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30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES
383-407 HIGH STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES
383-407 HIGH STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The properties at 30 and 32 Derby Street and their associated domestic buildings are of significanceHow is it significant?
The site is historically and archaeologically significantShow more
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30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES - History
Surveyor Robert Hoddle undertook a survey of the Kew area in 1837 and divided 1,400 acres (Parish of Boroondara) into 150 blocks. These allotments were to encourage small farms and market gardening to supply the increasing size of Melbourne. One of these blocks, which included 30 and 32 Derby Street, was owned by Nicholas Fenwick, as indicated on the 1850’s Boroondara Parish plans. By 1877 Derby Street is evident on the Sands and McDougall directory plan.
Residential development mainly occurred in 1860s and 70s on a small scale, and in the 1880s Melbourne’s land boom helped establish Kew’s residential street plan. In 1903 Kew became a favourite place for merchants and upper trades men to live. The residential properties at No. 30 and 32 Derby Street were first depicted on the 1904 Melbourne Metro Board of Water (MMBW) plan. The Sands and McDougall records indicated a high turnover of residents, and the continued occupation of these properties remained until at least 1970, where No. 30 was then subsequently demolished. No. 32 was removed in 2002.
The surrounding areas to the south and east of the properties were developed in 1925 as the location for the new public swimming pool in Kew. Discussions for the baths were continuously debated since 1864 over matters concerning public health, safety and decency. The continued threat of the presence of naked men bathing along the Yarra, along with the loss of many young lives, prompted the eventual Tenders for the baths to be erected in January 1925 and accepted in February 1925. The baths were built and opened on the 18 November. Since then, the pools have been demolished and undergone continued redevelopment as the Kew Recreation Centre.30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES - Interpretation of Site
The site presents historical archaeological remains of residential occupation and late-19th through early 20th century living in Melbourne within the suburb of Kew, and reflective of life within surrounding townships of Camberwell, Abbotsford and Ivanhoe.
Heritage Inventory Description
30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES - Heritage Inventory Description
The site comprises of two red brick-lined wells dated to 1904. One could be identified on the MMBW plan within property at No. 30 Derby Street and another at No. 32 Derby Street, Kew. The properties were subsequently demolished during the later part of the 20th century. Several other archaeological remains were were identified within No. 32 Derby Street. A series of post-holes located at the north-western extent of the well, in an east-west alignment, as well as the remains of a rubbed-out wall. The remnant wall was approximately 15 m to the east of the well and indicated the potential presence of a boundary wall between properties at No.30 and 32 Derby Street.
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