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Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Kew Municipal Baths, 1929-1933
... kew swimming pool - kew (vic)... altogether". kew swimming pool - kew (vic) sport and recreation - kew ...W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) has a chapter (XXII, pp.103-105) on the Kew Swimming Pool (aka Kew Baths). In the chapter he recounts debate in Council from 1912 about the need for a swimming pool. The first concrete step toward achieving this occurred in 1914 when Council purchased the Tramways Sheds on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in 1914. Further adjoining land in High Street was compulsorily acquired in 1923. The final plans were accepted in 1925 and following public tender, Messrs. Weavill and Keast were appointed to construct the pool at a cost of 5,418/9/-. The baths were formally opened on 18 November 1925 by George Ramsay, Mayor of Kew. (The Kew Swimming Club was founded in the same year.) Vaughan notes that "mixed bathing was not permitted at the Kew Baths until January, 1928, when it was allowed every evening (except Sundays) and Friday afternoons. A few years later these restrictions were removed altogether".Small B&W photograph of a crowd of onlookers watching swimming events in the old Kew Swimming Pool in High Street. The photograph can be dated to the years 1929-33, as the wooden grandstand was not erected until 1929 and it was before a new high swimming platform was erected in 1933."Old Swimming Pool. D1. 92"kew swimming pool - kew (vic), sport and recreation - kew (vic), kew baths - kew (vic), mayors of kew - cr. george ramsay - kew (vic), kew swimming club -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Kew Municipal Baths, 1929-1933
... kew swimming pool - kew (vic)... altogether". kew swimming pool - kew (vic) sport and recreation - kew ...W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) has a chapter (XXII, pp.103-105) on the Kew Swimming Pool (aka Kew Baths). In the chapter he recounts debate in Council from 1912 about the need for a swimming pool. The first concrete step toward achieving this occurred in 1914 when Council purchased the Tramways Sheds on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in 1914. Further adjoining land in High Street was compulsorily acquired in 1923. The final plans were accepted in 1925 and following public tender, Messrs. Weavill and Keast were appointed to construct the pool at a cost of 5,418/9/-. The baths were formally opened on 18 November 1925 by George Ramsay, Mayor of Kew. (The Kew Swimming Club was founded in the same year.) Vaughan notes that "mixed bathing was not permitted at the Kew Baths until January, 1928, when it was allowed every evening (except Sundays) and Friday afternoons. A few years later these restrictions were removed altogether".Small B&W photograph of the old Kew Swimming Pool showing seating at right. The photograph can be dated to the years 1929-33, as the wooden grandstand was not erected until 1929 and it was before a new high swimming platform was erected in 1933."D3. 92"kew swimming pool - kew (vic), sport and recreation - kew (vic), kew baths - kew (vic), mayors of kew - cr. george ramsay - kew (vic), kew swimming club -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Kew Municipal Baths, 1930s
... kew swimming pool - kew (vic)... altogether". kew swimming pool - kew (vic) sport and recreation - kew ...W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) has a chapter (XXII, pp.103-105) on the Kew Swimming Pool (aka Kew Baths). In the chapter he recounts debate in Council from 1912 about the need for a swimming pool. The first concrete step toward achieving this occurred in 1914 when Council purchased the Tramways Sheds on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in 1914. Further adjoining land in High Street was compulsorily acquired in 1923. The final plans were accepted in 1925 and following public tender, Messrs. Weavill and Keast were appointed to construct the pool at a cost of 5,418/9/-. The baths were formally opened on 18 November 1925 by George Ramsay, Mayor of Kew. (The Kew Swimming Club was founded in the same year.) Vaughan notes that "mixed bathing was not permitted at the Kew Baths until January, 1928, when it was allowed every evening (except Sundays) and Friday afternoons. A few years later these restrictions were removed altogether".Small B&W photograph of two boys standing beside a diving board at the old Kew Swimming Pool while in the distance a woman dives into the pool. The photograph can be dated to the years 1929-33, as the wooden grandstand was not erected until 1929 and it was before a new high swimming platform was erected in 1933."Old Swimming Pool Kew. D4. 92"kew swimming pool - kew (vic), sport and recreation - kew (vic), kew baths - kew (vic), mayors of kew - cr. george ramsay - kew (vic), kew swimming club -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Kew Municipal Baths, 1929-1933
