Malvern is a suburb in
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
,
VictoriaVictoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, South Australia to the west, and Tasmania to the south, across the Bass Strait. Victoria is the most densely populated state, with over 70% of...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's
central business districtMelbourne also known as the Melbourne city centre is a locality surrounded by metropolitan Melbourne which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, parkland and other built-up areas...
. Its
Local Government AreaThere are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. LGA's are constituted as cities, shires, rural cities and, in one case, a borough...
is the
City of StonningtonThe 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 9422.
The area of Malvern was first settled in 1835.
Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on
Glenferrie RoadGlenferrie 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.
Its main
shoppingShopping 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 RoadGlenferrie 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 EmpireIn the United States, the Second Empire style usually combined a rectangular tower, or similar element, with a steep, but short, mansard roof; the roof being the most noteworthy link to the style’s French roots. This tower element could be of equal height as the highest floor, or could exceed the...
style, is now the corporate headquarters for the City of Stonnington.
Significant heritage buildings listed on the
Victorian Heritage RegisterThe Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria. It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 1995 which establishes Heritage Victoria as the permit authority...
include
Stonington mansionStonington is a private residence and former 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 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), De La Salle College, Malvern tower building and Central Park Conservatory.
Malvern tram depot, located on Glenferrie Road, provides
tramA tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets...
s for the various routes which service Malvern.
Malvern StationMalvern is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Malvern, on the Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne railway lines...
is a busy station on the
FrankstonThe Frankston railway line is a bayside suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. The line runs from the Melbourne City Loop to Frankston and continues on to Stony Point as the Stony Point line. Apart from suburban electric trains, the line is used by goods trains to and from the Steel...
,
PakenhamThe Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. In addition to suburban electric trains, it carries diesel passenger trains and freight trains to Gippsland....
and
CranbourneThe Cranbourne railway line is a suburban electric railway service operated by Connex Melbourne in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It operates along the inner section of the former South Gippsland line.- Description :...
lines.
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Malvern is a suburb in
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
,
VictoriaVictoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, South Australia to the west, and Tasmania to the south, across the Bass Strait. Victoria is the most densely populated state, with over 70% of...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's
central business districtMelbourne also known as the Melbourne city centre is a locality surrounded by metropolitan Melbourne which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, parkland and other built-up areas...
. Its
Local Government AreaThere are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. LGA's are constituted as cities, shires, rural cities and, in one case, a borough...
is the
City of StonningtonThe 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 9422.
History
The area of Malvern was first settled in 1835.
Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on
Glenferrie RoadGlenferrie 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 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 RoadGlenferrie 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 EmpireIn the United States, the Second Empire style usually combined a rectangular tower, or similar element, with a steep, but short, mansard roof; the roof being the most noteworthy link to the style’s French roots. This tower element could be of equal height as the highest floor, or could exceed the...
style, is now the corporate headquarters for the City of Stonnington.
Significant heritage buildings listed on the
Victorian Heritage RegisterThe Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria. It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 1995 which establishes Heritage Victoria as the permit authority...
include
Stonington mansionStonington is a private residence and former 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 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), De La Salle College, Malvern tower building and Central Park Conservatory.
Transport
Malvern tram depot, located on Glenferrie Road, provides
tramA tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets...
s for the various routes which service Malvern.
Malvern StationMalvern is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Malvern, on the Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne railway lines...
is a busy station on the
FrankstonThe Frankston railway line is a bayside suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. The line runs from the Melbourne City Loop to Frankston and continues on to Stony Point as the Stony Point line. Apart from suburban electric trains, the line is used by goods trains to and from the Steel...
,
PakenhamThe Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. In addition to suburban electric trains, it carries diesel passenger trains and freight trains to Gippsland....
and
CranbourneThe Cranbourne railway line is a suburban electric railway service operated by Connex Melbourne in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It operates along the inner section of the former South Gippsland line.- Description :...
lines. In addition,
Tooronga StationTooronga is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Malvern, on the Glen Waverley railway line. Tooronga is classed as a Host Station and is in Metcard
Zone 1.-Facilities:...
also services the northern section of the suburb on the
Glen WaverleyThe Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. It branches from the Lilydale line at Burnley station. It has 12 stations in Metcard ticketing Zones 1 and 2.- Description :...
line.
