Private and Public Memory: a History of the City of Malvern

By Lynne Strahan

$30.00

Since the first settlers arrived in the area in the early 1850’s, the people of Malvern have made known their feelings about their place of residence. Some comments have been boastful, praising “this most aristocratic of aristocratic suburbs”, and others have been acrid.

Given that Malvern was part both of a new land and a burgeoning metropolis, two places have, respectively, symbolised the power of nature and the hand of man: Gardiner’s Creek with its once pristine valley and the frosted dignity of the Malvern Town Hall.

Linked to the Melbourne metropolis and the Australian nation, Malvern endured the catastrophes that gripped the larger world. The 1890s and the 1930s saw economic depression. The first World War, and the Second, claimed many young Malvern men. Here, though, is a history written about the community (not about the Council) – of the houses, schools, gardens and parks, of people, politicians and motor cars. Includes over 70 photographs and maps.

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