The City of Kingston is a
local government area in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of
Melbourne
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, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the
Melbourne city centre
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along the north-eastern shorelines of
Port Phillip
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. It covers an area of 91 km² and has an estimated population of 163,431 people.
Suburbs
* Aspendale
* Aspendale Gardens
Aspendale Gardens is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Aspendale Gardens recorded a population of 6,427 at th ...
* Bonbeach
* Braeside Braeside, meaning ''hillside'' in the Scots language, may refer to:
* Braeside, Aberdeen, Scotland
* Braeside, Greenock, Scotland
* Braeside, Victoria, Australia
* Braeside, Ontario, Canada
* Braeside Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
* Breaside, Chic ...
* Carrum
Carrum is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local Government Areas of Victoria, local government ar ...
* Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
* Chelsea Heights
* Cheltenham (shared with the City of Bayside)
* Clarinda
* Clayton South
* Dingley Village
Dingley Village is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Dingley Village recorded a population of 10,495 at the . ...
* Edithvale
Edithvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Edithvale recorded a population of 6,276 at the .
History
...
* Heatherton
* Highett (shared with the City of Bayside)
* Mentone
* Moorabbin
Moorabbin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Moorabbin recorded a population of 6,287 at the .
Most of the ...
* Mordialloc
Mordialloc is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Mordialloc recorded a population of 8,886 at the . ...
* Oakleigh South (shared with the City of Monash
The City of Monash is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne with an area of 81.5 square kilometres and a population of 200,077 people in 2016.
Demographics
Monash has a diverse popu ...
)
* Parkdale
* Patterson Lakes
Patterson Lakes is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Patterson Lakes recorded a population of 7,793 at the 2021 census ...
* Waterways
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History
The City of Kingston area was originally governed by the Moorabbin Roads Board, which formed in 1862 and became a shire council in 1871, covering a large area of mixed agricultural and semi-urban land. After years of agitation, in 1917 the seaside town of Sandringham Sandringham can refer to:
Places
* Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia
* Sandringham, Queensland, Australia
* Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
**Sandringham railway line
**Sandringham railway station
**Electoral district of Sandringham
* Sand ...
became a borough with its own council, and this fuelled the desire of those living in towns further south to combine their efforts and demand self-representation. This finally occurred in May 1920 and the "Borough of Mordialloc and Mentone" was formed. It became a town in 1923 and the City of Mordialloc
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in 1926.
The City of Moorabbin had a population of 109,588 by the time of the 1971 census.
In 1994, the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, as part of its local government reform. The new City of Kingston was one result, and on 15 December 1994 the City was formally Gazetted comprising all of the City of Chelsea
The City of Chelsea was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the eastern side of Port Phillip. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1920 until 1994.
History
Chelsea was o ...
, most of the City of Mordialloc
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
, a substantial portion of the City of Moorabbin, and parts of the Cities of Oakleigh and Springvale.
A new electoral structure for Kingston was effected in November 2008. Under the new structure there are three wards – North Ward, Central Ward and South Ward, and three Councillors representing each ward. This makes a total of nine Councillors, instead of the previous structure of seven wards each represented by one Councillor, and as of November 2020 there are 11 wards each individually represented by a ward councillor.
Kingston's headquarters are located at the 7-storey '1230 Nepean Hwy' building, which has become a landmark to Cheltenham as well as the council. The A-Grade office building was built in 1993.
Schools
Primary education
Secondary education
Primary and secondary education
* Mentone Girls' Grammar School
, motto_translation = Nothing truer than Truth
, established = 1899
, type = Independent, single-sex, day school
, denomination = Anglican
, slogan = Mentone Girls. Remar ...
* Mentone Grammar School
(by work and with honour)
, city = Mentone
, state = Victoria
, zipcode = 3194
, country = Australia
, coordinates =
, type = Indepen ...
Railway stations
*Aspendale
** Aspendale railway station
Aspendale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Aspendale, and opened in April 1891 as Aspendale Park Racecourse. It was renamed Aspendale on 1 August 1905. – April 1891
*Bonbeach
** Bonbeach railway station – February 1927
*Carrum
** Carrum railway station
Carrum railway station is located on the Frankston railway line, Frankston line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Carrum, Victoria, Carrum, and opened on 1 August 1882.
History
Carrum ...
– August 1882
*Chelsea
** Chelsea railway station – February 1907
*Cheltenham
** Cheltenham railway station – December 1881
**''Southland railway station
Southland railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham, and it opened on 26 November 2017.
History 19th century
The first proposal for a railway station bet ...
'' – November 2017
*Clayton South
** Westall railway station
Westall railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Clayton South, and opened on 6 February 1951.
History
Opening on 6 February 1951, Westall stati ...
– February 1951
*Edithvale
** Edithvale railway station
Edithvale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Edithvale, and it opened on 20 September 1919.
