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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Malvern Historical Society

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.

Stonnington History Centre

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.

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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A steam bus at Prahran Railway Station in December 1905.Buses were first introduced in Victoria in 1905 when the Railway Department started a service between Prahran and Malvern. There were 6 kerosene-fired steam-powered buses which were imported from England and their maximum speed was 20 miles an hour. Buses were timed to meet all trains arriving at Prahran from Melbourne. This schedule was not maintained owing to continual mechanical faults developing.The service was abandoned in June 1906 as the novelty of motor transport had worn off and its irregularity had made people use the more reliable horse-drawn vehicles. For the 7 months the buses were in service, they carried a monthly average of 56,000 passengers.Stonnington History Centre image 12477#stonningtonhistory #prahran ... See MoreSee Less
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