Prahran Mechanics' Institute

Christmas Hills, Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia

Postcode: 3775
Description: Township
Location: 37 km north-east of Melbourne, between Kangaroo Ground and Yarra Glen. North of Yarra River in Dandenong Ranges.
Named: After an emancipated convict and shepherd, David Christmas, who became lost on a 640 acre grazing lease in the area in 1842, and was found after days of wandering at a rise which was subsequently named after him. (Wikipedia)

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