The landscape within Kew, Boroondara and Victoria has evolved through natural progress and human intervention. This transformation has been documented from European settlement, exploration and occupation.
'The Interpreted Landscape' explores the history of Kew through the eyes of cartographers, artists and photographers, working between 1830 and 1950. These representations of the local landscape have since been used and interpreted for various purposes. This exhibition features works from the Kew Historical Society Collection, including rare and historically significant maps, original oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and a series of silver albumen photographs.
The Kew Historical Society is one of Melbourne's oldest suburb-based historical societies. Formed in 1958, the Society works with organisations in Kew and Boroondara to profile and generate interest in our local history and heritage.
![Framed artwork of a landscape with trees and hills](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/1.%20George%20Bouchier%20Richardson%20Old%20Creek%20-%201200%20x%20675_0.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=bqgE_sU7)
![Framed painting of a river with trees on either side](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/2.%20Herbert%20Jmes%20Woodhouse%20River%20Yarra%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=KGRSTERc)
![Painting of a landscape with a path surrounded by bushes and greenery](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/3.%20Caroline%20Ethel%20B%20Bell%20Entrance%20to%20Cemetery%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=_r8COxa9)
![Framed painting of a landscape showing a house overlooking fields and trees](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/4.%20Anonymous%20Panoramic%20View%20Park%20Street%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=da46Vj2F)
![Framed painting of a landscape with houses surrounded by fields and trees](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/5.%20W%20Nicholls%20Anderson%20Adeney%20Ave%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=lb-qc8Si)
![Framed painting of a green landscape of fields which borders on the start of a city](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/6.%20V.%20Maloney%20Abbotsford%20and%20Studley%20Park%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=o_3svSzb)
![Map showing the Melbourne area before it was founded in 1837 with open area alongside the river other than a few yellow squares showing buildings or huts](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/7.%20Robert%20Russell%20Site%20of%20Melbourne%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=2Wdb3YSa)
![Map showing Kew in 1875 with the river bordering the suburb and main roads marked](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/8.%20Jesse%20Dannock%20Back%20to%20Kew%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=D8KX7lf0)
![Map showing Kew in 1910 with the river bordering the suburb, main roads, and residential areas](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/9.%20Town%20of%20Kew%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=Qqud9KQj)
![Map of Heidelberg and Kew showing the Yarra River between the two suburbs which were unpopulated areas](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/10.%20Melbourne%20and%20Metropolitan%20Board%20of%20Works%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=XftIZMlG)
![Map showing Kew and Collingwood areas alongside the Yarra River in 1925 with road and unoccupied areas marked](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/11.%20River%20Yarra%20Veautificaiotion%20Schemes%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=qQcy49ER)
![Map of Kew in 1904 showing an area with 4 main roads and large buildings marked](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/12.%20Borough%20of%20Kew%20Detail%20plan%201582%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=99ejyg3P)
![Photo of a flowing river with overhanging trees](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/13.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Yarra%20River%20at%20Kew%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=qPqeE-Lj)
![Photo of a landscape with some open fields alongside a populated area with buildings](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/14.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Kew%20Asylum%201927%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=Zb2eY5eY)
![Photo of a still river framed by trees and a building on a hill in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/15.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Raheen%201925%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=I3fP2T-5)
![Old and worn photo of pipes bridged across a river](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/16.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Pipe%20Bridge%201926%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=k4GLw1Sn)
![Photo of a river with a low waterfall spanning the width and trees surrounding](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/17.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Dight%26%23039%3Bs%20Falls%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?itok=xrdniJBE)
![Photo of a bridge spanning a wide river](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/18.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Yarra%20River%20Zig%20Zag%20Bridge%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=DUj_bk22)
![Photo of a broken wooden bridge high over a river](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/19.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Dedstruction%20of%20Zig%20Zag%20Bridge%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=5pKn-nlW)
![Photo looking down on a river and landscape from a hill industrial buildings on the skyline](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/20.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Yarra%20River%20Abbotsford%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=wUlj_EiY)
![Photo of a docking area on a river with a person rowing a boat and people sitting by the river](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/21.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Macaulays%20Boat%20Sheds%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=NdQWXrk6)
![Photo of two people in a canoe on water with people on the riverbank watching in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-04/22.%20Henry%20Beater%20Christian%20Kew%20Canoe%20Carnival%20-%201200%20x%20675.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=TFMiAi3L)