South Yarra, Victoria
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South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington
and Melbourne
. At the 2006 Census, South Yarra had a population of 17,992.
The area east of Punt Road is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington
and the area to the west is in the City of Melbourne
.
The main shopping region of South Yarra runs along Toorak Road and Chapel Street. Trade along these two arteries are focused on trendy shopping, restaurants, nightclubs and cafe culture. The area of South Yarra centred along Commercial Road is one of Melbourne's gay village
s.
South Yarra is also home to some of Melbourne's most prestigious residential addresses. Residential land price records (per square metre) have been set by properties in Domain Road, Walsh Street and Fairlie Court.
tribe of the Kulin
aboriginal
nation.
The area was settled by European settlers in the 1830s around the time of the establishment of Melbourne. During the 1840s, it became popular with wealthy citizens of Melbourne as a suburban retreat from the town. Several large houses were built and, together with neighbouring Toorak
, it maintained its upper-class reputation into the post-Second World War period. South Yarra Post Office was open briefly in 1854, then reopened on 21 June 1858.
During the 1920s and 1930s, many of the large gardens of the older mansions were subdivided and blocks of flats became a feature of the area. From the 1930s, the area around Park Street, where large numbers of flats had been built, became a popular neighbourhood for middle-class homosexuals; at that time an illegal subculture in the state of Victoria
.
The building of apartment buildings, particularly around South Yarra railway station continued into the 1960s and 1970s and today South Yarra is one of the most densely populated suburbs in Melbourne.
On October 12, 1988, police officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre
were murdered in Walsh Street
, South Yarra .
On July 8, 2002, the Salt nightclub in Daly Street was the site of a dispute which resulted in the murder of three men. On September 19, 2005, seven men were found guilty of murder, in the Supreme Court of Victoria
. The nightclub was particularly notorious for criminal activity and was finally shut down.
South Yarra has several local attractions. Perhaps the best known is Chapel Street
. The South Yarra section of the famous street is the most fashionable and upmarket end. A major landmark is The Jam Factory
, old factories converted into upmarket shopping centre and cinemas. The Como Centre is a large shopping centre on the corner of Toorak and Chapel Streets which combines with an office building, South Yarra's tallest, which houses the headquarters for ATV-10
and Global Television's TV production facilities.
The Prahran Market
, located in South Yarra, is one of Melbourne's most popular and historic fresh produce markets.
Toorak Road runs off Chapel Street and although not known as well as Toorak Village, is a popular strip that contains a wide range of shops.
There are also several heritage registered buildings in South Yarra including the Melbourne High School (1928), the former railway station building (1874) and post office (1893).
Many historic mansions can be found in South Yarra. Heritage registered houses include Como House (1847), one of Melbourne's earliest mansions on its large estate on Williams Road now owned by the National Trust and known for its long association with the Armytage family , Richmond House (1859) in Avoca Street, formerly home to Sir Rupert Clarke Bt, Barwon (1881) and Airlie House on Domain Road, once the townhouse of the Chirnside family of Werribee Park fame, which now serves as a leadership college for Victoria Police.
Other grand South Yarra houses include "Wavendon", formerly home to film director Fred Schepisi, in Walsh Street, and "Raveloe" in Domain Road, built by Dame Nellie Melba's father in the 1870s. Domain Road, with its proximity to the King's Domain, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Government House, is at the centre of the exclusive Domain precinct. Fairbairn, built for the pastoralist Fairbairn family and the next-door property, "Poolman House", on the corner of Domain Road and Punt Road, are among the largest mansions in South Yarra. "Poolman House" was built by stock and station agent Richard Goldsbrough in 1865 and extended in 1880. "Poolman House" was owned by the Poolman family from 1921, who entertained grandly in the ballroom they added in 1928. In 1956 Mrs Audrey Poolman donated the house to Christ Church South Yarra who used it as a nursing home for genteel old Anglican ladies for thirty years, until in 1986, the house was bought from the Church of England by international interior designer John Coote, who restored the house at vast expense. Poolman House has been owned by the Matthies family since the year 2000. Snainton at 80 Clowes Street, South Yarra, is a notable example of grand Federation architecture, as is its sister property at 72 Clowes Street, South Yarra, formerly home to the Alstegren family, which sold for a notable $9 million in 2008.
