Garden City is a residential area of Melbourne located in the most westerly part of Port Melbourne, 5km south-west of the Melbourne CBD, generally bounded by what is now Williamstown Road, Howe Parade, and Walter Street. It was the first housing estate created by a public authority in Victoria, developed in stages by the State Bank of Victoria between 1…Garden City is a residential area of Melbourne located in the most westerly part of Port Melbourne, 5km south-west of the Melbourne CBD, generally bounded by what is now Williamstown Road, Howe Parade, and Walter Street. It was the first housing estate created by a public authority in Victoria, developed in stages by the State Bank of Victoria between 1926 and 1948.