Malvern Historical

The Malvern Historical Society is an active community group within the City of Stonnington in Melbourne. The Society supports the Stonnington History Centre.

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c1900 #StonnHistory

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Malvern's only theatre buildings which have survived are the Victory, now a Spotlight store in Wattletree Road, and East Malvern's distinctive Waverley Theatre, now apartments.
#StonnHistory Image:c1930

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Early photograph of Windsor Post Office, 172 Peel Street, Prahran. The exchange was officially opened on 19 Sept 1910. Published in Prahran City Council Annual Report.
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The new tram line, from Malvern Depot along Glenferrie Road, Wattletree Road, then along Dandenong Road Armadale to the railway bridge at Windsor, opened on 16 December
1911 #StonnHistory

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Punt Road, looking south in the vicinity of Domain Road c1952 Annotation on back: "Inspection with Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr O.J. Nielsen - fence moved back, widening roadway" Image: Irvine McCartney Photography, 367a Chapel Street, South Yarra #stonnHistory

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On this day in 1857 Melbourne was first illuminated with gas! Prior to this oil lamps had been used.
Despite 300 lamps being installed, only 274 lit up on the night.

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First Grange School, 35 Caroline Street South Yarra run by Agnes Templeton. The school was in South Yarra between c1867 to 1893 before moving to Ash Grove Malvern East. #StonnHistory

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Hawksburn Railway Station 1913, showing regrading work on the Gippsland line. Duplicate track was laid and regrading allowed railway overpasses to be developed, eliminating level crossings. The first Hawksburn Station can be seen in the image #StonnHistory

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c1913 Steam train at Darling Station, Malvern East #StonnHistory

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‘Brick kiln at Prahran’ Copy of a Louis Buvelot painting c1866 held by the Art Gallery of Sth Aust. Louis Buvelot’s Prahran works in (1866-7) are documented in MA thesis -Jocelyn Gray: 'Louis Buvelot: his life and work Melb Uni, 1977 #StonnHistory

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Fireman training at Windsor Fire Station ("carry-down" drill) c1903 Source: Melbourne Fire Museum. #StonnHistory

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Heyington station Toorak c1947 #StonnHistory

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Rail bridge over the Yarra River near Heyington Station Toorak
c1925 #StonnHistory

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This #SuburbsofMelbourne Monday we're zooming in on #ChapelStreet, #Windsor c1920s-39: https://t.co/kZoLOXyllu

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Unemployed men working on the Williams Rd North extension in South Yarra. During the 1930s unemployment relief grants funded the work, Como Park was resurfaced and drained, Alexandra Ave extended east from Chapel St to Williams Rd and then to Grange Rd c1931 #StonnHistory

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A water-colour sketch of the cutting through Forrest Hill 1896 near the Church Street bridge. Waterloo Cottage is at the top of the cutting.
Source: 'Early Toorak and district' E.M. Robb, Melb: Robertson & Mullens, 1934 #StonnHistory

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New railway bridge over the Yarra linking Richmond and South Yarra, widened from 2 to 6 tracks in 1946. The old bridge can be seen in the image, the view is looking north towards Richmond. Image : PRO #StonnHistory

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In 1905 the Railways started a bus service between Prahran Station and the Malvern Town Hall along High St using six kerosene-fired steam-powered Chelmsford buses. For the seven months the buses were in service they carried a monthly average of 56,000 passengers.#StonnHistory

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Photograph of Toorak Road, South Yarra looking west from the Railway Bridge in 1885 with the premises of N.J. Caire, photographer, on the right. #StonnHistory