A Brief History of the Malvern District. For up to 40-thousand years the Kulin people lived as hunter-gatherers on land which later became Malvern. An estimated population of fewer than 20-thousand people of three tribes occupied the fertile land around the Melbourne district. However the lives and futures of the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong tribes were changed forever with the arrival of European settlers in 1835. Their numbers soon decreased due to diseases introduced by the newcomers. Other factors which contributed to their decline included mistreatment, alcoholism , venereal diseases and skirmishes over land disputes. With unrelenting Euopean settlement of the Melbourne area, the remaining Aboriginal people were granted "Permissive Occupancy" of land near Healesville in 1863 and were forcibly resettled there. During the 1850s development of Melbourne spread east, south and north.The wealthy suburbs of South Yarra, Toorak, Kew and Malvern were established, while working people lived in the suburbs of Richmond, Collingwood and Fitzroy. Malvern is located about 9 kilometres (6 miles) southeast of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria. Covering an area of 15.88 square kilometres ( 6.13 square miles) the City of Malvern existed from 1856 until 1994. Malvern was incorporated as the Gardiner District on 17 October 1856, which became the Shire of Gardiner on 25 May 1871. It was renamed Shire of Malvern on 15 February 1878, became a borough on 22 February 1901, a town on 24 April 1901 and a City on 30 May 1911. On 22 June 1994 the City of Malvern was abolished and merged with Prahran to create the City of Stonnington.
The following table of events in the early history of Malvern is based on a more extensive list prepared by the Malvern Historical Society:
1837 1839 1840 1849 1854 1856 1857 1858 1864 1869 1871 1873 1875 1878 1879 1884 1885 1886 1888 1889 1890 1891 One hundred notable Melbourne men formed the Melbourne Golf Club and obtained permissive occupancy of two pieces of land in East Malvern for an 18 hole golf course. The Club moved to Black Rock in 1901 and the course was taken over by the Caulfield Golf Club, later Metropolitan Golf Club. 1900 1901 1907 1910 1911 1912 1914 1919 1920 1922 1924 1926 1927 1928 1930 1931 1934  Photo: Wikipedia Commons
Malvern has many mansions, but probably none better known than Stonnington (above). The house was built in1890 for John Wagner, a partner in Cobb and Co coaches. Melbourne became the location of the Commonwealth Government following Federation in 1901. Government House , Melbourne, then became the home for the Governor General and the Victorian Government bought Stonnington as a home for Governors of Victoria. The mansion fulfilled that role until 1931. The City of Stonnington derives its name from the property. Page 17 To Return To Start Click Image Below.  |
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