Malvern

Malvern is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located in the City of Stonnington local authorities location. Malvern recorded a population of 10,066 on the 2016 Census. The location of Malvern changed into first settled in 1835. John Gardiner become one among its first settlers. A small hamlet known as "Gardiners Creek" was settled, however it faded with the gold rush. The close by creek become also named Gardiners Creek. Gardiners Creek Road ran from South Yarra, east to the junction of Gardiners Creek and onto the Gardiner Homestead, which is now the website of Scotch College.

In the 1860s the Gardiners Creek Roads Board changed into the forerunner of the Gardiners Creek Shire that then became Malvern Council. Malvern Post Office opened on 1 January 1860 on Glenferrie Road, close to Malvern Road. In 1892 this became renamed Malvern North, when a brand new Malvern workplace on Glenferrie Road, near Wattletree Road, changed the Malvern Railway Station office. The shire hall become built in 1886, at the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street and later prolonged. Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust ran their first vehicle out of Malvern depot on 30 May 1910. Malvern is the authentic home of Malvern Star, once Australia's largest and most famous bicycle manufacturer.