South Yarra also has some notable clusters of terrace house. Park Street features rows of Melbourne's best preserved, richly decorated and highly sought-after Victorian
terrace houses, some as high as three and four storeys. Domain Road, Toorak Road West (overlooking Fawkner Park), Surrey Road as well as Darling and Caroline Street are also known for their double-storey late 19th century terraces.
An important area for Art Deco enthusiasts can be found along Alexandra Avenue, Lawson Grove and Darling Street. This area was subject to renewal in the 1920s and 1930s by an entrepreneurial builder Mr Lawson, as a kind of medium-density village enclave development. As a result, a large number of Art Deco apartment buildings were built in a Hollywood Hills style overlooking the Yarra river. One of the most famous of these apartment buildings, "Beverly Hills" on Darling Street, retains the original 1930s grotto-style swimming pool for the use of all residents. Nearby in Lawson Grove the Lawson Grove café can be found on the ground floor of a 1930s Art Deco building. It was originally intended to run as a convenience store for local residents but is now a chic café for those in the know.
features a giant order portico
and a great copper dome. Christ Church is an historic Anglican church located on the corner of Toorak and Punt Roads. Its tall spire is a landmark. There are several smaller churches secluded in the back streets of South Yarra.
South Yarra's parks and gardens include part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Fawkner Park (large park bordered by offices on St Kilda Road, private residences off Punt Road, Commercial Road and Toorak Road featuring recreational facilities and grand avenues of trees) and smaller gardens such as the former Greville Botanic Gardens, Como Gardens and the public housing open space.
Tram routes 8
, 72
, 78
and 79
also run through South Yarra.
Major bus
routes run along Commercial Road and Punt Road.
Merton Hall campus is located in Anderson Street South Yarra opposite the Royal Botanical Gardens, while its junior school Morris Hall is in Caroline Street South Yarra. Melbourne Grammar School
(boys only at senior level) occupies an entire block bounded by Domain Road, St Kilda Road, Domain Street and Bromby Street. Its historic bluestone buildings are among the grandest and most important bluestone buildings in Victoria. In addition, Melbourne Grammar owns many of the terrace houses in Domain Street to provide accommodation for its masters, as well as the grand Victorian terrace house in Domain Road, Creswick House, home to its middle school boarders.
and conducted by Tract Consultants and ACIL Tasman, ranked Melbourne suburbs and assigned them scores on fourteen characteristics such as crime, CBD proximity, and traffic congestion. The report found that of all Melbourne suburbs, South Yarra was the most liveable due to good proximity to the CBD, schools, cafes, and restaurants; access to trains, trams, and buses; and abundance of open spaces and trees. On the downside, the same study also found that South Yarra had a very high crime rate.
The "Domain Precinct" is the most prestigious part of South Yarra, traditionally home to many of Melbourne's old money families. Bordered by Punt Road, Toorak Road, Anderson Street, St Kilda Road and Alexandra Avenue, the Domain Precinct has recorded some of Victoria's highest land values on a square metre basis. Driven by proximity to the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne's elite private schools and boutique shopping, this area is graced with both large mansions and high-end apartments. The most valuable streets include Walsh Street, Fairlie Court, St Leonards Court, Avoca Street, Anderson Street, Domain Road and Marne Street.
.
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...
, 4 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 are the Cities 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...
and Melbourne
City of Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...
. At the 2006 Census, South Yarra had a population of 17,992.
The area east of Punt Road is in the Local Government Area of 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...
and the area to the west is in the City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...
.
The main shopping region of South Yarra runs along Toorak Road and Chapel Street. Trade along these two arteries are focused on trendy shopping, restaurants, nightclubs and cafe culture. The area of South Yarra centred along Commercial Road is one of Melbourne's gay village
Gay village
A gay village is an urban geographic location with generally recognized boundaries where a large number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people live or frequent...
s.
South Yarra is also home to some of Melbourne's most prestigious residential addresses. Residential land price records (per square metre) have been set by properties in Domain Road, Walsh Street and Fairlie Court.
