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===1860 secessions===

====Hawthorn====

====Kew====

Following the separation of Hawthorn from the Boroondara Road District, residents of Kew began to agitate for their area to do the same. A petition was prepared throughout June and formally presented to the Governor of Victoria on 16 July 1860.<ref>The Argus. ''Gazette''. 18 July 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5686327, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>

The proposal was initially opposed by the Board of Land and Works when the delegation from Kew was first received on 28 September 1860. The Board did not believe in the efficiency or effectiveness of small road districts and did not wish for Kew to be constituted over such a small geographic area.<ref>The Argus. ''Deputations to the Board of Land and Works''. 29 September 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5690651, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>

A fortnight later, a second delegation visited the Board and asked for a decision to be made. The representative from Kew stated that although they had "no quarrel" with the way in which the Boroondara District was being managed, the division in half of Boroondara by the secession of Hawthorn made administration of Kew from Camberwell very difficult. Despite the delegates' best efforts, the president of the Board of Land and Works reiterated the earlier statements. However, he suggested that Kew be incorporated into the new Hawthorn municipality or subsumed by the Bulleen Road Board, with Camberwell then forming part the Nunawading Road Board instead. The Kew delegate indicated his approval of such a plan.<ref>The Argus. ''Friday 12 October''. 12 October 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5691450/200960, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>

Kew was formally declared a separate municipality on 18 December 1860.<ref>The Argus. ''Gazette''. 20 December 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5695316, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>

== Governance ==

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 ===1860 secessions===
+====Hawthorn====
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+Following the separation of Hawthorn from the Boroondara Road District, residents of Kew began to agitate for their area to do the same. A petition was prepared throughout June and formally presented to the Governor of Victoria on 16 July 1860.<ref>The Argus. ''Gazette''. 18 July 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5686327, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>
+The proposal was initially opposed by the Board of Land and Works when the delegation from Kew was first received on 28 September 1860. The Board did not believe in the efficiency or effectiveness of small road districts and did not wish for Kew to be constituted over such a small geographic area.<ref>The Argus. ''Deputations to the Board of Land and Works''. 29 September 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5690651, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>
+A fortnight later, a second delegation visited the Board and asked for a decision to be made. The representative from Kew stated that although they had "no quarrel" with the way in which the Boroondara District was being managed, the division in half of Boroondara by the secession of Hawthorn made administration of Kew from Camberwell very difficult. Despite the delegates' best efforts, the president of the Board of Land and Works reiterated the earlier statements. However, he suggested that Kew be incorporated into the new Hawthorn municipality or subsumed by the Bulleen Road Board, with Camberwell then forming part the Nunawading Road Board instead. The Kew delegate indicated his approval of such a plan.<ref>The Argus. ''Friday 12 October''. 12 October 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5691450/200960, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>
+Kew was formally declared a separate municipality on 18 December 1860.<ref>The Argus. ''Gazette''. 20 December 1860. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5695316, accessed: 5 October 2017</ref>
 == Governance ==