30 AND 32 DERBY STREET, KEW RESIDENCES
Location
383-407 HIGH STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
Level
Heritage Inventory Site
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The properties at 30 and 32 Derby Street and their associated domestic buildings are of significance
How is it significant?
The site is historically and archaeologically significant
Why is it significant
The site is of historical significance as it provides evidence of typical early residential occupation within the suburbs of Kew. It also forms part of the historical growth and development of Kew.
Both wells potentially contain archaeological deposits relating to domestic life and site occupation in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. They could also provide further understanding about the construction processes applied to the building of wells, water and sewerage management during the development and growth of suburbs in early Melbourne. The post-holes adjacent to well at No. 32 potentially pre-date the well and could therefore provide earlier evidence of its occupation and land use.
The archaeological evidence that could be obtained from the site would have the potential to add to the overall understanding of the local social, economic, and commercial development of Kew and its surrounding area from post-European contact onwards.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House