History
South Yarra was originally inhabited by the WurundjeriWurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance, who occupy the Birrarung Valley, its tributaries and the present location of Melbourne, Australia...
tribe of the Kulin
Kulin
The Kulin nation, was an alliance of five Indigenous Australian nations in Central Victoria, Australia, prior to European settlement. Their collective territory extended to around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. To their...
aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
nation.
The area was settled by European settlers in the 1830s around the time of the establishment of Melbourne. During the 1840s, it became popular with wealthy citizens of Melbourne as a suburban retreat from the town. Several large houses were built and, together with neighbouring Toorak
Toorak, Victoria
Toorak is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district located on a rise on the south side of a bend in the Yarra River. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington...
, it maintained its upper-class reputation into the post-Second World War period. South Yarra Post Office was open briefly in 1854, then reopened on 21 June 1858.
During the 1920s and 1930s, many of the large gardens of the older mansions were subdivided and blocks of flats became a feature of the area. From the 1930s, the area around Park Street, where large numbers of flats had been built, became a popular neighbourhood for middle-class homosexuals; at that time an illegal subculture in the state of 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....
.
The building of apartment buildings, particularly around South Yarra railway station continued into the 1960s and 1970s and today South Yarra is one of the most densely populated suburbs in Melbourne.
On October 12, 1988, police officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre
Walsh Street police shootings
The Walsh Street police shootings was the 1988 murder of two Victoria Police officers, Constables Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20. The officers were responding to a report of an abandoned car when they were gunned down about 4.50am in Walsh Street, South Yarra, Australia on 12 October...
were murdered in Walsh Street
Walsh Street police shootings
The Walsh Street police shootings was the 1988 murder of two Victoria Police officers, Constables Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20. The officers were responding to a report of an abandoned car when they were gunned down about 4.50am in Walsh Street, South Yarra, Australia on 12 October...
, South Yarra .
On July 8, 2002, the Salt nightclub in Daly Street was the site of a dispute which resulted in the murder of three men. On September 19, 2005, seven men were found guilty of murder, in the Supreme Court of Victoria
Supreme Court of Victoria
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
. The nightclub was particularly notorious for criminal activity and was finally shut down.
Local Landmarks
Chapel Street, Melbourne
Chapel Street is a shopping, dining and entertainment precinct in Melbourne, Australia. It has a myriad shops ranging from exclusive upmarket fashion designers at the South Yarra end to old fashion pawnbrokers towards Windsor.-Geography:...
. The South Yarra section of the famous street is the most fashionable and upmarket end. A major landmark is The Jam Factory
The Jam Factory
right|thumb|250px|Jam Factory, Chapel StreetThe Jam Factory is a shopping and entertainment centre, located in cosmopolitan Chapel Street, South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The centre contains a Village Cinema complex, Intencity arcade, fashion stores and numerous cafés and...
, old factories converted into upmarket shopping centre and cinemas. The Como Centre is a large shopping centre on the corner of Toorak and Chapel Streets which combines with an office building, South Yarra's tallest, which houses the headquarters for ATV-10
ATV-10
ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
and Global Television's TV production facilities.
The Prahran Market
Prahran Market
The Prahran Market is one of the premier fresh food markets in Melbourne, Australia. It has existed on its present site in Commercial Road, South Yarra, some 200 metres from Chapel Street, for over 125 years. The market offers a variety of stalls and shops offering fresh fruit and vegetables, meat,...
, located in South Yarra, is one of Melbourne's most popular and historic fresh produce markets.
Toorak Road runs off Chapel Street and although not known as well as Toorak Village, is a popular strip that contains a wide range of shops.
There are also several heritage registered buildings in South Yarra including the Melbourne High School (1928), the former railway station building (1874) and post office (1893).
