City of Kew Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Location in Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
Population | 28,900 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 1,985/km2 (5,141/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1860 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 14.56 km2 (5.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Kew | ||||||||||||||
Region | Eastern Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
County | Bourke | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Kew was a local government area about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 14.56 square kilometres (5.62 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.