Prahran (pronounced "puh-RAN"), also known colloquially as "Pran", is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Reads_emporium. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... km redirects here. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Stonnington City Centre (Malvern Town Hall) is now the corporate headquarters of the City of Stonnington. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Higgins is an organiation dedicated to the destruction and hatred of Jim Higgins. ... Melbourne Ports is an Australian federal electoral division in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... South Yarra is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Toorak is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... ... St Kilda ( ) is an inner city suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. ... Windsor is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... St Kilda East is the name of an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ...

It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington. 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. Like many suburbs of inner Melbourne, the population is more ethnically and socially diverse than in outer suburban areas. Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Stonnington City Centre (Malvern Town Hall) is now the corporate headquarters of the City of Stonnington. ... St Kilda ( ) is an inner city suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

Chapel Street, for example, is a mix of upscale fashion shops and cafes. Along with the South Yarra section of Toorak Rd, it is a fashionable magnet for Melbourne's yuppie set. Chapel Street is one of Melbourne, Australias best shopping, dining and entertainment precincts. ... South Yarra is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Yuppies (or young urban professionals and young upwardly mobile professionals[1]) is a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists who do not exhibit or aspire to traditional American values. ...

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

A large high-rise public housing towers estate is located just off Chapel Street. A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

Prahan is serviced by Prahran station, on the Sandringham line, as well as tram routes 5, 6, 64, 72, 78 and 79. Prahran station, originally known as Greville Street Station, is located in the middle of Greville Street. ... The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway 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. ...

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. Large emporia (department stores) sprang up along Chapel Street. Schematic plan of Hoddles allotments for the village of Melbourne, March,1837 Each block was further subdivided into 20 allotments each 76 perches in area Map of central Melbourne Melbournes CBD. The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...

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 an 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.

In the 1970s, the suburb began to gentrify, with much of the remaining old housing stock being renovated and restored. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

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. Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government urban planning blueprint for the metropolis of Melbourne covering the period 2000-2030 in which the population of the urban area is expected to grow to just under 5 million people. ...

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 is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...

The Chapel Street section of Prahran is notable for its collection of turn of the century emporiums, large buildings which include: Emporium is an old-fashioned term for a Department store and for marketplaces or trading centers in ancient cities. ...

• Prahran Arcade - built in 1889 on Chapel Street is a richly detailed building both externally and internally. Retains the original arcade, but decorative roof was removed in the 1950s. Also known locally as "Birdland" due to pigeons which once bred in the recessed balconies of the building and the large eagles which adorn the facade, but are now screened by chicken wire. Was a Dan Murphy's cellar for many years, but currently a JB Hifi store. Now heritage registered.
• Reads Emporium - built in 1914 on the corner of Chapel Street and Commercial Road. A landmark of the area.Its twin beacons, which sit atop large copper clad domes were once visible like lighthouses for miles around, but no longer operate. The lower stories were converted into shops in the 1980s and named "Pran Central". The upper stories were restored and converted into fashionable apartments in 2005. Now heritage registered.
• Big Store - built in 1902 and closed in 1968 on Chapel Street. A second store, almost as large as the main store, once stood in the carpark to the west, beyond Cato Street, linked by cross-over walkways. This large Edwardian building is currently used by Coles Supermarkets.
• Maples Corner - built in 1910 on the corner of Chapel and High Streets. Converted into offices in the 1980s and many deteriorating decorative features were replaced with post modern elements.
• Love & Lewis - built in 1913 on Chapel Street and converted into a mix of offices, retail and apartments in 2004. Now heritage registered.

Other significant Prahran emporiums include Conway's Buildings (1914) and the large Colosseum building (1897) which was lost to fire in 1914. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Standard atomic weight 63. ... Coles Supermarkets are an Australian supermarket chain owned by Coles Group. ... High Street is a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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. 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. Prahran Town Hall Former Prahran City Hall Prahran Town Hall is a civic building located on the corner of Chapel Street and Greville Street in Prahran, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... The canonical example of Second Empire style is the Opéra Garnier, in which Neo-Baroque meets Neo-Renaissance. ...

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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. A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

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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 pavillion. The Princes Gardens are a small garden which features the "Chapel Off Chapel", an old church converted into a theatre. 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 Orrong Romanis Park is the largest park in Prahran. Binomial name Platanus x hispanica Muenchh. ...

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Notable citizens

• Graham Berry - colonial politician, and 11th Premier of Victoria was a grocer in Prahran in the 1850s.
• Maurice Blackburn - Australian lawyer and Labor Party politician who died in Prahran in 1944.
• Raelene Boyle - Australian athlete who worked for the Prahran City Council as a landscape gardener.
• Barlow Carkeek - Victorian and Australian cricketer died at Prahran in 1937.
• Arthur Henry Cobby - leading air ace in the Australian Flying Corps during World War I was born in Prahran.
• Lindsay Fox - high profile Australian businessman.
• Lisa Gerrard - Australian musician and singer, part of the music group Dead Can Dance, lived in Prahran.
• Herbert Hyland - investor and Country Party politician, was born on 15 March 1884 in Prahran.
• George Hodges Knox - Australian politician, after whom the City of Knox is named, was born in Prahran in 1885.
• John Safran - documentarian and media personality.
• Brian Taylor - former Australian rules footballer and coach of Prahran Football Club in the VFA

Sir Graham Berry Graham Berry (28 August 1822 - 25 January 1904), Australian colonial politician, was the 11th Premier of Victoria. ... Maurice McCrae Blackburn was a controversial, long serving Australian politician. ... Raelene Boyle MBE (1951 - ), Australian athlete, represented Australia at four Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals. ... William Carkeek, born October 17, 1878, at Walhalla, Victoria, and died February 20, 1937, at Prahran, Victoria, was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. ... Captain Harry Cobby in 1919 Air CommodoreArthur Henry Harry Cobby CBE, DSO, DFC and Two Bars, GM RAAF (August 26, 1894-November 11, 1955) was a notable Australian military aviator. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with Irish former partner Brendan Perry. ... Sir Herbert John Thornhill Hyland (1884-1970), storekeeper, investor, and politician, was born on 15 March 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, second son of George Hyland, a Victorian-born painter, and his wife Mary, nee Thornhill, from Ireland. ... Sir George Hodges Knox (1885 - 1960) was an Australian politician. ... This Australian media personality is not to be confused with the American author Jonathan Safran Foer. ... Early Career Brian Dolphin Taylor is a British drummer, whose career started when he gave a friend a lift to audition as bass guitarist, for the Tom Robinson Band in 1976. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football... The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA), is a second-tier Australian rules football league. ...

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