Residential architecture
Other grand South Yarra houses include "Wavendon", formerly home to film director Fred Schepisi, in Walsh Street, and "Raveloe" in Domain Road, built by Dame Nellie Melba's father in the 1870s. Domain Road, with its proximity to the King's Domain, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Government House, is at the centre of the exclusive Domain precinct. Fairbairn, built for the pastoralist Fairbairn family and the next-door property, "Poolman House", on the corner of Domain Road and Punt Road, are among the largest mansions in South Yarra. "Poolman House" was built by stock and station agent Richard Goldsbrough in 1865 and extended in 1880. "Poolman House" was owned by the Poolman family from 1921, who entertained grandly in the ballroom they added in 1928. In 1956 Mrs Audrey Poolman donated the house to Christ Church South Yarra who used it as a nursing home for genteel old Anglican ladies for thirty years, until in 1986, the house was bought from the Church of England by international interior designer John Coote, who restored the house at vast expense. Poolman House has been owned by the Matthies family since the year 2000. Snainton at 80 Clowes Street, South Yarra, is a notable example of grand Federation architecture, as is its sister property at 72 Clowes Street, South Yarra, formerly home to the Alstegren family, which sold for a notable $9 million in 2008.
South Yarra also has some notable clusters of terrace house. Park Street features rows of Melbourne's best preserved, richly decorated and highly sought-after Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
terrace houses, some as high as three and four storeys. Domain Road, Toorak Road West (overlooking Fawkner Park), Surrey Road as well as Darling and Caroline Street are also known for their double-storey late 19th century terraces.
An important area for Art Deco enthusiasts can be found along Alexandra Avenue, Lawson Grove and Darling Street. This area was subject to renewal in the 1920s and 1930s by an entrepreneurial builder Mr Lawson, as a kind of medium-density village enclave development. As a result, a large number of Art Deco apartment buildings were built in a Hollywood Hills style overlooking the Yarra river. One of the most famous of these apartment buildings, "Beverly Hills" on Darling Street, retains the original 1930s grotto-style swimming pool for the use of all residents. Nearby in Lawson Grove the Lawson Grove café can be found on the ground floor of a 1930s Art Deco building. It was originally intended to run as a convenience store for local residents but is now a chic café for those in the know.
Places of worship
Melbourne Synagogue, which was built in 1929 to the design of Nahum BarnetNahum Barnet
Nahum Barnet was an architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the Victorian and Edwardian periods....
features a giant order portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
and a great copper dome. Christ Church is an historic Anglican church located on the corner of Toorak and Punt Roads. Its tall spire is a landmark. There are several smaller churches secluded in the back streets of South Yarra.
Public space
Transport
South Yarra has two railway stations. South Yarra railway station is on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines. It is the junction for the Sandringham line. Hawksburn station is on the Pakenham, Cranbourne and Frankston lines and serves the eastern part of the suburb.Tram routes 8
Melbourne tram route 8
Tram route 8 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from Toorak to Moreland through the suburbs of Carlton and South Yarra...
, 72
Melbourne tram route 72
Tram route 72 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Camberwell in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, South Yarra, Toorak, Malvern, Glen Iris, and Camberwell...
, 78
Melbourne tram route 78
Tram route 78 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The route starts at the Victoria St terminus , then runs along Church St, Richmond, crossing Bridge Rd and Swan St . It continues over the Yarra River along Chapel St, crossing Toorak Rd at stop 49...
and 79
Melbourne tram route 79
Tram route 79 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from North Richmond to St Kilda Beach through the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, Balaclava, and St, Kilda. Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it is entirely within Metcard ticketing Zone 1...
also run through South Yarra.
Major bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
routes run along Commercial Road and Punt Road.
Education
Melbourne High School is located in South Yarra, and the 1930s Gothic main building is a local landmark. Melbourne Girls Grammar SchoolMelbourne Girls Grammar School
Melbourne Girls Grammar School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in South Yarra, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
Merton Hall campus is located in Anderson Street South Yarra opposite the Royal Botanical Gardens, while its junior school Morris Hall is in Caroline Street South Yarra. Melbourne Grammar School
Melbourne Grammar School
Melbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, located in South Yarra and Caulfield, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
(boys only at senior level) occupies an entire block bounded by Domain Road, St Kilda Road, Domain Street and Bromby Street. Its historic bluestone buildings are among the grandest and most important bluestone buildings in Victoria. In addition, Melbourne Grammar owns many of the terrace houses in Domain Street to provide accommodation for its masters, as well as the grand Victorian terrace house in Domain Road, Creswick House, home to its middle school boarders.
