Physical description

Published quarterly since 1977, the newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members exploring relevant aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Vanishing Living History [Ron Setford, Country Roads Board offices, Eastern Freeway, Kew City Hall] / Robert Baker p1. History News: 2025 Lectures, Members, Grants & Sponsors, Exhibitions, Donations to rhe Collection / p3. The Kew Reservoir: A whiet elephant? / Julie King pp4-5. John Hesketh: First chief electrical engineer to the Commonwealth of Australia / David Whie pp6-7. Typhoid Fever: a slice of life over the Summer of 1874–1875 / Suzanne McWha pp8-9&11. 38 Yarravale Road: growing up in the 1950s and 1960s / Gregor Evans pp10-11. Membership & Donations / p12.