Kew, Victoria
Encyclopedia
Kew is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara
. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516.
Formerly a city in its own right, Kew City Council, Hawthorn City Council and Camberwell City Council 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.
Kew is one of Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs with a plethora of Victorian
and Art Deco
mansions graced by stunning gardens set back from tree-lined streets, such as Raheen
. This is also reflected in house prices where the price of a home is more than twice the metropolitan Melbourne average. There is abundant parkland in the suburb including Yarra Bend and Studley parks. City of Boroondara
achieves the highest score of all Melbourne municipal areas on the SEIFA index of disadvantage compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
(the lower the score, the more disadvantage).
Prior to the establishment of Melbourne, the area was inhabited by the Wurundjeri
peoples. In the 1840s European settlers named it the Parish of Boroondara—meaning "a place of shade" in the Woiwurrung language.
John Hodgson established a squatters run at Studley Park on the eastern bank of the Yarra River in 1840. Studley House, also known as Burke Hall, built in 1857, was named after Hodgson's birthplace of Studley, Yorkshire, and the house is now on the Register of the National Estate. The house was built in the Victorian Period Italianate Revival style. Modifications were made to the house in 1875 and 1919. The house was also owned by former bookmaker, ALP lobbyist, influential Irish-Catholic and millionaire, John Wren
, and was donated to Xavier College by the land developer T. M. Burke. It illustrates the importance of a residence in indicating success and status in nineteenth and early twentieth century Melbourne society. [Nancy Bird Walton] also lived in this town.
St. Paul's Anglican church, in its section on the history of Kew states:
In 1851, Crown land
sales occurred in the area. One of the purchasers, Nicholas Fenwick, subdivided his land (which was just further out from the center of the colony of Melbourne than the area known as Richmond) and named the region Kew, based on the thought that Kew in England was near Richmond. He also notably named its streets after British statesmen. The area quickly became a sought-after suburb for the well-to-do in Melbourne. Access to Kew was originally via Bridge Road in Richmond, crossing the Hawthorn Bridge
to Burwood Road, until the Johnston Street bridge was built in 1858.
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 Murphys 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 fine 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.
In 1856 a site was reserved for a mental asylum next to the river. By 1871 Kew Lunatic Asylum
, now known as the Willsmere apartments
was completed. The Kew Cottages
for children were added in 1887. The hospital was built despite objections by residents and the borough council and provides an historical example of NIMBY
ism. Kew Cottages and Willsmere Hospital are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Various churches opened in the 1850s, with the first school opened by the Anglican Church in 1856. In 1875, Sacred Heart Primary School was opened. More private schools were opened in 1878, being Ruyton Girls' School
(non-denominational) and Xavier College (Catholic
in Jesuit order). Other private schools soon followed, including Methodist Ladies' College
(Methodist) in 1882, Genazzano FCJ College
in 1889, Trinity Grammar School
(Anglican) in 1903, and Carey Baptist Grammar School
(Baptist
) in 1923. Preshil
, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School was opened in the early 1930s. By 1990, Kew had six government campuses and twenty-eight non-government campuses, the highest concentration of education institutions in the Western world.
A railway branch line to Kew from Hawthorn station
opened on December 19, 1887 and was officially closed on May 13, 1957. Kew was proclaimed a town on 8 December 1910, and a city on 10 March 1921. The population of the area tripled between 1910 and World War II
.
.
Raheen was once the residence of Daniel Mannix
, the former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
and was bequeathed to the Catholic Church by John Wren
.
It was purchased in 1980 by the Australian businessman Richard Pratt
and his family and is not currently open to the public. Pratt extensively renovated the house and gardens, including the addition of a new wing designed by Glen Murcutt.
Kew has grown steadily since the early the Bridge Road crossing development and is now one of the most prestigious suburbs in Melbourne. Town Planners were not constrained by the smaller lot allocations found just to the west over the Yarra and allotments in Kew were developed usually with much greater size and fronted wide, leafy boulevards.
As a consequence, many of these residences now attract some of the highest residential resale values in Melbourne. In many cases, the large allotments have been subsequently redeveloped into townhouses or duplexes and have thus appealed to a newer demographic (primarily dual-income parents with one or more children), keen to be close not only to the Melbourne CBD but also the excellent schooling facilities available nearby.
Streets within the Sackville Ward
(bounded by Barkers, Burke, Cotham and Glenferrie Roads) such as Alfred, Rowland, Wellington, Grange and Sackville have some exceptional examples of Edwardian
, Victorian
and contemporary architecture. There has also been a recent trend towards the development of larger retirement-living complexes aimed principally at downsizing couples wishing to remain in the area. However one negative aspect of this increased living density is that the infrastructure within Kew is becoming taxed and will need continuous government and private-sector investment to operate efficiently.
Nonetheless, Kew has convenient access to public facilities and transport. The 109, 16 and 72 tram routes pass through on three of the above mentioned thoroughfares and the City/Lilydale/Belgrave train line is easily accessed at Hawthorn
and Glenferrie stations. Kew station
and the associated railway branch was last served by passenger trains in 1952, and the station site now the headquarters of VicRoads
.
Kew Football Club plays out of Victoria Park.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara
City of Boroondara
The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation....
. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516.
Formerly a city in its own right, Kew City Council, Hawthorn City Council and Camberwell City Council were amalgamated in 1994 to form the City of Boroondara. The suburb borders the Yarra River
Yarra River
The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...
to the west and north, with Hawthorn
Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...
to its south and Balwyn
Balwyn, Victoria
Balwyn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...
to its east.
Kew is one of Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs with a plethora of Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
and Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
mansions graced by stunning gardens set back from tree-lined streets, such as Raheen
Raheen (estate)
Raheen is an historic 19th-century Italianate mansion located at 92 Studley Park Road in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Kew. It was built in the 1870s, and its name means "little fort" in Gaelic....
. This is also reflected in house prices where the price of a home is more than twice the metropolitan Melbourne average. There is abundant parkland in the suburb including Yarra Bend and Studley parks. City of Boroondara
City of Boroondara
The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation....
achieves the highest score of all Melbourne municipal areas on the SEIFA index of disadvantage compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
(the lower the score, the more disadvantage).
History
Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance, who occupy the Birrarung Valley, its tributaries and the present location of Melbourne, Australia...
peoples. In the 1840s European settlers named it the Parish of Boroondara—meaning "a place of shade" in the Woiwurrung language.
John Hodgson established a squatters run at Studley Park on the eastern bank of the Yarra River in 1840. Studley House, also known as Burke Hall, built in 1857, was named after Hodgson's birthplace of Studley, Yorkshire, and the house is now on the Register of the National Estate. The house was built in the Victorian Period Italianate Revival style. Modifications were made to the house in 1875 and 1919. The house was also owned by former bookmaker, ALP lobbyist, influential Irish-Catholic and millionaire, John Wren
John Wren
John Wren was an Australian businessman. He has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series...
, and was donated to Xavier College by the land developer T. M. Burke. It illustrates the importance of a residence in indicating success and status in nineteenth and early twentieth century Melbourne society. [Nancy Bird Walton] also lived in this town.
St. Paul's Anglican church, in its section on the history of Kew states:
In 1838 the Melbourne Advertiser reported bush-rangers in this area..and they probably outnumbered women. In 1838 Dight travelled down the Yarra from Heidelberg and decided to locate his water-powered mill on a site adjacent to the falls. The impressive 3 story Mill opened in 1840. [2]
In 1851, Crown land
Crown land
In Commonwealth realms, Crown land is an area belonging to the monarch , the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the monarchy and could not be alienated from it....
sales occurred in the area. One of the purchasers, Nicholas Fenwick, subdivided his land (which was just further out from the center of the colony of Melbourne than the area known as Richmond) and named the region Kew, based on the thought that Kew in England was near Richmond. He also notably named its streets after British statesmen. The area quickly became a sought-after suburb for the well-to-do in Melbourne. Access to Kew was originally via Bridge Road in Richmond, crossing the Hawthorn Bridge
Hawthorn Bridge
Hawthorn Bridge crosses the Yarra River five kilometres east of Melbourne connecting Bridge Road and Burwood Road. It was designed by Francis Bell and is the oldest extant bridge over the Yarra River....
to Burwood Road, until the Johnston Street bridge was built in 1858.
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 Murphys 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 fine 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.
In 1856 a site was reserved for a mental asylum next to the river. By 1871 Kew Lunatic Asylum
Kew Asylum
Kew Lunatic Asylum is a decommissioned psychiatric hospital located between Princess Street and Yarra Boulevard in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Operational from 1871 to 1988, Kew was one of the largest asylums ever built in Australia. Later known as Willsmere, the complex of buildings...
, now known as the Willsmere apartments
Willsmere
Willsmere is a landmark building and residential estate located on Wiltshire Drive in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.The complex was constructed between 1864 and 1872 to the design of architects in the Public Works Department namely Frederick Kawerau and GW Vivian.-Architecture:Set on high...
was completed. The Kew Cottages
Kew Cottages
Kew Cottages aka Kew Idiot Asylum, Kew Idiot Ward, Kew Children's Cottages and finally as Kew Residential Services is a decommissioned special development school and residential service located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
for children were added in 1887. The hospital was built despite objections by residents and the borough council and provides an historical example of NIMBY
NIMBY
NIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard". The term is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies...
ism. Kew Cottages and Willsmere Hospital are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Various churches opened in the 1850s, with the first school opened by the Anglican Church in 1856. In 1875, Sacred Heart Primary School was opened. More private schools were opened in 1878, being Ruyton Girls' School
Ruyton Girls' School
Ruyton Girls' School , is a non-denominational, independent, day school for girls, located in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria, Australia....
(non-denominational) and Xavier College (Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
in Jesuit order). Other private schools soon followed, including Methodist Ladies' College
Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne
Methodist Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
(Methodist) in 1882, Genazzano FCJ College
Genazzano FCJ College
Genazzano FCJ College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in 1889, Trinity Grammar School
Trinity Grammar School, Victoria
Trinity Grammar School is an independent Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located across several campuses in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
(Anglican) in 1903, and Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew , Donvale , the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey...
(Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
) in 1923. Preshil
Preshil
Preshil, or The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, Progressive, school located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Founded in the early 1930s by Margaret J. R. Lyttle...
, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School was opened in the early 1930s. By 1990, Kew had six government campuses and twenty-eight non-government campuses, the highest concentration of education institutions in the Western world.
A railway branch line to Kew from Hawthorn station
Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne
Hawthorn is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave, and Alamein lines, at Burwood and Evansdale Roads in the suburb of Hawthorn...
opened on December 19, 1887 and was officially closed on May 13, 1957. Kew was proclaimed a town on 8 December 1910, and a city on 10 March 1921. The population of the area tripled between 1910 and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Raheen
Raheen is an historic 19th-century Italianate mansion located at 92 Studley Park Road. It was built in the 1870s, and its name means "little fort" in GaelicIrish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
.
Raheen was once the residence of Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix was an Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th century Australia....
, the former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Archdiocese of Melbourne
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Erected initially in 1847 as the Diocese of Melbourne, a suffragan diocese of Archdiocese of Sydney, the diocese was elevated in 1874 as an archdiocese of the...
and was bequeathed to the Catholic Church by John Wren
John Wren
John Wren was an Australian businessman. He has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series...
.
It was purchased in 1980 by the Australian businessman Richard Pratt
Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)
Richard J. Pratt was a prominent Australian businessman, chairman of the privately-owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at billion...
and his family and is not currently open to the public. Pratt extensively renovated the house and gardens, including the addition of a new wing designed by Glen Murcutt.
Today
As a consequence, many of these residences now attract some of the highest residential resale values in Melbourne. In many cases, the large allotments have been subsequently redeveloped into townhouses or duplexes and have thus appealed to a newer demographic (primarily dual-income parents with one or more children), keen to be close not only to the Melbourne CBD but also the excellent schooling facilities available nearby.
Streets within the Sackville Ward
Sackville Ward
The Sackville Ward is a large residential precinct in the suburb of Kew in Melbourne, Australia.- Geography :Bounded to the east by Burke Road to the north by Cotham Road and to the south by Barkers Road, its western boundary is technically Glenferrie Road but more often deemed to be east of...
(bounded by Barkers, Burke, Cotham and Glenferrie Roads) such as Alfred, Rowland, Wellington, Grange and Sackville have some exceptional examples of Edwardian
Edwardian architecture
Edwardian architecture is the style popular when King Edward VII of the United Kingdom was in power; he reigned from 1901 to 1910, but the architecture style is generally considered to be indicative of the years 1901 to 1914....
, Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
and contemporary architecture. There has also been a recent trend towards the development of larger retirement-living complexes aimed principally at downsizing couples wishing to remain in the area. However one negative aspect of this increased living density is that the infrastructure within Kew is becoming taxed and will need continuous government and private-sector investment to operate efficiently.
Nonetheless, Kew has convenient access to public facilities and transport. The 109, 16 and 72 tram routes pass through on three of the above mentioned thoroughfares and the City/Lilydale/Belgrave train line is easily accessed at Hawthorn
Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne
Hawthorn is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave, and Alamein lines, at Burwood and Evansdale Roads in the suburb of Hawthorn...
and Glenferrie stations. Kew station
Kew railway station, Melbourne
Kew railway station was the terminus of the Kew railway line, Australia. It was opened on 19 December 1887. The line ceased operations in August 1952, but the line and station were officially closed on 13 May 1957 and subsequently demolished. The headquarters of VicRoads now stands on the site....
and the associated railway branch was last served by passenger trains in 1952, and the station site now the headquarters of VicRoads
VicRoads
VicRoads or the Roads Corporation of Victoria is a statutory corporation which is the state road and traffic authority in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for maintenance and construction of the state arterial road network, as well as driver licensing and vehicle registration. ...
.
Education
- Carey Baptist Grammar SchoolCarey Baptist Grammar SchoolCarey Baptist Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew , Donvale , the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey...
- Methodist Ladies' CollegeMethodist Ladies' College, MelbourneMethodist Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
- Xavier CollegeXavier CollegeXavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
- Genazzano FCJ CollegeGenazzano FCJ CollegeGenazzano FCJ College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
- Trinity Grammar SchoolTrinity Grammar SchoolTrinity Grammar School may refer to either:* Trinity Grammar School located in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria* Trinity Grammar School located in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill, New South Wales...
- Ruyton Girls' SchoolRuyton Girls' SchoolRuyton Girls' School , is a non-denominational, independent, day school for girls, located in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria, Australia....
Sport
Golfers play at the course of the Kew Golf Club on Belford Road in Kew East or at the Studley Park Par 3 Golf Course on Studley Park Road.Kew Football Club plays out of Victoria Park.
Transport
Tram- 16Melbourne tram route 16Tram route 16 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Kew in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, St Kilda, Balaclava, Malvern, and Kew...
Kew - St Kilda Beach - Melbourne University (via City and St Kilda) - 24Melbourne tram route 24Tram route 24 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which runs from La Trobe Street in the city centre, to North Balwyn. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it falls within Metcard ticketing Zone 1....
North Balwyn - City (via La Trobe Street) - 27 City - Kew Tram Depot (via La Trobe Street)
- 42 Box Hill - City (Collins Street West)
- 47 Port Melbourne - Kew Tram Depot (Barkers Road)
- 48Melbourne tram route 48Tram route 48 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from Victoria Harbour, Docklands to North Balwyn via Collins Street, Spring Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road...
North Balwyn (Doncaster Road / Balwyn Road) - City (Docklands) - 72Melbourne tram route 72Tram route 72 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Camberwell in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, South Yarra, Toorak, Malvern, Glen Iris, and Camberwell...
Camberwell (Burke Road / Cotham Road) - Melbourne University - 108 Box Hill - Southbank Tram Depot (Normanby Road)
- 109Melbourne tram route 109Tram route 109 or simply The 109 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs between a terminus in Box Hill and a terminus near Station Pier in Port Melbourne...
Box Hill - Port Melbourne (via Collins Street)
Notable people
- Michael KlingerMichael KlingerMichael Klinger is a first-class cricketer with the South Australia Redbacks. His nickname is "Maxy", after the M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger....
, cricketer - Gough WhitlamGough WhitlamEdward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the...
, 21st Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
. - Graham KinniburghGraham KinniburghGraham 'The Munster' Allen Kinniburgh was an Australian organised crime figure from Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia...
, Australian Organised crime figure.