Liveability
A 2005 report called Liveable Melbourne that was commissioned by The AgeThe Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
and conducted by Tract Consultants and ACIL Tasman, ranked Melbourne suburbs and assigned them scores on fourteen characteristics such as crime, CBD proximity, and traffic congestion. The report found that of all Melbourne suburbs, South Yarra was the most liveable due to good proximity to the CBD, schools, cafes, and restaurants; access to trains, trams, and buses; and abundance of open spaces and trees. On the downside, the same study also found that South Yarra had a very high crime rate.
Localities in South Yarra
Hawksburn is a locality in the eastern part of South Yarra bordering Toorak. It is probably best known for its railway station and nearby "Hawksburn Village", a small strip shopping centre on Malvern Road. Many of South Yarra's finest old homes and terraces are situated close to Cromwell Crescent and railway station in the Hawksburn area. The Hawksburn area is a fashionable address, due to its locality at the centre of Stonnington. Hawksburn Post Office opened in 1890.The "Domain Precinct" is the most prestigious part of South Yarra, traditionally home to many of Melbourne's old money families. Bordered by Punt Road, Toorak Road, Anderson Street, St Kilda Road and Alexandra Avenue, the Domain Precinct has recorded some of Victoria's highest land values on a square metre basis. Driven by proximity to the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne's elite private schools and boutique shopping, this area is graced with both large mansions and high-end apartments. The most valuable streets include Walsh Street, Fairlie Court, St Leonards Court, Avoca Street, Anderson Street, Domain Road and Marne Street.
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Southern Football LeagueSouthern Football League (Victoria)
The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors....
.
Notable citizens
- Claire AdamsClaire AdamsClaire Adams was a Canadian silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the daughter of Stanley Wells Adams, a Welsh-born accountant, and his Canadian wife, Lillian Adams...
- Hollywood silent film actress who had a townhouse in Domain Road during 40s, 50s & 60s - Dennis AllenDennis AllenDennis Allen was a Melbourne based drug dealer who was reported to have murdered many victims. He was the oldest son of criminal matriarch Kath Pettingill. He died of heart disease in 1987 in prison custody awaiting trial for murder....
- reported to be a major drug dealer in the South Yarra area during the 1980s - Joseph Anderson (Commandant)Joseph Anderson (Commandant)Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Anderson CB KH , soldier and penal administrator, of the 50th Regiment, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from March 1834 to February 1839....
- soldier, penal administrator and politician who was a resident of South Yarra in the 1850s - Graham BerryGraham BerrySir Graham Berry KCMG , Australian colonial politician, was the 11th Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most Radical and colourful figures in the politics of colonial Victoria, and made the most determined efforts to break the power of the Victorian Legislative Council, the stronghold of the...
- colonial politician, and 11th Premier of Victoria; general storekeeper in South Yarra in the 1850s - Sir Robert BlackwoodSir Robert BlackwoodSir Robert Rutherford Blackwood KBE was an Australian engineer, businessman and university administrator. He was the first Chancellor of Monash University, serving from 1961-1968, and Chairman of Dunlop Australia from 1972-1979....
- the first Chancellor of Monash UniversityMonash UniversityMonash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
, born in South Yarra in 1906 - Thomas BrentnallThomas BrentnallThomas Brentnall was a chartered English born Australian accountant and musician.-Early life and background:Brentnall was born on 30 December 1846 at Escomb, County Durham, England, son of Joseph Edmund Brentnall, a chemist, and his wife Mary Ann, née Strutt. The family lived at Eston, Yorkshire,...
- accountantAccountantAn accountant is a practitioner of accountancy or accounting , which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and others make decisions about allocating resources.The Big Four auditors are the largest...
and musicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, lived at Newnham, Caroline Street, from 1880 - Mabel BrookesMabel BrookesDame Mabel Brookes, DBE was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, memoirist and humanitarian....
