Prahran, Victoria

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Prahran (pronounced "pran" or "puh-ran") is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington.

Prahran Police Station (1887) on the corner of Greville & Macquarie Streets

It is an eminently livable part of Melbourne with many shops, restaurants and cafes.

Chapel Street, for example, is an interesting mix of fashion shops, cafes and two-dollar shops.

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

The Chapel Street section of Prahran is notable for its turn of the century emporiums, large buildings which include the Big Store, Reads Emporium (now Pran Central), Love & Lewis building and Maples Corner.

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.
Lisa Gerrard - Australian musician and singer, part of the music group Dead Can Dance, lived in Prahran.
Arthur Henry Cobby - leading air ace in the Australian Flying Corps during World War I was born in Prahran.
George Hodges Knox - Australian politician, after whom the City of Knox is named, was born in Prahran in 1885.
Herbert Hyland - investor and Country Party politician, was born on 15 March 1884 in Prahran.
Brian Taylor - former Australian rules footballer and coach of Prahran Football Club in the VFA

Neighbourhood

Melbourne suburbs near Prahran
(City of Stonnington)
South Yarra South Yarra Toorak
Melbourne Prahran Armadale
St Kilda Windsor St Kilda East

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Melbourne suburbs near Prahran (City of Stonnington)
South Yarra	South Yarra	Toorak
Melbourne	Prahran	Armadale
St Kilda	Windsor	St Kilda East