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Prahran
Melbourne, Victoria

Former Read's Emporium now "Pran Central"
Population: 10,651 (2006)[1]
Established: 1837
Postcode: 3181
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Property Value: AUD $710,000 [2]
Location: 5 km (3 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Stonnington
State District: Prahran
Federal Division: Higgins, Melbourne Ports
Suburbs around Prahran:
Melbourne South Yarra Toorak
Melbourne Prahran Armadale
St Kilda Windsor St Kilda East

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It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington. There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. The City of Stonnington is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is an eminently livable part of Melbourne with many shops, restaurants and cafes. Along with St. Kilda, Prahran is also home to a large portion of Melbourne's gay community, with several gay nightclubs on Commercial Road. St Kilda is an Inner city Suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Like many suburbs of inner Melbourne, the population is more ethnically and socially diverse than in outer suburban areas.

Chapel Street, for example, is a mix of upscale fashion shops and cafes. Chapel Street is one of Melbourne, Australia 's best shopping dining and entertainment precincts Along with the South Yarra section of Toorak Rd, it is a fashionable magnet for Melbourne's yuppie set. South Yarra is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The term yuppie (short for " young urban professional

Greville Street, once the centre of the Melbourne's hippie community, is still very trendy with cafes, bars, restaurants, bookstores, clothing shops and music shops.

A large high-rise public housing towers estate is located just off Chapel Street. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local

Prahran is serviced by Prahran station, on the Sandringham line, as well as tram routes 5, 6, 64, 72, 78 and 79. Prahran is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Prahran, on the Sandringham railway The Sandringham railway line is a Suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. Tram route 5 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 6 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 64 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 72 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 78 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 79 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Local History

Origin of the name

In 1837 George Langhorne named the area Pur-ra-ran, a compound of two aboriginal words, meaning "land partially surrounded by water. " When he informed the Suveyor-General, Robert Hoddle of the name, it was written as "Prahran. " [3]

Between the 1890s and 1930s, Prahran built up a huge shopping centre which by the 1920s had rivalled the Melbourne Central Business District. The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central Large emporia (department stores) sprang up along Chapel Street.

Prahran also became a major entertainment area. The Lyric theatre (also known as the fleahouse), built on the corner of Victoria Street in 1911 burnt down in the 1940s. The Royal was the second old theatre built. The Empress (also known as the flea palace), another popular theatre on Chapel Street was destroyed by fire in the 1971 and the site became the Chapel Street Bazaar.

In the 1960s, in an effort to boost the slowly growing local population and inject new life in to the suburb, the Victorian Government opened the Prahran housing commission estate (together with a larger estate, located just north in South Yarra). The result was an influx of migrants, adding to the multicultural flavour of the area. The Special Cake Shop on Chapel Street is one such business whose Greek immigrant owners opened the shop in the mid-1950s and still use the original coffee machine. The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions

In the 1970s, the suburb began to gentrify, with much of the remaining old housing stock being renovated and restored. Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is the change in an Urban area associated with the movement of more affluent individuals into a lower-class

During the 1990s, the population increased markedly, with demand for inner-city living fuelling a medium density housing boom which continues in the area as part of the Melbourne 2030 planning policy. The Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government Strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended

Local Landmarks

Non-residential Architecture

Prahran is home to a large collection of architecturally significant commercial buildings, many on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria

The Chapel Street section of Prahran is notable for its collection of turn of the century emporiums, large buildings which include:

Other significant Prahran emporiums include Conway's Buildings (1914) and the large Colosseum building (1897) which was lost to fire in 1914.

Other heritage buildings include the former Prahran Town Hall (now used as a library and council offices), the adjacent former City Hall (1888) (currently used for special functions and as an exhibition space), neighbouring Police Station (1887) and Court House (1887) and Rechabite Hall (1888) in the Second Empire style. Prahran Town Hall is a civic building located on the corner of Chapel Street and Greville Street in Prahran, a suburb of This article is about the Second Empire architectural style For France during the reign of Napoleon III of France, see Second French Empire The Prahran Fire Tower (1889) is on Macquarie Street. State School no 2855 (1888) on High Street was converted into apartments in 2005. St Matthews church, a large bluestone church on High Street built in the 1880s, was converted into offices in the 1980s.

Former Read's Emporium (Pran Central)

Love and Lewis Building

The Big Store

The old Prahran Arcade

Heritage Emporiums on Chapel Street

Prahran Town Hall

Maples Corner

St Matthews, an old Blue stone church now partially converted into offices

City Hall and Old Police Station

Prahran Court House

Former Rechabite Hall

1880s Gothic buildings on High Street Prahran

Greville Street shops viewed from Chapel Street

State school no 2855. Blue Stone was the code name for the Unit 386D ENI or electronic neutron initiator (generator for the first British operational high-yield strategic Nuclear weapon Now exclusive apartments.

Prahran fire tower

Prahran Police Station (1887) cnr Greville & Macquarie Streets

Residential architecture

Residential Prahran consists of mostly single storey Victorian and Edwardian terrace houses, with some larger double storey terraces closer to the main shopping strips. A public housing high rise estate is located on King street, adjoining Princes Gardens. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local

Double storey Victorian terraces in Wattle Street

Public Space

Prahran features many small gardens scattered throughout the suburb which are largely hidden. The former Greville Botanical Gardens now "Grattan Gardens" are off Greville Street on Grattan Street. Subdivisions have caused incursions to what is now a narrow strip with a playground and heritage pavilion. The Princes Gardens are a small garden which features the "Chapel Off Chapel", an old church converted into a theatre, as well as the Prahran skatepark, home to the best vert skateboarding facilities in Victoria. Victoria Gardens off High Street is a Victorian era garden with a main space consisting of a circular row of London plane trees and an angel statue. The London Plane or Hybrid Plane ( Platanus × hispanica, synonyms Platanus × acerifolia and Platanus × hybrida) is a tree in The Orrong Romanis Park is the largest park in Prahran.

Notable citizens

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Prahran (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
  2. ^ Prahran, accessed 13 March 2008
  3. ^ http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/library/online/coopers_hist_pra.htm Coopers History of Prahran] - see Chapter 1 section 5

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