The City of Stonnington sits on the Traditional Lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the East Kulin Nations

I would like to pay my deepest respect and gratitude to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have cared for this Country for countless generations. As someone who now calls Australia home, I feel privileged to live, work, and create on land that has been nurtured with deep knowledge, care, and connection for tens of thousands of years.

Before European settlement, this region was a bountiful ecosystem rich in waterways, plants, and wildlife. Both groups camped along the river and creek banks where they sourced food including plants, fish, mussels, eels and waterfowl. Malvern Gardens is on the site of a natural spring, hence the name Spring Road, and was used by the Yalukit-willam clan. High Street near Malvern Town Hall was a known meeting place and venue for staging corroborees

The suburb of Prahran takes its name from the local Indigenous word for the area, Pur-ra-ran, a compound of two words meaning 'land partially surrounded by water'. Surveyor General Robert Hoddle adopted the name Prahran for official use.

Learn more: City of Stonnington Indigenous History Hub