Malvern () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,

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, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the City of Stonnington

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. Malvern recorded a population of 9,929 at the 2021 census.

History

The area of Malvern was first settled by Europeans in 1835. John Gardiner was one of its first European settlers. A small hamlet known as "Gardiners Creek" (1851 Melbourne Postal Directory) was settled, but it diminished with the gold rush. The nearby creek was also named Gardiners Creek. Gardiners Creek Road (now Toorak Road) ran from South Yarra, east to the junction of Gardiners Creek and onto the Gardiner Homestead, which is now the site of Scotch College. In the 1860s the Gardiners Creek Roads Board was the forerunner of the Gardiners Creek Shire that then became Malvern Council. Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on 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

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) was built in 1886, on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street and later extended. Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust ran their first car out of Malvern depot on 30 May 1910. Malvern is the original home of Malvern Star, once Australia's largest and most well-known bicycle manufacturer.

Attractions

The main shopping attraction is Malvern Central, home to David Jones,

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and BWS as well as forty other stores, mostly fashion stores like Cotton On Kids. Glenferrie Road is also Malvern's main shopping attraction, which has shops like Coles, Dan Murphy's, several bookstores including Readings and Jeffrey's, several banks including

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, Westpac,

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and Bank of Melbourne, as well as a wide variety of restaurants, shops and boutiques. There are several Victorian

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and gardens in Malvern, including Malvern Gardens, in Spring Road. This park has a beautiful fountain which was built on the site of a natural spring. The water used to flow naturally, but as the land was developed, the water feeding the spring was interrupted, and the fountain is now run by electricity. The Malvern Town Hall, in the Second Empire style, is where the Stonnington City Council meets and is opposite the corporate headquarters known as the Stonnington City Centre, which is also home to the Malvern Police Station and the Stonnington Council. Significant heritage buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register include

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(1890), Malvern tram depot, the former ES&A Bank (on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street) and Malvern railway station. Other significant buildings include St Joseph's Parish Church (Roman Catholic) and De La Salle College tower building. There is also an Anglican parish church dedicated to St George and the

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. The Malvern Police Station is located at 288 Glenferrie Road opposite the new Stonnington council building and next to the town hall. Malvern Police Station was the first Station in the state to receive the new Ford Ranger Divisional Van. Malvern Police Station is also home to Protective Service Officers with the Transit Division.

Transport

The Malvern tram depot, located on Glenferrie Road (off Coldbo Road, Armadale), provides trams for the various

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which service Malvern. Malvern railway station is a busy station on the Frankston, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which has four platforms, three of which are in full operation. It is located on Station Street, Malvern (off Glenferrie Road). In addition, Tooronga station also services the northern section of the suburb, on the

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. There are also various bus stops across Malvern, There is also a train replacement stop outside Malvern station (Dandenong Road)

Schools

* De La Salle College, Malvern, 1312–1326 High Street, with a second campus at 9 Northbrook Avenue, Malvern * Malvern Primary School, Tooronga Road * St Joseph's Primary School Malvern, 49 Stanhope Street * Malvern Central School, Spring Road (Year 3–6) And Park Street (Prep – Year 2)

Notable citizens

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(born Oswald George William Bishop) – stage magician * Norman Banks – radio broadcaster * Rupert Betheras – former AFL Collingwood footballer, grew up in East Malvern and attended Lloyd Street Central School and De La Salle College, Malvern. * Andrew Bolt – political commentator * Andrea Bresciani – Italian-born cartoonist and animator lived in Malvern in his later years and died there in 2006.

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– first-class cricketer and British colonial official *

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– skier cross and Olympian *

John Mark Davies Sir John Mark Davies (8 February 184012 September 1919) was a British-born Australian politician. Born in Halstead, Essex, England in 1840, Davies was the fifth eldest of the six boys and six girls of Ebenezer Davies and Ruth Bartlett. Two o ...

– president of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1910–1919 and original owner of Malvern House (Valentines). *

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– actor and singer * Robert Doyle – 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, former Member for

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and former Leader of the Opposition in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. * Jack Dyer – captain of

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, attended De La Salle College, Malvern. * Colin Egar – former Test cricket umpire, born in Malvern in 1928. * Tom Hafey –

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(

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) player and coach, Hafey attended Lloyd Street Central School (now Lloyd Street Primary) in

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. *

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– 17th

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from 1966 – 1967 and the namesake of the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming pool complex in neighbouring Glen Iris. * Mack Horton – Australian Swimming Champion. 2016 Rio Olympics 400m Gold Medalist, 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 400m Gold Medalist, 2017 Recipient of The Order of Australia Medal. *

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–

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and founder of the National Theatre, died in Malvern in 1973. * Lowe Kong Meng - Chinese Australian businessman and merchant during the gold rush era * John Landy – former track and field athlete and the 26th Governor of Victoria. Attended school at Malvern Memorial Grammar School, and trained for his 1957 four-minute mile around Central Park, Malvern. *

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– actor and singer * Ian McLaren - politician, businessman and historian * Sir

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– former Prime Minister of 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. * Hubert Opperman – cyclist and politician, who was once employed by Malvern Star Cycles, a tiny cycle shop in Malvern. *

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- Australian cricketer * Lydia Schiavello – cast member of reality television series '' The Real Housewives of Melbourne''. * Bruce Small – businessman and former owner of bicycle manufacturer Malvern Star * Jesse Spencer – actor (''

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'', ''

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''), attended Malvern Central School in the 1980s. *

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– English novelist, lived at 4 Grace St. Malvern from 1919-1929. * Lindsay Thompson – 40th Premier of Victoria from 1981 to 1982 and former Member for Malvern.

Gallery

File:Stonnington mansion.jpg, Stonington mansion after which the City of Stonnington was named. File:Caulfied grammar malvern.jpg, The Valentine's Mansion (now

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- Malvern Campus). File:Anglican church at Malvern4.jpg, St George's Anglican Parish Church File:St josephs malvern.jpg, St Joseph's RC Parish Church File:Malvern tram depot.jpg, Malvern Tram Depot (Glenferrie Rd Malvern off Coldblo Road, Armadale) File:Malvern town hall.jpg, Stonnington City Centre, which includes Stonnington Council, Malvern Town Hall & Malvern Police Station File:Sculptures in malvern square.jpg, Sculptures in the City Square File:Malvern Presbyterian Church.JPG,

File:Malvern Railway Station.jpg, Malvern railway station

References

John Butler Cooper, The History of Malvern

150th Anniversary of Gardiner Road Board (later Malvern Council)Stonnington Heritage MarkersAbout Stonnington – How a city was formed

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malvern, Victoria Suburbs of Melbourne 1835 establishments in Australia Suburbs of the City of Stonnington