... kew swimming pool - kew (vic)... altogether". kew swimming pool - kew (vic) sport and recreation - kew ...W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) has a chapter (XXII, pp.103-105) on the Kew Swimming Pool (aka Kew Baths). In the chapter he recounts debate in Council from 1912 about the need for a swimming pool. The first concrete step toward achieving this occurred in 1914 when Council purchased the Tramways Sheds on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in 1914. Further adjoining land in High Street was compulsorily acquired in 1923. The final plans were accepted in 1925 and following public tender, Messrs. Weavill and Keast were appointed to construct the pool at a cost of 5,418/9/-. The baths were formally opened on 18 November 1925 by George Ramsay, Mayor of Kew. (The Kew Swimming Club was founded in the same year.) Vaughan notes that "mixed bathing was not permitted at the Kew Baths until January, 1928, when it was allowed every evening (except Sundays) and Friday afternoons. A few years later these restrictions were removed altogether".Small B&W photograph of the old Kew Swimming Pool. Girl on diving board at left. The photograph can be dated to the years 1929-33, as the wooden grandstand was not erected until 1929 and it was before a new high swimming platform was erected in 1933."Old Swimming Pool Kew. D2. 92"kew swimming pool - kew (vic), sport and recreation - kew (vic), kew baths - kew (vic), mayors of kew - cr. george ramsay - kew (vic), kew swimming club -
Kew Historical Society IncBadge - Identification Badges, City of Kew, Three City of Kew Swimming Pool Attendant Badges, 1950-1994
... kew swimming pool - kew (vic)... of Boroondara in 1994. badges kew swimming pool - kew (vic) city of kew ...The first Kew Municipal Baths were opened in 1925. Since then a number of rebuildings have altered the position and size of the pool. The badge predates the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.Three City of Kew Swimming Pool Attendant Badges. Shield shape nickel plated badges with pins.Kew Swimming Pool Attendantbadges, kew swimming pool - kew (vic), city of kew -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Series) - WEBBER Family
... Kew Swimming Pool – Kew (Vic.)...WEBBER – Kew (Vic.) Wharfedale – Kew (Vic.) Kew Swimming ...Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)The WEBBER family is known to have lived in Kew starting from 1927, where Nicholas James (Jim) Webber moved from Castlemaine after working as a surveyor for the Shire of Colac, and attaining many certifications from Castlemaine Technical College, and various other schools. He worked for the City of Kew from 1924 to 1935, and moved to the area in 1927 in the aftermath of the successful designing and subsequent construction of the Kew Swimming Pool, opened in 1925. The WEBBER family is also known as the tenants of the ‘Wharfedale’ house at 5 Ridgeway Avenue, until around 1939. The file includes: Photos of (presumably) Nicholas Webber, a researched history of the WEBBER family compiled by a Jim Webber, and scanned articles regarding the Kew Swimming Pool.webber – kew (vic.), wharfedale – kew (vic.), kew swimming pool – kew (vic.)webber – kew (vic.), wharfedale – kew (vic.), kew swimming pool – kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Glendonald School for the Deaf, Marshall Avenue, 1955-1965
Glendonald School for Deaf Children was run by the Victorian Education Department. It provided education and some residential services for deaf children. The school was situated in Marshall Avenue, Kew and operated from 1951–91. Deaf children whose families lived too far to travel daily were housed in a grand Victorian mansion in Belmont Avenue, Kew, the John Cannon Hostel. The school and hostel also accommodated a small number of wards of the state. (Source: Glendonald School for Deaf Children 1951–91)Glendonald was a significant mansion in Kew (now demolished) built for the industrialist and manufacturer Donald Leslie in 1886. The school was purchased by the Victorian Department of Education on 29 November 1950 for the sum of 16,500 pounds.Swimming Pool, Glendonald, Marshall Avenue (Kew).The old school for the deaf at 17 Marshall Ave for children from the age of six years to ten years old, then they would go to 25 Marshall Ave to finish their schooling leaving age 16 years old. glendonald - marshall avenue - kew (vic), education - deaf children - victoria -
