Box Hill North, Victoria

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Box Hill North
Melbourne
Population: 10,649 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3129
Area: 4 km² (1.5 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $390,000 [2]
Location: 17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Whitehorse
State District: Box Hill
Federal Division: Chisholm
Suburbs around Box Hill North:
Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster East
Mont Albert North Box Hill North Blackburn North
Mont Albert Box Hill Blackburn

Box Hill North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse.

Box Hill North's boundaries are Koonung Creek in the north, Elgar Road in the west, Middleborough Road in the east and Thames Street in the south. The eastern part of Box Hill North is also known as Kerrimuir.

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[edit] History

Although central Box Hill was established as a post town in 1861, Box Hill North was largely developed as a suburban area following the Second World War. The earliest permanent European presence in the area was Arundel Wrighte's pastoral lease, established in 1838. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built of local stone in 1858 and is the oldest building in the area. Until the 1950s much of Box Hill North was covered with orchards.

[edit] Shopping

Box Hill North has a little plaza of shops on the corner of Station St and Woodhouse Grove a bette array of shops are just up the road by bus to the Centro Box Hill complex in Box Hill, the Westfield run Doncaster Shoppingtown in the north, and Blackburn North Square Shopping Centre to the east.

Box Hill North does, however, have numerous roadside strip shopping centres, the largest is Kerrimuir Shopping Centre, at the intersection of Middleborough Road and Springfield Road, Smaller shopping strips are located at Trawool Street and Second Avenue.

[edit] Education

Box Hill North is home to two public primary schools, Kerrimuir Primary School and Box Hill North. Recently, St Clare's Catholic Primary School closed down.

The suburb does not have any secondary schools, but Koonung Secondary College, Box Hill High School and Blackburn High School are in the neighbouring suburbs, Mont Albert North, Box Hill and Blackburn North, respectively.

[edit] Sports Clubs

[edit] Parkland

There are many parks in the suburb. These are Elgar Park, Bushy Creek Park, Memorial Park, Springfield Park, Tassell's Park, Frank Sedgman Reserve, Hagenauer Reserve, Halligan Park, Eram Park and many smaller, and often un-named, reserves. Of these, only Elgar Park and Springfield Park contain an Australian rules football oval. Most of these parks have walking and bicycle paths and children's playgrounds. See the Bushy Creek Trail and the Koonung Creek Trail.

[edit] Religion

The residents of Box Hill North profess several religions, although the majority are either non-religious or Christian[citation needed]. There are five churches in the suburb, The Grove Uniting Church, St. Clare's Roman Catholic Church, an Evangelical Chinese Church, a True Jesus Church and St. Philips Anglican Church.

[edit] See also

  • City of Box Hill - the former local government area of which Box Hill North was a part.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Box Hill North (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Box Hill North, accessed 27 November 2006

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