Schools
- De La Salle College, Malvern
- Caulfield Grammar
- Malvern Central Primary School
- Malvern Primary School
Notable citizens
- Robert Doyle
Robert 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 MalvernThe Electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the Malvern area. The current member is Michael O'Brien of the Liberal Party, who replaced former Liberal leader Robert Doyle at the 2006 Victorian election. The seat is considered "safe" for the...
and former Leader of the Opposition in the Victorian Legislative AssemblyThe Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne....
.
- Colin Egar
Colin John "Col" Egar was an Australian Test cricket umpire.Born in Malvern, South Australia, Egar umpired 29 Test matches between 1960 and 1969. His first match was between Australia and the West Indies at Brisbane on 9–14 December 1960...
- Australian Test cricket match umpireThis is a list of those people who have umpired at least one Test match in Australia between Australia and other Test cricket nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each umpire officiated in his first Test....
was born in Malvern in 1928.
- Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt, CH was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. His term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December of the following year when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was...
- politician and the 17th Prime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful political office in Australia...
from 1966 - 1967 is commemorated by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest and deepest is the Olympic size...
complex in Malvern.
- John Landy
John Michael Landy, AC, CVO, MBE is a former track athlete and was the 26th Governor of Victoria, Australia. He married his wife, Lynne, in 1971, and they have two children, Matthew and Alison. While serving as Governor, John and Lynne Landy resided at Government House, Melbourne...
- former track athleteTrack and field athletics is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing, jumping and walking. Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics...
and the 26th GovernorThe Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of Australia's 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 is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, South Australia to the west, and Tasmania to the south, across the Bass Strait. Victoria is the most densely populated state, with over 70% of...
, Australia attended school at Malvern Memorial 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 Opperman
Sir 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 politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
, who was once employed by Malvern Star Cycles, a tiny cycle shop in Malvern.
- Bruce Small
Sir 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 world...
- successful businessman, who developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia.
- Lindsay Thompson
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG , Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982...
- politician who was PremierThe 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...
of the state of VictoriaVictoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, South Australia to the west, and Tasmania to the south, across the Bass Strait. Victoria is the most densely populated state, with over 70% of...
from 1981 to 1982 and the Member for MalvernThe Electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the Malvern area. The current member is Michael O'Brien of the Liberal Party, who replaced former Liberal leader Robert Doyle at the 2006 Victorian election. The seat is considered "safe" for the...
.
- Sir Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC , Australian politician, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Australia. His second term saw him become Australia's longest serving Prime Minister. He had a rapid rise to power as Prime Minister at the 1940 election which his party narrowly won...
Prime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful political office in Australia...
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 Spencer
Jesse Gordon Spencer is an Australian actor, most known for his current portrayal of Dr. Robert Chase on the medical drama House.-Early life and education:...
, late of Neighbours, now of 'House' fame, attended Malvern Central School in the 1980sThe 1980s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989.The time period saw social, economic and general change as wealth and production migrated to newly industrializing economies...
.
- Actress/Singer Stephanie McIntosh
Stephanie 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...
plays Sky Mangel from Neighbours and has 3 hit songs.
- Gertrude Johnson
Gertrude Emily Johnson OBE was an Australian coloratura soprano and founder of the National Theatre in Melbourne.- Early life :...
- sopranoA soprano is a singing voice with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music...
and founder of the National TheatreThe 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 Hafey
Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL/AFL, playing for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coaching four clubs between 1966 and 1988....
attended Lloyd Street Central School (now Lloyd Street Primary), East Malvern.
- John Mark Davies
Sir John Mark Davies 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. John Mark was articled in 1852 and in...
President of the Victorian Legislative CouncilThe Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. It serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the...
1910-1919 and original owner of Malvern House (Valentines).
- Former AFL Collingwood footballer Rupert Betheras
Rupert 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, Malvern is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in Malvern, a wealthy inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
.
Malvern Star
Malvern is the original home of
Malvern StarMalvern 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:...
, once Australia's largest and most well-known bicycle manufacturer.
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