Malvern Historical Society

Glenferrie Road Malvern looking south 1915

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High Street 1911

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Stonington, Government House Malvern 1904

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Chadstone Shopping Centre 1960

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Glenferrie Road, Malvern c1910

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Flood waters Chapel Street, South Yarra 1907

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Glenferrie Road, Malvern 1910

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Greville Street level crossing, Prahran 1867

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Chapel Street, Prahran c1911

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Woodmason's Dairy, Malvern Road, Malvern c1915

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The Society, founded in 1972, promotes and shares the history of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.

The Society encourages an interest in the history of the Stonnington municipality located in Melbourne’s inner south-east including the suburbs of Armadale, Glen Iris (part), Kooyong, Malvern, Malvern East, Prahran, South Yarra (part), Toorak and Windsor.

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The Malvern Historical Society actively supports the Stonnington History Centre.

The Stonnington History Centre is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of the City of Stonnington and the former cities of Malvern and Prahran.

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Northbrook, High Street., Malvern 1929

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View of the punt over the Yarra, looking south from Richmond up Punt Rd c1861

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The Centre is a branch of the Stonnington Library and Information Service.

Its collection includes books, photographs, building plans, maps, subdivision plans, Council rate records, newspapers, and general local history information.

You can search for archive material on the Stonnington History Centre catalogue.

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Malvern Historical Society - Stonnington

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‘The Malvern Post Office and General Store was situated near the corner of Elizabeth Street and Malvern Road. In an old building, seventy years ago, it was the only Post Office in the district; it was also a store, with a butcher's shop next door. In the centre of the village there was a brick-yard at the corner of Spring Road; the Methodist Church was at the other end of Elizabeth Street which was removed to Spring Road in 1886.‘The post mistress was Mrs Wilson and she sorted out the mail, having been brought from Malvern Station by the boy driver in a grocer's cart at 6.30 am. The postmen consisted of four boys from the ages of 14, who delivered the letters for 9/- per week and keep. ‘I lived at Richmond, but it was too far to walk to Malvern, so we all slept in a square room in the yard away from the house; we were only allowed in the house for our meals; the beds were bunks attached to walls. We started work after breakfast, when the mail arrived.’By Herbert DickinsStonnington History Centre#stonningtonhistory #malvern #postoffice ... See MoreSee Less

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