Kew Historical Society IncFunctional object, City of Kew, Rusted Horse Shoe, Horse Tramways Shed, Kew, 1887-1950
The site on the north side of High Street, Kew, on the corner of Disraeli Street is now the location of the Kew Recreation Centre. The current (as of 2020) swimming pool was formerly situated further west on the site but was relocated closer to Disraeli Street during the 1980s. Previously, this was the site of a Kew Council depot, and before that a horse tram shed. The horse tram (1887-1914) ran from the Victoria Street Bridge to the entrance of the Boroondara General Cemetery. Rusted horse shoe, excavated from the site of the Kew Recreation Centre on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in Kew. The shoe was donated by Mr Poulter, City Engineer, City of Kew. The shoe may have been made for one of the horses that pulled the Kew Horse Tram or one of the Council depot horses.horse tram - kew (vic), archaeological items - kew (vic), horse shoes, kew recreation centre, council depots - kew (vic), tram sheds - kew (vic) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph, Series - Kew Baths & Carmelite Monastery, 1960s
W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) has a chapter (XXII, pp.103-105) on the Kew Swimming Pool (aka Kew Baths). In the chapter he recounts debate in Council from 1912 about the need for a swimming pool. The first concrete step toward achieving this occurred in 1914 when Council purchased the Tramways Sheds on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets in 1914. Further adjoining land in High Street was compulsorily acquired in 1923. The final plans were accepted in 1925 and following public tender, Messrs. Weavill and Keast were appointed to construct the pool at a cost of 5,418/9/-. The baths were formally opened on 18 November 1925 by George Ramsay, Mayor of Kew. (The Kew Swimming Club was founded in the same year.) Vaughan notes that "mixed bathing was not permitted at the Kew Baths until January, 1928, when it was allowed every evening (except Sundays) and Friday afternoons. A few years later these restrictions were removed altogether".Five black and white photographs of Kew in the 1960s donated by Kerstin Fraser. The photographs include 3 pictures of the Mayor of Kew, Gordon Greer at the Kew Baths and two photographs of the Carmelite Monastery in Stevenson Street, Kew.kew baths - kew (vic), carmelite monastery - stevenson street - kew (vic), cr leo hawkins, swimming -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : October 1987
Integration in recreation for the disabled [Kew Youth Resource Centre] / p1. [Kew Swimming] Pool Closure [Kew Recreation Centre] / p1. Dates for October / p2. Coping with change and loss [East Kew Uniting Church] / p2. Did you know? [Home Energy Advisory Service / p2. Commentary / Cr Jim Tutt, Mayor of Kew / p3. New [Kew] Library a great hit / p3. Informing the Kew community [Kew Community Directory] / p3. Trill with the Phil! [Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir] / p3. Community Recreation Program / p3. [Community] Notices / p4. Finding your fete / p4. Polio Plus Campaign / p4. Safety for your baby and child / p4. Scouts to visit Melbourne [World Jamboree, Sydney; 31st World Scout Conference, Melbourne] / p5. Traffic Management / p5. Community education at MLC / p5. Bicentennial notes / Peter Wallinga p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price p6. New from nursing mothers ... / p6. An update on "Belford Oaks" [Day care] / p6. Neighbourhood Watch / p7. More on Kew's PMs [RG Menzies; Kew Citizens' Band] / p7. Beware of the dog! / p7. Anyone for cricket? [Kew Willsmere Cricket Club; Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club] / p8. