William Henry Prohasky (1856-1937) was a Melbourne-based grocer who entered local politics in the 1880s and served as Mayor of Port Melbourne from 1888-89. He was bankrupted in 1893, as were many in the 1890s depression, and retired from public life thereafter. The Port Melbourne Standard for 5 July 1913 announces council's intention to build a street named in his honour, however, as this is 'from Williamstown Road to the shore', it is not the same Prohasky Street we see today.
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