Captain Thomas Henderson, of the Royal Navy, arrived in Melbourne on a ship called Iris in 1850.
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A number of government and independent schools are located in Glen Iris, including Camberwell South Primary School, Glen Iris Primary School, St Cecilia's Primary School, St Roch's Catholic Primary School, Sacré Cœur School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Caulfield Grammar School Malvern campus.
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The council area covered the suburbs of Hawthorn, Hawthorn East and parts of Glen Iris, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the west, Barkers Road to the north, Gardeners Creek and CityLink (formerly South Eastern Freeway) to the south and Burke Road to the east.
The Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, is a public swimming pool complex located on the corner of High street & Edgar Street, Glen Iris, Melbourne, Australia.
W49AY, known on-air as WAY-TV, is a low-powered religious station based and licensed in Birmingham, Alabama, owned and operated by the Glen Iris Baptist Church, who also owns WGIB radio.
Letchworth hired noted landscape architect William Webster to design the grounds of the estate, which Letchworth named Glen Iris.