City of Boroondara

City of Boroondara
	City of Boroondara; Victoria
	; City of Harmony
Population:	168,090(2009)
Established:	1994
Area:	60 km² (23.2 sq mi)
Mayor:	Cr Jack Wegman
Council Seat:	Camberwell
Region:	Inner eastern metropolitan Melbourne
State electorate:	Box Hill, Burwood, Hawthorn, Kew
Federal Division:	Higgins, Kooyong
	Website: http://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au
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Camberwell City 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 2009, it had an estimated population of 168,090. Boroondara was rated ninth of 590 Australian Local Government Areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008.^[4]

[edit] Local Government

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, youth services, children's services food safety, parks and gardens, library services, pets, street parking permits and the collection of rates and charges.

Boroondara council's main office in Camberwell underwent a $20 million redevelopment. The historical facade facing Camberwell Road remains largely unchanged whereas the main entrance facing Inglesby Road has been refurbished. The project was completed in February, 2010.

[edit] Wards and councillors

Ward^[5]	contains parts of…^[5]	Past and present councillors^[6]^[7]
Bellevue	Balwyn North, Kew East	Eric Risstrom (1996–2003), Gina Goldsmith (2003–2004), Luke Tobin (2004–2008), Brad Miles (2008–present)
Cotham	Kew, Balwyn, Balwyn North	Geoff Hayes (1996–2004), Lachlan Williams (2004–2007), Phil Meggs (2007–2008), David Bloom (2008–present)
Gardiner	Glen Iris, Hawthorn East, Hawthorn, Camberwell	Will Charlton (1996–2002), Coral Ross (2002–present)
Glenferrie	Hawthorn, Kew	Nigel Kirby (1996–1999), Meredith Butler (1999–2008), Phil Meggs (2008–present)
Junction	Camberwell, Hawthorn East, Canterbury	Lilian Weinberg (1996–1999), Martina Hayes (1999–2002), Jack Wegman (2002–present)
Lynden	Camberwell, Glen Iris, Canterbury	Ian Wallace (1996–2002), Heinz Kreutz (2002–present)
Maling	Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Balwyn	Loreto Davey (1996–2002), Dennis Whelan (2002–2004), Dick Menting (2004–present)
Maranoa	Balwyn, Balwyn North,	Chris Pattas (1996–2004), Nicholas Tragas (2004–present)
Solway	Ashburton, Glen Iris	Keith Walter (1996–2004), Mary Halikias-Byrnes (2004–2008), Kevin Chow (2008–present)
Studley	Kew, Hawthorn	Paula Davey (1996–1999), Judith Voce (1999–2004), Phillip Healey (2004–present)