In May 1939, the Railway Commissioners agreed to lease a site at the Kew Railway Station to construct a new baby health centre. Designed by the Kew City Building Surveyor, Rowland Chipperfield, the Centre, previously conducted at the Walpole Street Town Hall, was transferred to the Denmark Street site. Colourised photograph of the single-storey cream tapestry-brick Baby Health Centre with curved corner, steel lettering "BABY HEALTH CENTRE", round porthole window and terracotta tiled roof. Built on the former Kew Railway Station yard, designed by City Surveyor Rowland Chipperfield. Photograph shows the centre before the construction of the Country Roads Board towers, looking north-east with entrance pergola and newly landscaped beds.baby health centres, maternal and child health, city of kew, denmark street, rowland chipperfield

Opened by the Countess of Stradbroke in December 1925, designed by Kew City Building Surveyor Rowland Chipperfield. Heritage Register H0055, oldest surviving baby health centre in Victoria.Colourised photograph of the East Kew Baby Health Centre at 21 Strathalbyn Street, Kew East, corner Windella Avenue, taken c.1960s-1970s. Shows side elevation with face-brick walls, hipped terracotta roof, timber shutters and L-shaped verandah with brick piers, lawn and palm in foreground.baby health centres, maternal and child health, city of kew, east kew, strathalbyn street, rowland chipperfield

First permanent baby health centre built in City of Kew and one of the first in Victoria. Opened by the Countess of Stradbroke in December 1925. Designed by Kew City Building Surveyor Rowland Chipperfield and built by Murphy and Pearce. Heritage Register H0055.Colourised photograph of the East Kew Baby Health Centre at 21 Strathalbyn Street, Kew East, corner Windella Avenue, taken c.1960s-1980s. Single-storey roughcast rendered Californian Bungalow with hipped terracotta roof, two brick chimneys and L-shaped verandah. Front wall with rendered sign "EAST-KEW BABY HEALTH CENTRE". baby health centres, maternal and child health, city of kew, east kew, strathalbyn street, windella avenue, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987. Colourised photograph of interior of Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954-1960. Shows view from inside to front entrance — glass door with “LIBRARY” and “CLOSED” sign, pot plants on windowsill, low bookcase at left with two women browsing, woman at right reading, issue desk in foreground left. Through the glass, Walpole Street, 1950s cars, and buildings on the east side of Walpole Street. These include the rendered brick commercial building at 6 Walpole Street, Kew (now demolished). kew municipal library, walpole street, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987.Colourised photograph of interior of Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954-1960. Shows main lending room — large light-timber issue desk in foreground with “IN” sign and arrow, card-catalogue cabinets on table behind, tall timber bookcases around walls, woman standing reading in centre, table with display books at left, wall clock, pot plants on windowsill.kew municipal library, walpole street, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987.Colourised photograph, front facade of City of Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954-1960. Single-storey modernist extension, flat roof, painted brickwork, central projecting bay with raised lettering “CITY OF KEW MUNICIPAL LIBRARY” and large picture window, steel-framed glazing and entrances to left and right. Gable of former timber library building visible above centre roofline, behind extension.kew municipal library, walpole street, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987. Colourised photograph of exterior of new Children's Library and Adult Reference Extension to Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954-1960. Shows single-storey modernist extension with flat roof, huge steel-framed multi-pane corner window and long window to right, exterior walls painted terra cotta pink, pot plants on windowsills, glass door with steps up from footpath, Walpole Street in foreground, red-brick former Town Hall behind at right, gabled roof of older timber cottage at far left.kew municipal library, walpole street, children's library, adult reference library, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987.Colourised photograph of interior of Kew Public Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1950s. Shows Junior Section — low timber shelves in U-shape filled with picture books face-out, rocking chair on oval rug in centre, fern in pot on windowsill, tall bookcases behind, linoleum floor.kew public library, walpole street, junior section, children's library, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987.Colourised photograph, interior of Reading Room, Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954-1960. Long timber table with timber benches, timber wall shelving with books, two circular windows on right wall, large rectangular window at far end.kew municipal library, reading room, adult reference library, walpole street, rowland chipperfield

Kew's first library was the Kew Literary and Scientific Society, which opened on 6 August 1860. In 1937 The library was closed for a major overhaul of stock and renovation of the building. It reopened in December 1937 and remained there for more than 35 years. The Library was situated beside the Town Hall. In 1954, Rowland Chipperfield, City Building Surveyor, designed a new library with a new Children's section and extensions to the adult library. In 1973 when the Civic Centre opened in Charles Street, Kew, the library moved in. By 1987, Kew Library had moved to its current location in the converted city hall, overlooking the Alexandra Gardens. The present library was officially opened at this site on Friday 23 October 1987.Colourised photograph of interior of Kew Municipal Library, Walpole Street, Kew, c.1954. Shows group of seven adults gathered beside low timber bookcase, looking at books.kew municipal library, walpole street, rowland chipperfield

A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings.Panoramic photograph of the entrances from Cotham Road to the Kew Post Office, Court House and Police Station. At centre front is the public toilet block, erected in the twentieth century by the City of Kew to designs by Rowland Chipperfield.kew court house, public offices -- kew (vic), kew police station, kew post office, cotham road -- kew (vic.)