Malvern East is a suburb in

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, 13 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Malvern East recorded a population of 22,296 at the 2021 census. Malvern East is bounded to the north by Wattletree Road and

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, to the east by

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, to the south by the

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(Dandenong Road) and to the west by Tooronga Road. It is most famous for the

Chadstone Shopping Centre Chadstone Shopping Centre (colloquially known as Chaddy) is a super regional shopping centre located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East. Chadstone Shopping Centre is the biggest shopping centre in Australia and one of the bi ...

, the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere, and the largest by total lettable space under one roof. In recent times, what was once a relatively small suburb was extended to incorporate parts of neighboring

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. Based on its easterly proximity to Malvern, the expansion and redefinition of Malvern East was driven in the 1990s by resident groups eager to 'reclaim' their address from being identified with the Chadstone Shopping Centre, which had been massively expanded since its original construction. However, the Chadstone Shopping Centre shares the 'Malvern East' address and postcode.

History

The first Malvern East Post Office opened on 4 August 1914 by Mathew Renbach, who was raised in East Malvern and was renamed Wattletree Road twenty days later. The second Malvern East Post Office opened in 1924 and was renamed Central Park in 1928. The third Malvern East Post Office was renamed from Caulfield East in 1928, but reverted to that name in 1929. The fourth Malvern East Post Office opened around 1935 and closed in 1993. Three Post Offices remain marking the major commercial areas of the suburb; Wattletree Road office on the corner of Tooronga Road, Central Park office on Burke Road near Wattletree Road and Darling South office on Waverley Road. The suburb is also home to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, founded in 1953, making it the oldest Buddhist Institution in Victoria.

Parks and gardens

Malvern East has a number of popular public open spaces, the most notable of which are

Hedgeley Dene Gardens Hedgeley Dene Gardens is a public open space in the suburb of Malvern East in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of the most popular parks in the Malvern East locality. It is also significant as an example of public open space design that recreat ...

, Central Park and the Urban Forest Reserve. While Central Park and its surrounding residential neighbourhood are subject to

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protection, Hedgeley Dene Gardens is the first public open space to be designated worthy of protection on neighbourhood character grounds.

Transport

Malvern East is serviced by Darling, East Malvern and Holmesglen railway stations, all on the

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, Caulfield and Malvern railway stations on the

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, Cranbourne line and Pakenham line and the numbers 3 and 5 tram routes. The Melbourne

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612, 623, 624, and 626 also services the area. The suburb is also serviced by the community

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along Gardiners Creek, which joins and is an integral part, of the Greater Melbourne network of bike paths.

Sport

The suburb has an

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football team, East Malvern Football Club, competing in the

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. The De La Salle Old Collegians Associated Football Club also competes at Waverley Park, on Waverley Road, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association in A Section. Malvern East also boasts one of the largest Australian Rules

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clinics in Australia, which is held on Saturday mornings during winter. Golfers play at the course of the East Malvern Golf Club, on Golfers Drive, the Malvern Valley Public Golf Course on Golfers Drive or at the course of the Nepean Golf Club, on Waverley Road.

Notable citizens

* Bruce Clarke (1925-2008), jazz guitarist, composer, and educator, lived in Malvern East *

Eva Duldig Eva Ruth de Jong-Duldig (nee Duldig; born 11 February 1938) is an Austrian-born Australian and Dutch former tennis player, and current author. From the ages of two to four, she was detained by Australia in an isolated internment camp, as an enemy ...

(born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author *

Karl Duldig Karl (Karol) Duldig (29 December 1902 – 11 August 1986) was a Jewish modernist sculptor.

(1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor *

Slawa Duldig Slawa Duldig née Horowitz (28 November 1901– 16 August 1975) was an inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher. In 1928, as Slawa Horowitz, she created a design for an improved compact folding umbrella, which she patented in 1929. Slawa w ...

(1902–1975), Polish-born Austrian-Australian inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher *

Max Holmes Max Holmes (born 29 August 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong traded their future first round pick with Richmond to secure Pick 20 in the 2020 AFL draft to select Hol ...

(born 2002), AFL player *

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(born 1973), actress *

Bailey Smith Bailey Smith (born 7 December 2000) is a professional Australian rules football player. Smith was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 7th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft, making his debut in the 2019 AFL season. He received a nomination ...

(born 2000) – AFL player for the

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References

External links

Australian Places – Malvern East
{{Authority control Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Stonnington