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City of Boroondara
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| City of Boroondara Victoria |
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| Population: | 154,450 (2006 census) [1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density: | 2,633.43/km² (6,821/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 60 km² (23.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Cr Phillip Healey | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Camberwell | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Inner eastern metropolitan Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Box Hill, Burwood, Hawthorn, Kew | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Higgins, Kooyong | ||||||||||||
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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 in 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 in 1871, which later became the City of Camberwell. With the amalgamation of the Cities of Camberwell, Kew and Hawthorn in June 1994 the City of Boroondara was created.
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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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.
| 1996 - 1999 | 1999 - 2002 | 2002 - 2004 | 2004 - > |
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| Will Charlton | Will Charlton | Coral Ross | Coral Ross |
| Loreto Davey | Loreto Davey | Jack Wegman | Jack Wegman |
| Paula Davey | Judith Voce | Judith Voce | Philip Healey |
| Geoff Hayes | Geoff Hayes | Geoff Hayes | Lachlan Williams |
| Chris Pattas | Chris Pattas | Chris Pattas | Dick Menting |
| Nigel Kirby | Meredith Butler | Meredith Butler | Meredith Butler |
| Eric Risstrom | Eric Risstrom | Eric Risstrom | Luke Tobin |
| Ian Wallace | Ian Wallace | Dennis Whelan | Nicholas Tragas |
| Keith Walter | Keith Walter | Keith Walter | Mary Halikias-Byrnes |
| Lilian Weinberg | Martina Hayes | Heinz Kreutz | Heinz Kreutz |
The City of Boroondara has five libraries, located at Camberwell, Ashburton, Balwyn, Kew and Hawthorn.
The City includes the suburbs of:
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Ashburton · Balwyn · Balwyn North · Camberwell · Canterbury · Glen Iris · Hawthorn · Hawthorn East · Kew · Kew East · Mont Albert · Surrey Hills |
With some of the suburbs mentioned above shared with other city councils:
- Glen Iris (Shared with City of Stonnington)
- Mont Albert (Shared with City of Whitehorse)
- Surrey Hills (Shared with City of Whitehorse)
- 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
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Community Profile Series : Boorondara. 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
- ^ Boroondara City Council Local History and Heritage http://boroondara.mylithio.com/about/historyandheritage
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| Metropolitan (cities) | Banyule · Bayside · Boroondara · Brimbank · Casey · Darebin · Frankston · Glen Eira · Greater Dandenong · Hobsons Bay · Hume · Kingston · Knox · Manningham · Maribyrnong · Maroondah · Melbourne · Monash · Moonee Valley · Moreland · Port Phillip · Stonnington · Whitehorse · Whittlesea · Wyndham · Yarra |
| Outer metropolitan | Shire of Cardinia · Shire of Melton · Shire of Mornington Peninsula · Shire of Nillumbik · Shire of Yarra Ranges |