- community worker and activist, who was president of the Queen Victoria HospitalQueen Victoria HospitalThe Queen Victoria Hospital, located in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England is the specialist reconstructive surgery centre for the south east of England, and also provides services at clinics across the region. It has become world famous for its pioneering burns and plastic surgery. The hospital...
from 1923 to 1970, lived in South Yarra with her tennis playing husband Norman BrookesNorman BrookesBrookes was also an Australian rules footballer in his youth, playing two matches for Victorian Football League club St Kilda Football Club in 1898, kicking two goals.-Honours:Norman Brookes was knighted "in recognition of service to public service" in 1939... - Norman BrookesNorman BrookesBrookes was also an Australian rules footballer in his youth, playing two matches for Victorian Football League club St Kilda Football Club in 1898, kicking two goals.-Honours:Norman Brookes was knighted "in recognition of service to public service" in 1939...
- Australian tennis champion who died in South Yarra in 1968 - Joseph BrownJoseph Brown (artist)Joseph Brown, AO, OBE was an Australian artist and art collector.Brown was born in Poland in 1918 and migrated to Australia in 1933 at the age of fifteen, settling in Melbourne. He trained initially as an artist but after returning from war service in 1945 became increasingly involved in the...
- artist and art collector who lived in one of Melbourne's greatest mansions in Caroline Street - Rupert BunnyRupert BunnyRupert Charles Wulsten Bunny was an Australian painter, born in St Kilda, Victoria. He achieved success and critical acclaim as an expatriate in fin-de-siècle Paris....
- Australian painter who lived much of his life in France but returned and settled in South Yarra in the 1930s - Len DarlingLen DarlingLeonard Stuart Darling was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1933 to 1937....
- Australian cricketer who was born in South Yarra in 1909 - Alfred DeakinAlfred DeakinAlfred Deakin , Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later the second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the 19th century, Deakin was a major contributor to the establishment of liberal reforms in the colony of Victoria, including the...
- second 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 at "Llanarth" in Walsh Street from 1887 - James Alan George HousdenJames Alan George HousdenJames Alan George Housden was the fifth Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton in Queensland from 1947 to 1958. In 1958 he then became the Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales until 1972....
- VicarVicarIn the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
of Christ Church, South Yarra, from 1946 to 1947 - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Herbert Lloyd - Australian soldierAustralian ArmyThe Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...
born in South Yarra in 1883 - Sir Keith MurdochKeith MurdochSir Keith Arthur Murdoch was an Australian journalist and the father of Rupert Murdoch, the CEO and Chairman of News Corp.-Life and career:Murdoch was born in Melbourne in 1885, the son of Annie and the Rev...
- resided in Walsh Street for many years - Vernon RansfordVernon RansfordVernon Seymour Ransford was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests between 1907 and 1912. His best series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career best score of 143 not out. The following year he was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year...
- Australian TestTest cricketTest cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er born in South Yarra in 1885 - Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General (Australia)Lieutenant general is the second-highest active rank of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general. It is also considered a three-star rank....
Sir Stanley SavigeStanley SavigeLieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED , was an Australian Army soldier and officer who served in World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant general....
- Australian ArmyAustralian ArmyThe Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...
soldier who played a key role in the establishment of Legacy AustraliaLegacy AustraliaLegacy is an Australian organisation, established in 1923 by ex-servicemen. The organisation has the aim of caring for the dependents of deceased Australian service men and women. The dependants of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Malayan emergency and Vietnam War deceased are cared for...
, lived in South Yarra from 1907 - Gerard Kennedy TuckerGerard Kennedy TuckerGerard Kennedy Tucker was an Anglican priest in Melbourne, Australia.Tucker founded the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1931 and the forerunner of Oxfam Australia in 1953.-Life:...
- founder of the Brotherhood of St LaurenceBrotherhood of St LaurenceThe Brotherhood of St Laurence is an Australian not-for-profit organisation. Based in Melbourne, the Brotherhood has a national profile. The organisation's vision is for an Australia free of poverty. In working towards this vision it undertakes research and develops and delivers services and...
, born in South Yarra in 1885
See also
- City of PrahranCity of PrahranThe City of Prahran was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which South Yarra was a part.
External links
- http://brisbanetimes.domain.com.au/featured-suburbs/south-yarra-once-swampy-now-swanky-20100514-v3t6.html