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Waverley Road Shopping Centre Precinct

Other Name

Waverley Road, Malvern East

Location

Waverley Road MALVERN EAST, Stonnington City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Waverley Road shopping centre is of regional significance as a representative, largley intact commercial shopping precinct focused on the end of a tram line. Its development is illustrative of the interdependence of public transport and suburban development as part of Melbourne's development, especially in the late Federation and interwar periods. The nexus between tram, shopping precinct and dormitory subrub was clearly of significance to the development of surrounding area. The high proportion of original and early shopfronts found in the extant building stock greatly enhances that significance.

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