City of Prahran

City of Prahran
Victoria
Location in Melbourne
Prahran Town Hall
Population42,200 (1992)[1]
 • Density4,419/km2 (11,445/sq mi)
Established1855
Area9.55 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Council seatPrahran
RegionInner Melbourne
CountyBourke
LGAs around City of Prahran:
Melbourne Richmond Hawthorn
South Melbourne City of Prahran Malvern
St Kilda St Kilda Caulfield

The City of Prahran was a local government area about 5 kilometres (3 mi) southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 9.55 square kilometres (3.69 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994, when it was merged with the City of Malvern to create the City of Stonnington.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.