The Kew Lions Club was formed in 1954 under the auspices of the Melbourne Lions ClubArthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1960s. Special programme held to on 1 May 1954 in the Kew Recreation Hall in recognition of the formation of the Kew Lions Club. The programme includes lists of officers, staff, and charter members. The food served on the night is described as well as the entertainers. 8 pp.arthur dear collection, lions club of kew, kew recreation hall - wellington street -- kew (vic.)

Football as used for Australian rules football, sport and recreationAs manufactured by Holden and FrostBrown leather Australian rules footballleather, football

Football as used in Australian rules football, for sport and recreationAs manufactured by Holden and FrostBrown leather Oval shaped football, laced on topleather, laced, football

Stamped - initialled receipt being for camping fees for 52 weeks to 31/12/1959. 15 pounds received from Mrs. J. Murch on 12/3/1959.Committee of Management / Anglesea Marine and River Frontages and / Recreation Reserve / No 4990 - 12/3/1959 - Mrs J.Murch. 15 pounds to occupy a camp to 31/12/1959. Signed J. Ken Hughes / Ranger.anglesea marine & river frontages & recreation reserves, j. murch, camping

Photograph taken and competition played at Lakes Entrance Recreation Centre..Black and white photograph of seven named children from Johnsonville Primary School Basketball Team Runners-Up, in Tambo Rural Schools Cluster competition each child is holding a pennant flag. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, sports

Photograph taken and competition played at Lakes Entrance Recreation Centre.Black and white photographof nine named children from Johnsonville Primary School Basketball team A Grade winners Rural Schools Tambo Cluster competition each child has medal on a ribbon around their neck. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, sports

Photograph taken and competition played at Lakes Entrance Recreation Centre.Black and white photograph of seven named children from Johnsonville Primary School students, A Grade Basketball team Tambo Cluster Rural Schools competition each child has medal on a ribbon around their neck. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools

East Beach November 1995 re-construction of recreation areaColoured photograph of pathway on edge with embankments to the right and 3 large trucks on the rightEast Beach November 1995 Filling intrucks, improvements, tiers, east beach, lights, filling, barriers

Football as used in Australian rules football matches, sport and recreationUsed for sport and recreation. Manufactured by Holden and FrostLeather oval shaped children's footballleather, football

Cane handled timber polo mallet used for sport and recreationImported and sold by Holden and FrostCane handled polo mallet with wooden head and rubber hand gripC151Cpolo, mallet

Prue 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.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.In 1928, five residential allotments bordering Segtoune and Windsor Streets were advertised for sale as part of a subdivision. Four of the blocks faced Segtoune Avenue. The auctioneers proclaimed the advantages of the sites: ‘Situate one minute from the High Street Electric Tram, which now runs direct to Spencer Street via Bridge Road and Flinders Street. Opposite the East Kew Railway Station (Outer Circle Line), which may be reopened In connection with the new Line from Kew to Doncaster; Adjacent lo the Kew Recreation Reserve, Sports Oval, and Swimming Bath; Half Minute from the Shopping Centre of East Kew, Accessible to the State School and Other Educational Centres’. The Harp of Erin Hotel and the route of the Outer Circle Railway line are marked on the plan. The Recreation Reserve and Sport Oval refer to Victoria Park. The Swimming Baths were located on the site of the current Kew Recreation Centre.subdivision plans - kew, segtoune street -- kew (vic.), windsor street -- kew (vic.)

Camp 13 Garrison Gardens. Transport Line behind Recreation Areaphotograph, people

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.A Calendar bookmark for 1955 and 1956 published by the Department of Health and the City of Kew. The rear of the bookmark lists the locations of the x-rays (Kew Recreation Hall; St Hilary's Church Hall; North Kew Willsmere Service Station) and the dates when they will take place.health, x-ray, chest xray, bookmark

Photograph of gold course, Portlandgold course, recreation, sport

Black and white photo of a beach at Portland. A group of people plus a dog on the edge of the water.Front: The Beach, Portland, Vic. Back: Sunny Australia Series, 102 Views C. French, Bookseller, Portland.portland, beach, recreation