Malvern, Victoria
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Malvern is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington
. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.
John Gardiner was one of its first settlers. A small hamlet known as "Gardiners Creek" (1851 Melbourne Postal Directory) was settled but it diminished with the gold rush. The nearby creek was also named Gardiners Creek. Gardiners Creek Road (now Toorak Road) ran from South Yarra, east to the junction of Gardiners Creek and onto the Gardiner Homestead which is now the site of Scotch College.
In the 1860s the Gardiners Creek Roads Board was the forerunner of the Gardiners Creek Shire that then became Malvern Council.
Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on Glenferrie Road
near Malvern Road. In 1892 this was renamed Malvern North, when a new Malvern office on Glenferrie Road near Wattletree Road replaced the Malvern Railway Station office.
The then shire hall (later town hall) was built in 1886 on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street and later extended.
Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust ran their first car out of Malvern depot on 30 May 1910.
attractions are Malvern Central and Glenferrie Road
, home to a wide variety of restaurants.
There are several beautiful Victorian parks and gardens in Malvern, including Malvern Gardens in Spring Road.
The Stonnington City Centre (formerly Malvern Town Hall), in Second Empire style, is now the corporate headquarters for the City of Stonnington.
Significant heritage buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
include Stonington mansion
(1890), Malvern tram depot, The former ES&A Bank (on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street) and the Malvern Railway station.
Other significant buildings include St Joseph's Parish Church, several large mansions in the area, Valentine's Mansion (now Caulfield Grammar School
- Malvern Campus), De La Salle College, Malvern tower building and Central Park Conservatory.
s for the various routes which service Malvern.
Malvern Station is a busy station on the Frankston, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. In addition, Tooronga Station also services the northern section of the suburb on the Glen Waverley line.
, once Australia's largest and most well-known bicycle manufacturer.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington
City of Stonnington
The City of Stonnington is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner south-eastern suburbs, between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD...
. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.
History
The area of Malvern was first settled in 1835.John Gardiner was one of its first settlers. A small hamlet known as "Gardiners Creek" (1851 Melbourne Postal Directory) was settled but it diminished with the gold rush. The nearby creek was also named Gardiners Creek. Gardiners Creek Road (now Toorak Road) ran from South Yarra, east to the junction of Gardiners Creek and onto the Gardiner Homestead which is now the site of Scotch College.
In the 1860s the Gardiners Creek Roads Board was the forerunner of the Gardiners Creek Shire that then became Malvern Council.
Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on Glenferrie Road
Glenferrie Road, Melbourne
Glenferrie Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia.It runs from Kew to Malvern, and includes major shopping districts at both Hawthorn and Malvern.Tram route 16 runs along the entire length of Glenferrie Road...
near Malvern Road. In 1892 this was renamed Malvern North, when a new Malvern office on Glenferrie Road near Wattletree Road replaced the Malvern Railway Station office.
The then shire hall (later town hall) was built in 1886 on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street and later extended.
Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust ran their first car out of Malvern depot on 30 May 1910.
Attractions
Its main shoppingShopping
Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with the intent to purchase at that time. Shopping is an activity of selection and/or purchase. In some contexts it is considered a leisure activity as well as an economic one....
attractions are Malvern Central and Glenferrie Road
Glenferrie Road, Melbourne
Glenferrie Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia.It runs from Kew to Malvern, and includes major shopping districts at both Hawthorn and Malvern.Tram route 16 runs along the entire length of Glenferrie Road...
, home to a wide variety of restaurants.
There are several beautiful Victorian parks and gardens in Malvern, including Malvern Gardens in Spring Road.
The Stonnington City Centre (formerly Malvern Town Hall), in Second Empire style, is now the corporate headquarters for the City of Stonnington.
Significant heritage buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria, Australia. It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 1995 which establishes Heritage Victoria as the permit authority...
include Stonington mansion
Stonington mansion
Stonington is a private residence and former Australian Government House located in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern, at 336 Glenferrie Road. The house was built for John Wagner, a partner in Cobb and Co coaches...
(1890), Malvern tram depot, The former ES&A Bank (on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street) and the Malvern Railway station.
Other significant buildings include St Joseph's Parish Church, several large mansions in the area, Valentine's Mansion (now Caulfield Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...
- Malvern Campus), De La Salle College, Malvern tower building and Central Park Conservatory.
Transport
Malvern tram depot, located on Glenferrie Road, provides tramTram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
s for the various routes which service Malvern.
Malvern Station is a busy station on the Frankston, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. In addition, Tooronga Station also services the northern section of the suburb on the Glen Waverley line.
Schools
- De La Salle College, Malvern
- Caulfield Grammar SchoolCaulfield Grammar SchoolCaulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...