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. More pre-school music and movement [Kodaly-Orff] / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. [Kew] Little Athletics / 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-fictionIntegration in recreation for the disabled [Kew Youth Resource Centre] / p1. [Kew Swimming] Pool Closure [Kew Recreation Centre] / p1. Dates for October / p2. Coping with change and loss [East Kew Uniting Church] / p2. Did you know? [Home Energy Advisory Service / p2. Commentary / Cr Jim Tutt, Mayor of Kew / p3. New [Kew] Library a great hit / p3. Informing the Kew community [Kew Community Directory] / p3. Trill with the Phil! [Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir] / p3. Community Recreation Program / p3. [Community] Notices / p4. Finding your fete / p4. Polio Plus Campaign / p4. Safety for your baby and child / p4. Scouts to visit Melbourne [World Jamboree, Sydney; 31st World Scout Conference, Melbourne] / p5. Traffic Management / p5. Community education at MLC / p5. Bicentennial notes / Peter Wallinga p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price p6. New from nursing mothers ... / p6. An update on "Belford Oaks" [Day care] / p6. Neighbourhood Watch / p7. More on Kew's PMs [RG Menzies; Kew Citizens' Band] / p7. Beware of the dog! / p7. Anyone for cricket? [Kew Willsmere Cricket Club; Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club] / p8. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. More pre-school music and movement [Kodaly-Orff] / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. [Kew] Little Athletics / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
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Journal, The Kewriosity Sheet Vol.1 No.6 : November 1979
What's doing in Kew for November / p1. Evaluation time! [Survey: The Kewriosity Sheet] / p1. Your news is good news / p1. Kew Op Shop / p1. Do it yourself duplicating [The Copy Shop] / p1. Toastmasters Club commences in Kew / p2. Hey kids!! Did you know? / p2. Park is beautiful asset [Yarra Bend Park; Studley Park Progress Association] / p2. Jobs wanted / p2. Kew Philharmonic Society / p2. Eat Kew Primary School [Reading; Concert Band] / p2. Playgroup [Uniting Church Highbury Grove] / p2. Show, Sell and Tell night [Gardening] / p2. Council News [Home help; A new group in Kew; Swimming Pool; Immunisations; Dog registrations; Valuations; Rates] / p2.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's doing in Kew for November / p1. Evaluation time! [Survey: The Kewriosity Sheet] / p1. Your news is good news / p1. Kew Op Shop / p1. Do it yourself duplicating [The Copy Shop] / p1. Toastmasters Club commences in Kew / p2. Hey kids!! Did you know? / p2. Park is beautiful asset [Yarra Bend Park; Studley Park Progress Association] / p2. Jobs wanted / p2. Kew Philharmonic Society / p2. Eat Kew Primary School [Reading; Concert Band] / p2. Playgroup [Uniting Church Highbury Grove] / p2. Show, Sell and Tell night [Gardening] / p2. Council News [Home help; A new group in Kew; Swimming Pool; Immunisations; Dog registrations; Valuations; Rates] / p2.community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.) -
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Journal, The Kewriosity Sheet Vol.4 No.12 : August 1983
R.A.A.V. Action Program 1983 (Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria) / p1. Kew Library / p1. Council Immunisations (Rubella) / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Scrabble / p1. Can you spare some time for your neighbours? (Volunteering; Meals on Wheels) / p1. Meet the editor of "Gardening News" / p1. Correction (Recycling) / p2. Community Centre??? (Kew Swimming Pool; Kew Depot; North Ward Action Group) / p2. Kew Rotaract / p2. Uniting Church East Kew (calendar of events) / p2. S.C.F. fundraising morning (Save the Children Fund) / p2. Kew Recreation Program: Term III - 1983 [short courses] / p2. Kew in that other Depression (Great Depression; 1930s) / Barbara Giles p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Kew Historical Society / p3. Unique cards: feature views of Kew (Gregary Chase designer) / p3. Look out for funding! (Family and Community Services Program; F.A.C.S.) / p4. "An Asian experience" (The Asian Evangelical Fellowship) / p4. Parkinson's Disease Association / p4. Hyde Park Fellowship (Hyde Park Uniting Church) / p4. Kew drop-In Centre - holiday program (Sacred Heart Church) / p4. Back by popular demand (Kew Garden Club) / p4. Native planet Group / p4. Daytime Garden Club / p4. Camberwell Film Society / p4. Women's Discussion Group / p4.