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[[City of Kew|A city in its own right]] from 1860 to 1994, Kew was amalgamated with the cities of [[City of Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] and [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell]] to form the City of Boroondara. The suburb borders the [[Yarra River]] to the west and northwest, with [[Kew East, Victoria|Kew East]] to the northeast, [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]] and [[Hawthorn East, Victoria|Hawthorn East]] to its south, and with [[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]], [[Balwyn North, Victoria|Balwyn North]] and [[Deepdene, Victoria|Deepdene]] to the east.

==Notable people==

[[File:Michael Klinger.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Michael Klinger]]]]

* [[Cecil Austen]] – footballer

* [[Jack Billings]] – AFL footballer

* [[Peter Curran (footballer)|Peter Curran]] – footballer

* [[Robert DiPierdomenico]] – footballer

* [[Jack Gervasoni]] – footballer and Mayor of Kew

* [[Rupert Hamer]] – Premier of Victoria

* [[Murders of Terrence and Christine Hodson|Terrence Hodson]] – Murdered Police Informant and Drug Dealer

* [[Walter Reginald Hume]] – businessman and inventor

* [[Brian V. Johnstone]] – [[Theology|theologian]]

* [[Peter MacCallum]] – pathologist

* [[Jack Macrae]] – AFL footballer

* [[Glenn Maxwell]] – cricketer

* [[Clement Roy Nichols]] – Scouting

* [[Gustav Nossal]] – scientist and [[Australian of the Year]]

* [[Wendy Smith (politician)]] – politician

* [[Ross Stevenson (radio presenter)|Ross Stevenson]] – 3AW radio presenter

* [[Gough Whitlam]] – 21st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] born at [[Gough Whitlam's birthplace|'Ngara' 46 Rowland St.]]

* [[John Wren]] – businessman

 

==See also==