(Malvern Campus) - St Joseph's Primary School
- Malvern Central School
Notable citizens
- Robert DoyleRobert DoyleRobert Keith Bennett Doyle is an Australian politician and the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008...
, the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the former Member for MalvernElectoral district of Malvern-External links:*...
and former Leader of the Opposition in the Victorian Legislative AssemblyVictorian Legislative AssemblyThe Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:... - Colin EgarColin EgarColin John "Col" Egar was an Australian Test cricket umpire.Born in Malvern, South Australia, Egar umpired 29 Test matches between 1960 and 1969.- First-class debut :...
, Australian Test cricket match umpire was born in Malvern in 1928 - Harold HoltHarold HoltHarold Edward Holt, CH was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia.His term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned.Holt spent 32 years...
, politician and the 17th Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
from 1966 - 1967 is commemorated by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
complex in Malvern - John LandyJohn LandyJohn Michael Landy, AC, CVO, MBE is an Australian former Olympic track athlete. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run, and he held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race...
, former track athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
and the 26th GovernorGovernors of VictoriaThe Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level...
of VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia attended school at Malvern Memorial Grammar SchoolCaulfield Grammar SchoolCaulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later... - Hubert OppermanHubert OppermanSir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE , referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim....
, Australian cyclist and politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, who was once employed by Malvern Star Cycles, a tiny cycle shop in Malvern - Bruce SmallBruce SmallSir Andrew Bruce Small was an Australian businessman and politician. In Melbourne, he developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia, then retired to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he developed property, and as Mayor of the Gold Coast, promoted the area to Australia and the...
, successful businessman, who developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia - Lindsay ThompsonLindsay ThompsonLindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG , Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982...
, politician who was PremierPremiers of the Australian statesThe Premiers of the Australian states are the de facto heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. They perform the same function at the state level as the Prime Minister of Australia performs at the national level. The territory equivalents to the...
of the state of VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
from 1981 to 1982 and the Member for MalvernElectoral district of Malvern-External links:*... - Sir Robert MenziesRobert MenziesSir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....
, Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
lived in Haverbrack Avenue, Malvern, and has been commemorated in the naming of the Robert Menzies Reserve, bounded by Elizabeth Street, Henderson Avenue and Toorak Road, in Malvern - Hollywood Actor Jesse SpencerJesse SpencerJesse Gordon Spencer is an Australian actor and musician. He is best known for his current portrayal of Dr. Robert Chase on the medical drama House and for playing Billy Kennedy in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours....
, late of Neighbours, now of 'House' fame, attended Malvern Central School in the 1980s1980sFile:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in... - Stephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...
, actor and singer - Gertrude JohnsonGertrude JohnsonGertrude Emily Johnson OBE was an Australian coloratura soprano and founder of the National Theatre in Melbourne.- Early life :...
, sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
and founder of the National TheatreNational Theatre, MelbourneThe National Theatre is a 783 seat Australian theatre and theatrical arts school located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda, on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets...
died in Malvern in 1973 - Australian Rules (VFL) Football Champion player and coach Tommy 'T-Shirt' Hafey Tom HafeyTom HafeyThomas Stanley Raymond Hafey is a former Australian rules football Victorian Football League player and coach. Hafey played for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coached four clubs—Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney—between 1966 and 1988, leading teams to a total of four premierships...
attended Lloyd Street Central School (now Lloyd Street Primary), East Malvern - John Mark DaviesJohn Mark DaviesSir John Mark Davies KCMG was an English-born Australian politician.Born in Halstead, England in 1840, Davies was the fifth eldest of the six boys and six girls of Ebenezer Davies and Ruth Bartlett. Two of the younger boys were educated at Geelong Grammar School...
, President of the Victorian Legislative CouncilVictorian Legislative CouncilThe Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
1910-1919 and original owner of Malvern House (Valentines) - Former AFL Collingwood footballer Rupert BetherasRupert BetherasRupert James Betheras is an Australian rules footballer formerly playing in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
grew up in East Malvern and attended Lloyd Street Central School (now Lloyd Street Primary), East Malvern, and De La Salle College MalvernDe La Salle College MalvernDe La Salle College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. The College was founded in 1912 by the De La Salle Brothers, a religious order based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges.... - Jason DonovanJason DonovanJason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
, was born in Malvern
Malvern Star
Malvern is the original home of Malvern StarMalvern Star
Malvern Star is a manufacturer of bicycles, located in Melbourne, Australia. It began in 1902, and went on to become a household name in Australia.-History:Malvern Star opened in a small shop at 58 Glenferrie Rd, in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern in 1902...
, once Australia's largest and most well-known bicycle manufacturer.