The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers 41 km2 (16 sq mi) in Melbourne's inner south-eastern suburbs. The main suburbs include Armadale, Ashburton, Carnegie, Glen Iris, Kooyong, Malvern, Malvern East, Murrumbeena, Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra and Toorak, as well as part of Ormond.
The division of Higgins is named after Justice Henry Bournes Higgins (1851–1929), who was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1894) and president of the Carlton Football Club (1904). He was a founding Member of Australian House of Representatives, serving as the Protectionist member for Northern Melbourne and was the Attorney-General in the Watson Government (1904). He went on to become a Justice of the High Court of Australia (1906–1929).
Kids in Philanthropy offers opportunities for school-aged children and their families to help meet the needs of disadvantaged young people around Australia.
This local organisation that runs a toy borrowing service for children in the Ashburton community, giving instant access to hundreds of quality toys for families.
Men of Malvern was established in 2012 by a group of local men who support the health and welfare of men, and provide opportunities for socialisation and education amongst their members.
Back2Nettleton is a local community group dedicated to rejuvenating Nettleton Park in Glen Iris. They bring locals together twice a month on working bees, to effectively bring back the bees.
The Urban Guerrilas invite and encourage young community members to take part in reintroducing and restoring Indigenous biodiversity back into urban landscapes.
Located in Malvern, the Water Well Project is an award-winning charity that improves the wellbeing of communities from migrant and asylum seeker backgrounds by improving health literacy.
