Heidelberg, City of Banyule, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3084
Description: Suburb
Location: By Yarra River, 14 km north-east of Melbourne
Named: By land agent ‘Continental’ Brown after Heidelberg, Germany. Originally surveyed as Warringal, an Aboriginal word meaning eagle’s nest. (Blake)
By a land agent after the German city of Heidelberg. There was a proposal by the Heidelberg City Council to change the name during WWII, but there was public outcry and the name stayed. Formerly named Warringal, an Aboriginal word for eagle’s nest. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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