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.

It covered an area of 14.56 square kilometres (5.62 sq mi) and existed from 1860 until 1994.

[2] In 1965, Prime Minister Robert Menzies attended the inauguration of a new synagogue in Kew, where he laid the foundation stone.

Notably, two months later, in October, the synagogue was targeted with antisemitic vandalism.

The City of Kew was divided into four wards on 27 August 1955, each electing three councillors: The council area covered the suburbs of Kew and Kew East and was bounded by the Yarra River to the north and west, Barkers Road to the south, and Burke Road to the east.