The Kew Historical Society’s collection includes an historically significant series of mayoral photographs covering the period 1863 to 1971. Many of the mayors in the collection were figures of statewide or national significance. In a number of cases, the portrait is the only known photograph in public collections.
The Kew Historical Society’s researchers have been working to develop profiles of each of these mayors. You can read about a mayor by selecting from the list below.
| Mayoral term | Family name | Title | |
| 1861-62 | George WHARTON | Chairman | Municipality of Kew |
| 1862-63 | John HALFEY | Chairman | Municipality of Kew |
| 1863 | George LEWIS | Chairman | Municipality/Borough of Kew |
| 1863-64 | John CARSON | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1864-65 | William DERRICK | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1865-66 | William STEVENSON | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1866-67 | Francis BARNARD | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1867-68 | Charles Ferdinand BRADLY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1868-69 | Herbert James HENTY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1869-70 | Robert Morgan YOUNG | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1870 | George Yeo FISHLEY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1870-71 | William Henry WRIXON | ||
| 1871-72 | Samuel KELLETT | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1872-73 | John MARSHALL | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1873-74 | Henry HEDDERWICK | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1874-75 | Henry HEDDERWICK | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1875-76 | Archibald SMART | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1876-77 | Henry Francis PHIPPS | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1877-78 | Henry William DE MOLE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1878-79 | Duncan Robert MCGREGOR | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1879-80 | Duncan Robert MCGREGOR | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1880-81 | William James RUNTING | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1881-82 | William James RUNTING | ||
| 1882-83 | Henry William DE MOLE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1883-84 | Francis BARNARD | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1884-85 | Francis BARNARD | ||
| 1885-86 | Henry GRAY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1886-87 | Edward A. ATKYNS | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1887-88 | George William LILLEY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1888-89 | [Sir] Henry De Castres KELLETT | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1889-90 | James Maitland CAMPBELL | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1890-91 | James Maitland CAMPBELL | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1891-92 | Henry Alfred DERHAM | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1891-92 | Edward A. ATKYNS | ||
| 1892-93 | James Maitland CAMPBELL | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1893-94 | Job SMITH | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1894-95 | William Hamilton WILSON | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1895-96 | Charles GARDNER | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1896-97 | Arthur WILLS | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1897-98 | Alfred William DAY | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1898-99 | Thomas GREENHILL | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1899-00 | John William Ross CLEMENTS | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1900-01 | Lancelot Herbert USSHER | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1901-02 | William Charles ASHTON | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1902-03 | Stanley Seymour ARGYLE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1903-04 | Stanley Seymour ARGYLE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1904-05 | James Kerr MERRITT | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1905-06 | Thomas George JELLIS | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1906-07 | William WISHART | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1907-08 | [William] Warren KERR | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1908-09 | [Jabez] Lewis CARNEGIE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1909-10 | Walter George HISCOCK | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1910-11 | John Falding MCCRAE | Mayor | Borough of Kew |
| 1911-12 | Walter George HISCOCK | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1912-13 | John Simpson WEIR | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1913-14 | William Robert RUCKER | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1914-15 | Frederick Richard RATTEN | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1915-16 | Frederick Richard RATTEN | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1916-17 | Edwin Percy WYNNE | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1917-18 | Edwin Percy WYNNE | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1918-19 | H. W. TOMPKINS | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1919-20 | H. W. TOMPKINS | Mayor | Town of Kew |
| 1920-21 | F. G. A. BARNARD | Mayor | Town/City of Kew |
| 1921-22 | H. COLEMAN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1922-23 | J. H. WOOLCOCK | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1923-24 | J. H. WOOLCOCK | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1924-25 | [Jabez] Lewis CARNEGIE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1925-26 | G. RAMSAY | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1926-27 | G. H. COLE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1927-28 | Alan J. MCCONCHIE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1928-29 | Percy Clifton EDWARDS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1929-30 | H. COLEMAN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1930-31 | J. R. MATHERS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1931-32 | C. S. PARRY | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1932-33 | Frank Kenworthy WHITE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1933-34 | A. G. GUTTERIDGE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1934-35 | [Jabez] Lewis CARNEGIE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1935-36 | H. A. A. WARNER | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1936-37 | J. L. MORGAN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1937-38 | W. D. VAUGHAN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1938-39 | J. T. GAZZARD | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1939-40 | Henry Francis MOGG | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1940-41 | Walter John PRICE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1941-42 | George Frederick PEDERSEN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1942-43 | Herbert Edward BREHAUT | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1943-44 | David Samuel Moore NORRIS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1944-45 | Francis Charles SANDS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1945-46 | Alan J. MCCONCHIE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1945-46 | Frank Kenworthy WHITE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1946-47 | William Henry Schorey DICKINSON | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1947-48 | W. D. VAUGHAN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1948-49 | Walter John HAMBLY | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1949-50 | Frederick William DODS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1950-51 | Victor Mason LUKE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1951-52 | Colin Hamilton SIMPSON | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1952-53 | Walter Edwin Richard d’Eguille HOPE | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1953-54 | Albert Samuel George STEVENS | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1954-55 | Marie Minnie DALLEY O.B.E | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1955-56 | Cyril Justin MCCARTHY | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1956-57 | William Austin COMEADOW O.B.E | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1957-58 | Joseph Thomas GAZZARD | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1958-59 | Francis Edmund O’BRIEN | Mayor | City of Kew |
| 1959-60 | Hugh George FERGUSON | Mayor | City of Kew |
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