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The City of Boroondara (/bɒrənˈdɑːrə/) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was formed in June 1994 from the amalgamation of the Cities of Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn.[3]

City of Boroondara Victoria
Map of Melbourne with the City of Boroondara highlighted in dark green
Population	167,900 (LGA 2021)[1]
Established	1994
Area	60 km2 (23.2 sq mi)[2]
Mayor	Cr Garry Thompson
Council seat	Camberwell
Region	Inner eastern metropolitan Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Ashwood Hawthorn Kew
Federal division(s)	Higgins Kooyong
Website	City of Boroondara
LGAs around City of Boroondara: Yarra Banyule Manningham Yarra City of Boroondara Whitehorse Stonnington Stonnington Monash

It has an area of 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi). In June 2018 the City had a population of 181,289.[2] Boroondara was rated ninth of 590 Australian local government areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008,[4] and first in a 2013 Victoria-wide community satisfaction survey.[5]

History

This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation.[6][7]

In 1837, John Gardiner (after whom Gardiners Creek was named) and his family were the first Europeans to settle in the area.[7] 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".[8]

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.[9]

The three municipalities were amalgamated in June 1994 to create the City of Boroondara.[3] Existing councillors from the three municipalities were replaced initially by three commissioners - David Glanville (chair), David Thomas and Marion Macleod.[10] The commissioners were in turn replaced by ten councillors following elections in 1996.[11]

Local government

Boroondara City Council is the third tier of government and deals with services such as waste and recycling collection, leisure centres, building and planning permits and approvals, roads, drainage, health services, youth services, children's services, food safety, parks and gardens, library services, pets, street parking permits and the collection of rates and charges.[12]

Current composition and election method

Boroondara City Council is composed of eleven councillors, each representing one of eleven wards. On Thursday 9 July 2020, the Minister for Local Government formally announced a change to Boroondara’s electoral structure. This change follows a review by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), which was completed in June 2019. This change included an increase in ward and councillor numbers from 10 to 11. The new 11th ward is named Riversdale Ward, and is located to the south-west where it shares a boundary with Glenferrie, Junction and Gardiner Wards. This addition resulted in a number of boundary changes across the municipality.[13]

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to disrupt the local elections, with some arguing that the inability to campaign in-person would benefit incumbents with name-recognition, or resource rich candidates who could invest in letter box campaigns with leaflets.[14] A decision was made, on public health grounds, that it was safe to proceed with the elections and voters were only able to return their ballots via postal voting.[15][16]

All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office, with the most recent election being held in October 2020.[17][18] Councillors-elect were sworn-in at a Special Meeting of Council on Monday 16 November 2020. The current mayor is Cr Garry Thompson.[19]

Party		Councillors
	Independent	7
	Liberal	3
	Greens	1
Total		11

Ward[20]	Suburbs[20]	Party		Councillor[21]	Elected
Bellevue	Balwyn North, Kew East		Independent	Jim Parke	2012
Cotham	Kew, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Deepdene		Liberal	Felicity Sinfield[22]	2016
Gardiner	Glen Iris, Hawthorn East, Hawthorn, Camberwell		Independent	Victor Franco	2020
Glenferrie	Hawthorn, Kew		Greens	Wes Gault[23]	2020
Junction	Camberwell, Hawthorn East, Canterbury		Independent	Di Gillies	2020
Lynden	Camberwell, Glen Iris, Canterbury		Independent	Lisa Hollingsworth	2016
Maling	Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Balwyn		Independent	Jane Addis	2012
Maranoa	Balwyn, Balwyn North, Mont Albert North		Liberal	Cynthia Watson[22]	2016
Riversdale	Hawthorn, Hawthorn East		Independent	Susan Biggar	2020
Solway	Ashburton, Glen Iris		Independent	Garry Thompson	2016
Studley	Kew, Hawthorn		Liberal	Nick Stavrou[24]	2020

Past councillors

Single member wards, 1996-2019

Previous councillors (grey shading indicates election year)[25][26]
Ward	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Bellevue	Eric Risstrom							1.	Luke Tobin				Brad Miles				Jim Parke
Cotham	Geoff Hayes								Lachlan Williams			2.	David Bloom				Judith Voce				Felicity Sinfield
Gardiner	Will Charlton						Coral Ross
Glenferrie	Nigel Kirby			Meredith Butler									Phil Meggs				Steve Hurd
Junction	Lilian Weinberg			Martina Hayes			Jack Wegman
Lynden	Ian Wallace						Heinz Kreutz														Lisa Hollingsworth
Maling	Loreto Davey						3.		Dick Menting								Jane Addis
Maranoa	Chris Pattas								Nicholas Tragas								Philip Mallis				Cynthia Watson
Solway	Keith Walter								4.				Kevin Chow[27][28]								Garry Thompson
Studley	Paula Davey			Judith Voce					Phillip Healey[29][30]

  Liberal   Labor 1. Gina Goldsmith 2. Phil Meggs 3. Dennis Whelan 4. Mary Halikias-Byrnes

Boroondara mayors

• List of mayors of Boroondara

Infrastructure

The Council is responsible for the management of stormwater collection and removal. The water supply authority is Yarra Valley Water.

Libraries

The City of Boroondara has five libraries at Camberwell, Ashburton, Balwyn, Kew and Hawthorn, and in 2018 opened a 'library lounge' at the Greythorn Community Hub in Balwyn North.[31][32]

Local area

Suburbs

• Ashburton
• Balwyn
• Balwyn North
• Camberwell
• Canterbury
• Deepdene
• Glen Iris (Shared with the City of Stonnington)
• Hawthorn
• Hawthorn East
• Kew
• Kew East
• Mont Albert (Shared with the City of Whitehorse)
• Surrey Hills (Shared with the City of Whitehorse)

Schools

Boroondara has one of the highest concentrations of students in Australia[33] and contains many private schools, including Xavier College, Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School, Camberwell Grammar School, Trinity Grammar School, Ruyton Girls' School, Rossbourne School, Carey Baptist Grammar School, Scotch College, Fintona Girls' School, Genazzano FCJ College, Preshil, and Alia College. It contains Catholic schools such as St Michael's Parish School (Ashburton) Our Lady of Good Counsel (Deepdene) and St Bede's School (Balwyn North) and a number of public schools, including Canterbury Girls' Secondary College, Balwyn High School, Kew High School, Auburn High School and Camberwell High School.

See also

• List of Melbourne suburbs

References

External links

• Official website
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

Boroondara travel guide from Wikivoyage

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-37.833333333333145.06666666667 Boroondara City ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria. Boroondara gehört zur Metropole Melbourne, der Hauptstadt Victorias. Das Gebiet ist 60 km² groß und hat etwa 160.000 Einwohner.

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