Did you spot any of Thomas Pockett’s chrysanthemums over the Mother’s Day weekend? Pockett achieved world acclaim in the breeding of chrysanthemums. Displays of his prize winning blooms were a popular feature in the Malvern Gardens in High Street. Image: 1928 #StonnHistory

May 8th, acknowledging the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements. Original painting ‘Rehabilitation’ by Marjorie McChesney Mathews c 1940s depicts three uniformed soldiers at the Red Cross Convalescing Hospital at Stonington, Glenferrie Road Malvern #StonnHistory

Alexandra Avenue extension east of Chapel Street, soon after completion c1932 Source: The Argus #StonnHistory
The work was linked to the upgrading of Como Park drainage and was carried out by unemployed men on sustenance relief wages. Sidney Myer donated funds to the project.

Mr Squiggle and his friends have found a new home at the Museum!

The original Mr Squiggle and more than 800 related objects have joined the National Historical Collection 65 years after first debuting on Australian television.

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AGM Wed 15 May 7.30 pm
Malvern Town Hall - Upper Foyer. Bookings essential, RSVP: Ann by 11 May. 0414 453 510 [email protected]
Guest Speaker, Frank Duyker, ‘Emo Road Malvern East - a little pocket of history with horse racing links’. #StonnHistory Image:Emo Road 1896

🏛️Explore Malvern through the ages with Steve Stefanopoulos OAM, architectural historian, former Mayor of the City of Stonnington and former President of the PMI Victorian History Library, as your guide.

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RHSV + Engineering Heritage Vic - Ken McInnes will explore the entrepreneurs, engineers, expansion, demise of the short lived South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863). APRIL 18 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM in person at the RHSV and via Zoom. DETAILS: historyvictoria.org.au

The Embroiderers Guild Victoria - Behind the Scenes, with displays of significant collections of textiles, lace and much more. Try your skills at the communal table!
170 Wattletree Road Malvern 9509 2222
April 18-19 10 am to 3 pm. Gold coin donation

David Hyslop’s drays c1930 #StonnHistory

Hooray! We just reached 7K Facebook followers! Thank you for supporting local history in Stonnington! #StonnHistory
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Wings of Wonder, Josh Deane’s exciting artwork installation in Stonnington - huge wooden cubes crafted by Indigenous builders, Dundee Rock. On display now at Prahran Square and Rockley Gardens until 1 May. #CityofStonnington

Ray Porta at the wheel of his fish truck in Greville Street, Prahran (undated) Source: Mitchell Library Sydney
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Copy of a 1924 painting by Len Fox (aged 19), nephew of artist Emmanuel Philips Fox, of the Outer Circle Railway - Black Bridge, looking east from East Malvern towards the Dandenongs. #StonnHistory

Residence of George Augustus Robinson at Prahran on the Yarra’ c1847 attributed to George Alexander Gilbert
Source: MItchell Library Sydney - 307/9gkdOGJ9/ 446480
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Malvern’s Joan Richmond made history in 1932 as the 1st Australian woman to win a major motor-racing title. She was a Riley Motor Co UK, rally driver,achieved the first overland car journey from Aust to England and competed in the Monte Carlo Rally. #StonnHistory

#WorldPoetryDay
‘Gleneagles’ was close to present Myrnong Cres and Turnbull Ave,Toorak. Around 1939, the owner, Mrs Power noted that a frequent guest was poet Adam Lindsay Gordon and that he wrote several of his poems sitting under the trees on the property. #StonnHistory

Robert Thomson and son George standing at their brick kiln in Union Street, Armadale 1890. The Thomson family established the brickworks in Union Street and also ran a furniture removals business close by in Barkly Avenue. #StonnHistory

🔖 THIS SATURDAY IS OUR BOOKSALE

Come along and embark on a thrilling exploration through the pages of second-hand classics and unearth hidden gems among our collection of rare books. Come along and grab treasures you wont find elsewhere!

This 1920s State Bank pamphlet from our collection features in the Old Treasury Building Belongings exhibition. Beginning with the home, the exhibition delves into objects that have shaped our lives. From the camera, to the car to the telephone. Learn more: oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/belongings/