kew (vic), heritage studies - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Conservation Study (Kew) 1978, 1978
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing a copy of the City of Kew’s Urban Renewal Proposal (13pp), dated June 1978. The proposal to the Urban Renewal Authority relates to those houses in Denmark Street, High Street South and Barkers Road, then known as ‘The Triangle’ (historically known as O’Shaughnessy’s Paddock. The report refers to the Kew Triangle Association.urban renewal -- kew (vic.), conservation studies -- kew (vic.), kew triangle associationurban renewal -- kew (vic.), conservation studies -- kew (vic.), kew triangle association -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Lyons, Dorothy File, Kew Historical Society, 'Ivy Grange', 1-3 Malmsbury Street, 1970
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing brief notes on the history of the Ivy Grange compiled from various sources plus correspondence and planning documents relating to plans submitted to the City of Kew to alter the portico facing Malmsbury Street, Kew. These plans predated the first Kew Urban Conservation Study (Sanderson, 1988). There is also one newspaper article relating to the sale of the house in 2005.kew historical society - archives, kew - history, ivy grange - 1-3 malmsbury street - kew (vic), mansions - kew (vic), david beath (1835-1922), architects - victoria - charles vickerskew historical society - archives, kew - history, ivy grange - 1-3 malmsbury street - kew (vic), mansions - kew (vic), david beath (1835-1922), architects - victoria - charles vickers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : August 1986
Kew Heritage Study focusses on houses [Kew Urban Conservation Study] / p1&8. Municipal elections '86 and Poll on restructure options for Kew / p1&3. Dates for August / p2. [Community ] Notices / p2&8. Commentary - Kew responds to Options Paper [Local Government restructure] / Cr Robin Saunders p3. Profile - Cr Maree Williams / p4. Cheque for Red Cross [Red Cross Appeal] / p4. Meals on Wheels turns 30 [history] / p5. All's fine in the garden at East Kew Primary [School] [theatre performance] / p5. Bicentennial Committee's making plans [Australia's Bicentennial] / p6. Interested in joining Kew Philharmonic? / p6. What do the Senior Cits do? / p6. They're looking for a pianist [Kew Senior Citizens' Centre] / p6. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p6. Kew Community House - A day in the life of the Community House [3rd Term tutors needed; Coming events; Thanks] / p7. The Gatehouse [Day Centre] / p7. Good gardening / Peter Davies p8. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionKew Heritage Study focusses on houses [Kew Urban Conservation Study] / p1&8. Municipal elections '86 and Poll on restructure options for Kew / p1&3. Dates for August / p2. [Community ] Notices / p2&8. Commentary - Kew responds to Options Paper [Local Government restructure] / Cr Robin Saunders p3. Profile - Cr Maree Williams / p4. Cheque for Red Cross [Red Cross Appeal] / p4. Meals on Wheels turns 30 [history] / p5. All's fine in the garden at East Kew Primary [School] [theatre performance] / p5. Bicentennial Committee's making plans [Australia's Bicentennial] / p6. Interested in joining Kew Philharmonic? / p6. What do the Senior Cits do? / p6. They're looking for a pianist [Kew Senior Citizens' Centre] / p6. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p6. Kew Community House - A day in the life of the Community House [3rd Term tutors needed; Coming events; Thanks] / p7. The Gatehouse [Day Centre] / p7. Good gardening / Peter Davies p8. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters