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1976 to 2008 - Families
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Annual Fete
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Parent, Bill Westgarth, making fairy floss
Courtesy of Bill Westgarth, private collection.
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Kew Cottages signpost for its Annual Fete
Courtesy of Kew Residential Services, Department of Human Services, Victoria.
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Zig and Zag at the Kew Fete
Courtesy of Kew Residential Services, Department of Human Services, Victoria.
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The ‘train’ used by resident, Patrick Reed, to take the kids around on Fete Day
Courtesy of Kew Cottages Historical Society.
Taking Supreme Court Action 1995
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Louise Godwin & Catherine Wade, Kew Cottages Parents' Association: The First Fifty Years
Melbourne, Kew Cottages Parents' Association Inc, 2007, pages 17-18. Reproduced with permission of the Kew Cottages Parents' Association.
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Staff and Residents at Kew Cottages, circa 1970s
Courtesy of Kew Residential Services, Department of Human Services, Victoria.
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Hilda Logan and her son Andrew at Kew Cottages
Courtesy of Hilda Logan, private collection.
Moving away from Kew
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The Kew Cottages Redevelopment - Where do we stand?
Insert to Kew Cottages Parents' Association Newsletter, May 2005.
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Letter: Rosalie Trower to Helen Davies, 23 September 1987
Courtesy of Rosalie Trower, private collection.
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A submission to the Minister for Youth and Community Services around the ‘Villa Housing Proposal’
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