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-fiction R.A.A.V. Action Program 1983 (Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria) / p1. Kew Library / p1. Council Immunisations (Rubella) / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Scrabble / p1. Can you spare some time for your neighbours? (Volunteering; Meals on Wheels) / p1. Meet the editor of "Gardening News" / p1. Correction (Recycling) / p2. Community Centre??? (Kew Swimming Pool; Kew Depot; North Ward Action Group) / p2. Kew Rotaract / p2. Uniting Church East Kew (calendar of events) / p2. S.C.F. fundraising morning (Save the Children Fund) / p2. Kew Recreation Program: Term III - 1983 [short courses] / p2. Kew in that other Depression (Great Depression; 1930s) / Barbara Giles p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Kew Historical Society / p3. Unique cards: feature views of Kew (Gregary Chase designer) / p3. Look out for funding! (Family and Community Services Program; F.A.C.S.) / p4. "An Asian experience" (The Asian Evangelical Fellowship) / p4. Parkinson's Disease Association / p4. Hyde Park Fellowship (Hyde Park Uniting Church) / p4. Kew drop-In Centre - holiday program (Sacred Heart Church) / p4. Back by popular demand (Kew Garden Club) / p4. Native planet Group / p4. Daytime Garden Club / p4. Camberwell Film Society / p4. Women's Discussion Group / p4. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - California Motel, Barkers Road, Ron Setford, 1961
Ron Setford and his wife Grace Setford lived in Tanner Avenue, East Kew, from c.1946 to c.1995. A keen photographer, he recorded the changing face of Kew over a 20 year period. Apart from 30 photographs of built structures and places in Kew dating from 1960 and 1961, 145 of his 35mm colour slides chronicle the development of the Eastern Freeway through the Yarra Valley over a five year period from c.1972 to c.1977. This important collection was donated to the Society by his granddaughter in 2025.This collection of 175 35mm slides is of local and statewide significance, owing to its subject matter, particularly the major development of road transport infrastructure during the 1970s with the construction of the Eastern Freeway. The photographer also took care to annotate and date most of his slides which enable the researcher to pinpoint temporal and spatial locations.Opened in 1960, the California Motel at 138 Barkers Road, Hawthorn, was located opposite the entrance to Xavier College and built on the site of the former Barker railway station of the closed Kew branch line. The motel was advertised as “away from the hustle and bustle of the city and offering affordable accommodation for the business or leisure traveller”. Special amenities included air-conditioning, a business centre, and swimming pool. The motel had 82 suites. A possibly forgotten, but perhaps essential feature of the motel, was the Caltex Service Station at its entrance. The building was closed in April 2008, extensively vandalised and finally demolished in 2013."California Motel"ron setford, photographs -- kew (vic.) -- 1960s, california motel -- barkers road -- hawthorn (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - California Motel, Barkers Road, Kew, Ron Setford, 1961
Ron Setford and his wife Grace Setford lived in Tanner Avenue, East Kew, from c.1946 to c.1995. A keen photographer, he recorded the changing face of Kew over a 20 year period. Apart from 30 photographs of built structures and places in Kew dating from 1960 and 1961, 145 of his 35mm colour slides chronicle the development of the Eastern Freeway through the Yarra Valley over a five year period from c.1972 to c.1977. This important collection was donated to the Society by his granddaughter in 2025.This collection of 175 35mm slides is of local and statewide significance, owing to its subject matter, particularly the major development of road transport infrastructure during the 1970s with the construction of the Eastern Freeway. The photographer also took care to annotate and date most of his slides which enable the researcher to pinpoint temporal and spatial locations.Opened in 1960, the California Motel at 138 Barkers Road, Hawthorn, was located opposite the entrance to Xavier College and built on the site of the former Barker railway station of the closed Kew branch line. The motel was advertised as “away from the hustle and bustle of the city and offering affordable accommodation for the business or leisure traveller”. Special amenities included air-conditioning, a business centre, and swimming pool. The motel had 82 suites. A possibly forgotten, but perhaps essential feature of the motel, was the Caltex Service Station at its entrance. The building was closed in April 2008, extensively vandalised and finally demolished in 2013.Nilron setford, photographs -- kew (vic.) -- 1960s, california hotel -- barkers road -- hawthorn (vic.), california motel -- barkers road
