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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Cawkwell Street, MalvernAround 1860, Henry Cawkwell established a large tile works on the NW corner of Tooronga Road and High Street, where the clay was ideal for tile making. It became one of Victoria’s most important suppliers of mosaic and flooring tiles in the 19th century building boom. In 1882 Cawkwell built two brick houses for workers' accommodation, but the Cawkwell empire collapsed during the economic slump of the 1890s and following Henry's death in 1895, Ararat Street was re-named Cawkwell Street.The tile works lay idle until 1916 when the business was taken over by a former employee, John Cartlidge. However Cartlidge was unable to make a success of the business and the tile works were demolished in the 1920s. All that remains is the street alongside the original works (Cawkwell St), featuring the two workers' cottages at 1 and 3 Cawkwell Street. The tile works were located across the road, and were redeveloped for single storey detached houses.Second photo - c1860Stonnington History Centre#stonningtonhistory #cawkwell ... See MoreSee Less

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