City of Boroondara

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City of Boroondara
Victoria

City of Harmony
Population: 154,450 (2006) [1]
• Density: 2633.43/km² (6820.6/sq mi)
Established: 1994
Area: 60 km² (23.2 sq mi)
Mayor: Cr Coral Ross
Council Seat: Camberwell
Region: Inner eastern metropolitan Melbourne
State District: Box Hill, Burwood, Hawthorn, Kew
Federal Division: Higgins, Kooyong
Website: http://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au
LGAs around City of Boroondara:
Yarra Banyule Manningham
Yarra City of Boroondara Whitehorse
Stonnington Stonnington Monash
Camberwell Town Hall
Camberwell Town Hall

The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation.

In 1837, John Gardiner (after whom Gardiners Creek was named) and his family were the first Europeans to settle here.

Robert Hoddle surveyed the area in 1837 and declared it the "Parish of Boroondara". The area was densely wooded, so he took a word from the Woiwurrung language (as spoken by the Wurundjeri), meaning "where the ground is thickly shaded". [2]

The first Local Government body was the Boroondara District Road Board, formed on 11 July 1854 and incorporating the areas which were to become the City of Hawthorn, City of Kew and City of Camberwell. Hawthorn and Kew were created as separate municipalities in 1860 and the remaining area of the Road Board became Shire of Boroondara on 17 November 1871, which later became the City of Camberwell.[3] The three were amalgamated on 15 December 1994 to create the City of Boroondara.

It has an area of 60 km², and in 2001, it had an approximate population of 160,000. Boroondara contains many private schools, including: Xavier College, Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), Trinity Grammar School, Ruyton Girls' School, Carey Baptist Grammar School, Scotch College, Fintona Girls' School, Genazzano FCJ College, Preshil and Erasmus School of Primary Education.

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[edit] Government

[edit] Local

Boroondara City Council is the third tier of government and deals with services such as garbage collection, building and planning permits and approvals, roads, drainage, health services, food safety, parks and gardens, library services, pets, street parking permits and the collection of rates and charges. Council meetings are held at the Camberwell Civic Centre.

[edit] Wards and councillors

Ward[4] contains parts of…[4] Past and present councillors[5][6]
Bellevue Balwyn North, Kew East Eric Risstrom 1996-2003, Gina Goldsmith 2003-2004, Luke Tobin 2004-
Cotham Kew, Balwyn, Balwyn North Geoff Hayes 1996-2004, Lachlan Williams 2004-2007, Phil Meggs 2007-
Gardiner Glen Iris, Hawthorn East, Hawthorn, Camberwell Will Charlton 1996-2002, Coral Ross 2002-
Glenferrie Hawthorn, Kew Nigel Kirby 1996-1999, Meredith Butler 1999-
Junction Camberwell, Hawthorn East, Canterbury Lilian Weinberg 1996-1999, Martina Hayes 1999-2002, Jack Wegman 2002-
Lynden Camberwell, Glen Iris, Canterbury Ian Wallace 1996-2002, Heinz Kreutz 2002-
Maling Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Balwyn Loreto Davey 1996-2002, Dennis Whelan 2002-2004, Dick Menting 2004-
Maranoa Balwyn, Balwyn North, Mont Albert Chris Pattas 1996-2004, Nicholas Tragas 2004-
Solway Ashburton, Glen Iris Keith Walter 1996-2004, Mary Halikias-Byrnes 2004-
Studley Kew, Hawthorn Paula Davey 1996-1999, Judith Voce 1999-2004, Phillip Healey 2004-

[edit] Boroondara mayors

[edit] Libraries

The City of Boroondara has five libraries, located at Camberwell, Ashburton, Balwyn, Kew and Hawthorn.

[edit] Suburbs

The City includes the suburbs of:

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Suburbs of the City of Boroondara | Melbourne | Victoria

With some of the suburbs mentioned above shared with other city councils:

[edit] Major thoroughfares

  • Auburn Road
  • Balwyn Road
  • Barkers Road
  • Belmore Road
  • Burke Road
  • Burwood Road
  • Camberwell Road
  • Canterbury Road
  • Chandler Highway
  • Church Street
  • Cotham Road
  • Denmark Street
  • Doncaster Road
  • Eastern Freeway
  • Glenferrie Road
  • High Street, Ashburton
  • High Street, Kew
  • Mont Albert Road
  • Power Street
  • Princess Street
  • Riversdale Road
  • Studley Park Road
  • Toorak Road
  • Tooronga Road
  • Union Road
  • Warrigal Road
  • Whitehorse Road

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Boroondara (Local Government Area). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
  2. ^ Boroondara City Council Local History and Heritage http://boroondara.mylithio.com/about/historyandheritage
  3. ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 327-328, 393, 406.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  4. ^ a b Wards and suburbs. City of Boroondara. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  5. ^ City of Boroondara. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  6. ^ Former Boroondara Councillors. City of Boroondara. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Local government areas of Melbourne
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