Tuesday 8 December 2015

KEW JUNCTION

Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 6 km east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2011 Census, Kew had a population of 23,876. Formerly a city in its own right, the cities of Kew, Hawthorn and Camberwell were amalgamated in 1994 to form the City of Boroondara. The suburb borders the Yarra River to the west and north, with Hawthorn to its south and Balwyn to its east.

The commercial precinct known as Kew Junction began to take shape in the 1850s. The first store was opened by Mr. J. J. French in August 1853 and the first post office on 6 October 1856, however, it was not till towards the end of the decade that many shops appeared in High Street. The Kew Hotel opened in 1855, the Prospect Hill Hotel (now the Dan Murphy's liquor store) in 1857, the Council Hotel about 1860, the Clifton (now Hotel Kew) in 1869 and the Greyhound (now the Skinny Dog Hotel) in 1874. The block of civic buildings comprising the former post office, the former court house and the former police station were built in 1888 as was the National Bank, at the corner of Walpole and High Streets.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.





5 comments:

  1. I always enjoy seeing your photos. Invariably I wind up longing to visit your fair country... especially in our winter!
    Thanks so much for being a regular visitor to the weekly meme at image-in-ing and for joining us at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/12/smithsonian-art-museum-west.html

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  2. Fascinating structures and great photography!

    Wishing you the love and magic of the season,
    artmusedog and carol

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  3. Would love to see more of this town!
    http://travelingbugwiththreeboys-kelleyn.blogspot.com/2015/12/holiday-corner-view.html

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  4. I used to dread this junction when I first started driving Nick.

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