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Raheen, Kew

Raheen is a heritage-listed Italianate mansion located at 94 Studley Park Road in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Raheen, Kew
Raheen, Kew · Commander Keane
The place

Raheen is a heritage-listed Italianate mansion located at 94 Studley Park Road in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria, Australia. Built in the 1870s, its name means "little fort" in Irish. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on 14 July 1982, Raheen is owned by members of the Pratt family and is the principal Australian residence of Anthony Pratt.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Raheen, Kew

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Melbourne Cricket Ground

    The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yarra Park in the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The stadium primarily hosts Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of multiple teams in the Australian Football League, as well as the Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and the Victorian cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.

    3.3 km · Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Royal Exhibition Building

    The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. The building sits on approximately 26 hectares, is 150 metres long and is surrounded by four city streets.

    4 km · heritage building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

    Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is a stadium located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne. It is primarily used for soccer, and rugby league as the home ground of the Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC in the A-League men's and women's competitions and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.

    3.6 km · association football stadium in Melbourne · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Rod Laver Arena

    Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year.

    3.8 km · tennis stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Swinburne University of Technology

    The Swinburne University of Technology is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. It is the modern descendant of the Eastern Suburbs Technical College established in 1908, renamed Swinburne Technical College in 1913 after its co-founders George and Ethel Swinburne.

    2.6 km · university in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Patrick's Cathedral

    The Cathedral Basílica of Saint Patrick is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne and the seat of its archbishop, currently Peter Comensoli.

    3.6 km · cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Melbourne Museum

    The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue.

    4 km · museum in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    John Cain Arena

    John Cain Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located within Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the second-largest venue and show court for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam professional tennis tournament held each calendar year.

    3.6 km · stadium in Melbourne Park, Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cooks' Cottage

    Cooks' Cottage, also known as Captain Cook's Cottage, is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook.

    3.5 km · cottage museum in Melbourne · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Parliament House

    Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Victoria, one of the eight parliaments of the Australian states and territories. Located on Spring Street on the edge of the Hoddle Grid, the grand colonnaded front dominates the vista up Bourke Street.

    3.9 km · house of parliament for the State of Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Raheen, Kew

Airports
Melbourne (MEL), 22 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 55 km
Stations
Parliament, 3.9 km · Auburn, 3.2 km · Burnley, 2.6 km · East Richmond, 2.9 km · Jolimont, 3.2 km
  • Geelong/Melbourne → Raheen, Kew
    4 km · quickest by road, 16 min · A$0.5–1
  • Hobart (Cambridge) → Raheen, Kew
    598 km · quickest by air, 4h 48m · A$200–310
  • Adelaide → Raheen, Kew
    657 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$220–330
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Raheen, Kew. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Melbourne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Raheen, Kew

Raheen, Kew is 5 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Fitzroysuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.3 km
  • Kewsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1.7 km
  • Richmondsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.6 km
  • Tooraksuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4 km
  • Collingwoodsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.6 km
  • Clifton Hillsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.4 km