Seen as an excellent recreation for a maritime power, racing or cruising in purpose-built vessels became increasingly popular in Britain from the beginning of the 19th century. Some immigrants brought their enthusiasms to Port Phillip Bay, holding the first regatta in 1838. The Devil Afloat, the first unequivocal pleasure yacht, arrived a year later. Regattas were organised intermittently, featuring wagers on both rowing and sailing races. The Victoria Yacht Club, founded in 1856, soon folded, but another club of that name was established in 1872 and became the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria based at Williamstown. The Albert Park Yacht Club also began on the newly improved lagoon in 1872, other clubs soon followed and inter-club regattas were organised. In the 1880s the popularity of larger yachts built for cruising, as well as for racing, increased. Sailing in smaller boats consolidated in the first three decades of the 20th century, with several more clubs formed. After the great storm of 1932 destroyed many yachts the fleet was rebuilt with new designs such as Charles Peel's Jubilee One-Design Class dinghies.Jubilee yachts were popular in Port Phillip between 1930 to 1970. In later years, they were later made of fibreglass.Timber hull of a Jubilee class yacht J82 named FLASH. jubilee yacht, timber hull

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-fictionThe Horse Tram returns to Kew [Kew Depot Open Day] / p1. Chief Executive's Comment [Kew Junction] / Malcolm Hutchinson p2. Mayor's Comment [Kew Junction Strategy Plan] / Cr Daryl Oldaker p3. Diary Dates for November / p4. Diary Dates for December / p5. The Lioness Club of Kew / p5. Market [Kew Community House] / p5. Invitation to Lawn Bowls [Auburn Heights Bowling Club] / p5. Leader Sports Challenge Camp / p6. New face [Heather Crichton] / p7. New Way Theatre [Company][Kew Cottages] / p7. Safe disposal of chemicals around the home [Disposal options - Waste type by location] / p8. Insects / Marlowe p9. Bothered by pests? [Improved and cheap pest control for Kew residents] / p9. Kewriosity advertising rates / p10. City of Kew Waste Disposal Services for 1991/92 / Malcolm Hutchinson p11. New mum presentation [Nursing Mothers' Association; St George's Hospital] / p12. Kew Auxiliary - Royal Women's Hospital / p12. L.Bear [Library Bear] / p13. Arthritis self help / p14. Mural [by Bill Wood] / p14. Old Trams [request for photos] / p14. Kew Info Youth / p15. Local Artist [Mary McQueen] / p15. Golden putter golf [Studley Park Golf Course] / p15. City of Kew Residential Policies Review Committee [update] / p16. Apology [Kew Community House program] / p16.publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters

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-fictionNot blowing in the wind [recycling paper] / p1. Completing the picture [Disability access at The Alexandra Gardens] / p1. Business seminar / p1. Manna from the heavens [water consumption and water rates] / p1. Willsmere go-ahead [Jennings development] / p1. Diary dates for July / p2. Winter: a good time for bushwalking [Kew Bushwalkers Club] / p2. Kinder's 40th [J.J. McMahon Memorial Kindergarten] / p2. Study Camp / p2. Commentary / Cr Daryl Oldaker / p3. Chief Executive's Column [amalgamation of local government entities] / Malcolm Hutchinson p3. Your chance to stand [Council elections] / p4. Letter to the editor [Kew Junction] / Tim Warmington p4. Looking into windows [Property revaluations] / p4. Mayor opens park [bicycle path in Outer Circle Linear Park] / p4. Gisborne passes this motion [Dog Act] / p4. Traffic Management updates - Speed cameras? [Area 6, Area 7, Area 10] / p5. Nit picking again [new head lice brochure] / p5. Concerned about possums? / p5. Your tobacco taxes at work / p5. Taste it ... you'll like it [Beatrix Potter] / p6. Literacy programmes [Kew Community House programmes] / p6. Royal Guide Dogs needs your help / p6. Youth Leadership course / p6. Rock bottom prices [petrol price competition] / p7. Arthritis AGM [Kew Arthritis Self Help Group] / p7. Cheque for Blind Mission [fundraising for Christian Blind Mission International by Carey Grammar School] / p7. Live comedy at Hartwell [Hartwell Players] / p8. Peel Street Anniversary [Sir Robert Peel PM] / p8. Holeproof factory future [Holeproof Hosiery plant in Surry Hills] / p8. What topics arose? [architectural and garden roses] / p8.publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters

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-fictionPaper collections / p1. Community Assistance Grants / 1. Stop Press [Community Services Department, Planning and Development Department] / p1. Dates for November / p2. Residential policies review / p2. Cotham/Glenferrie traffic plans / p2. Christmas cards / p2. And more Christmas cards / p2. History tapestry nears completion [bicentennial project, Kew Historical Society] / p2. Commentary / Cr Michael Montalto [Council finances] / p3. Municipal Offices temporarily relocate [asbestos] / p3. Osteoporosis apparatus installed at St George's [Hospital] / p4. Camberwell joins holiday program [Teenage Holiday Program] / p3. Notices / p4. Early parenting / p4. Roadworks for Kew / p4. Where are you Clark Kent? [Interchange Inner East] / p5. Bushwalkers clean up [Studley Park] / p5. [St George's] Hospital signs first health agreement / p5. [Royal Women's] Hospital honours work of Kew women / p6. Council waste disposal costs up 30% / p6. Merri Yarra [Municipal Protection] Committee disbands / p6. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureaux] / p7. Overdevelopment review put on hold / p7. Kew's Parks - Is there room for improvement / p7. [Woodlands Avenue] Playgroup enrolments open / p7. Neighbourhood Watch / p8. Bowls at East Kew [Kew East Bowling Club] / p8. [Kew Bowling Club] / p8. Kew brothers rowed for gold [Bradley Kinninmonth, Eugene Kinninmonth] / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters

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-fictionCouncil elections on August 6 [Prospect Ward, Sackville Ward, Studley Park Ward, Willsmere Ward] / p1. Policy changes for Kew kindergartens [Kew Pre-School Association] / p1. Rates reminder / p1. Dates for August / p2. Asthma camps produce positive result / p2. Commentary [Ward boundaries] / Cr Jim Tutt p3. Facelift for Kellett Reserve / p3. Kew's [Bicentennial] Birthday Beacon / p3. Notices / p4. Polling booths / p4. "No West for the Wicked" for Kew Children's Players / p4. Community Support Grants / p4. Assessing the needs of people at home / p5. Kew Urban Forest [Stradbroke Park] / p5. Honours for two Kew women [Royal Women’s Hospital Kew Auxiliary; Nancy Clarke, Mary Plumridge] / p6. MLC 'juniors help Bodalla 'seniors' / p6. Maternal and child health review / p6. Good gardening / Bruce Schroder p6. New playgroup committee [Highbury Grove Playgroup] / p6. Bowling Club history for Bicentennial year - Can you help? [Auburn Heights Bowling and Tennis Club] / p7. Music and movement for pre-schoolers / p7. Footy News [Kew Football Club] / p8. Kew Band needs librarian / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. New Bowling Club Committee [Kew Bowling Club] / p8. Walking in a wonderful Winter land [Boroondara Bushwalkers] / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters

The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fictionWhat is THIS Kewriosity Sheet? Where did it come from? What's it for? / [Cr] Kaye Cole [Mayor of Kew] p1. What's doing in Kew during June / p1. Those vacant dates / p1. People wanted [Mount Royal Henry Pride Geriatric Centre] / p1. Pensioners' Association /p1. We need your news / p1. The birth of a village [Kew history] / H. Rolley p2. Limerick of the month / p2. Kew Chess Club -1979 Championships / p2. Kew Rovers start well [The Kew Rovers Football Club] / p2. The Copy Shop / p2. Area Playgroups / p2. Council News - Stradbroke Park Pavilion; Recreational Achievement of the Year Award; Kew Elder Citizens' Club / p2. Winter Sporting Activities Operating Throughout Kew / p2. Citizens' Advice Bureau / p2.community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.)

The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fictionChoral Festival Service 1981 [Kew Inter-Church and Church Affiliated Schools Choral Festival Service; Holy Trinity Church] / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Do you live in Kew or nearby? [Volunteers; Meals on Wheels] / p1. Kew Crossroads Club [A Christian Fellowship for Handicapped Teenagers] / p1. Volunteer Reader / p1. The Mouse House [104 Peel Street] / Elizabeth Mackie p2. What's doing in Kew for June / p2&3. Kew C.A.A. Winter wine bottling [Kew Community Aid Abroad] / p3. Multicultural Church [East Kew Baptist Church] / p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Council News - I.Y.D.P: Can you help [International Year of Disabled Persons]; Victoria Welcome Group [Volunteers; Migration]; Message from the Minister [Jeff Kennett; Immigration and Ethnic Affairs] / p4. Kew Garden Club / p4. Hyde Park F'ship [Hyde Park Church] / p4. New members needed for [Kew Royal Women's Hospital Auxiliary] / p4. Copy Shop / p4. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.)