History
Opening on 20 September 1919, Edithvale station gets i ...
– September 1919
*Highett
** Highett railway station
Highett railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Highett, and opened on 19 December 1881 as Highett Road. It was renamed Highett on 14 December 1885.
History
High ...
– December 1881
*Mentone
** Mentone railway station
Mentone railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mentone, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road. It was renamed Balcombe on 1 September 1882, and was ...
– December 1881
*Moorabbin
** Moorabbin railway station
Moorabbin railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.
History
Mo ...
– December 1881
*Mordialloc
** Mordialloc railway station
Mordialloc railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc, and it opened on 19 December 1881. – December 1881
*Parkdale
** Parkdale railway station
Parkdale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Parkdale, and it opened on 1 September 1919.
History
Opening on 1 September 1919, Parkdale station, like the s ...
– September 1919
Library services
The City of Kingston operates nine free council run libraries.
Major branches
* Chelsea
* Cheltenham
* Clarinda
* Parkdale
* Westall
Minor branches
* Dingley
* Highett
* Moorabbin
* Patterson Lakes
Sport and recreation facilities
The City of Kingston operates two swimming and recreation centres:
* Th
Waves Leisure Centre
which has a 50-metre swimming pool, spa, gym and separate wave pool.
* Th
Don Tatnell Leisure Centre
which has a 25-metre swimming pool, spa and gym (closed as of 2021 due to structural damage).
Council structure
Corporate management
*Chief Executive Officer, Peter Bean
*General Manager, Customer & Corporate Support, Dan Hogan
*General Manager Planning and Development, Jonathan Guttmann
*General Manager Organisational City Assets and Environment, Samantha Krull
*General Manager Community Sustainability, Sally Jones
*Chief Financial Officer, Bernard Rohan
Council services
The council has an annual budget of $245 million (2021-22), with works involving areas such as road maintenance and construction, community, cultural and youth activities, town planning and development, waste management and recycling, maintenance of parks and public areas, public health and animal control, library services, and business and tourism support.
Election results
As of November 2020 there are 11 wards each individually represented by a ward councillor. At the 2020 election, the councillors re-elected included Tamsin Bearsley, David Eden, George Hua, Georgina Oxley, and Steve Staikos. They were joined by newly elected councillors Tim Cochrane, Jenna Davey-Burns, Tracey Davies, Chris Hill, Cameron Howe and Hadi Saab.Five re-elected to expanded council - Bayside News
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Elected representatives
Starting in November 2020 the City of Kingston commenced a new ward system with 11 wards each electing a single Councillor. This new system was introduced by the Victorian Government under the Local Government Act 2020.[
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Councillors and Mayors 1997 - 2024
Greg Alabaster 1997 – 2000 / 2005 - 2008
Ron Brownlees OAM 1997 – 2000 / 2000 – 2003 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 (Mayor: 1998-99, 2010-11 & 2012-13)
Di Comtesse 1997 - 2000
Lesley McGurgan 1997 – 2000 (Mayor: 1999-2000)
Bill Nixon OAM 1997 – 2000 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 (Mayor: 1997-98 & 2007-08)
John Ronke 1997 – 2000 / 2000 – 2003 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 (Mayor: 2011-12)
Dalene Salisbury 1997 – 2000
Arthur Athanasopoulos 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 (Mayor: 2000-01, 2003-04, March – December 2004, 2008-09)
Elizabeth Larking 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 (Mayor: 2001-02)
David Normington 2000-2001
Topsy Petchey OAM 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 (Mayor: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06 & 2006-07)
Joanna van Klaveren 2000 - 2005
Trevor Shewan 2001 - 2003 / 2008 – 2012
Andrew Adams 2003 - 2005
Rosemary West OAM 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020
Justin McKeegan 2005 – 2008
Donna Bauer 2008 – 2010
Lew Dundas 2008 – 2012
Paul Peulich 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 (Mayor: 2013-14)
Steve Staikos 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor 2009-10, 2017-18, 2020-21 & 2021-22)
Dan Maloney 2011 – 2012
Tamara Barth 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020
Geoff Gledhill 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 (Mayor: 2014-15)
Tamsin Bearsley 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2015-16)
David Eden 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2016-17)
George Hua 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024
Georgina Oxley 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2018-19 & 2019-20)
Tim Cochrane 2020 – 2024
Jenna Davey Burns 2020 – 2024
Tracey Davies 2020 – 2024
Chris Hill 2020 – 2024
Cameron Howe 2020 – 2024
Hadi Saab 2020 – 2024
See also
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References
External links
Kingston City Council
in particula
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060828025224/http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/web20/dvclgv.nsf/AllDocs/CB60B4026FC4B5BBCA2571610024CC37?OpenDocument Department for Victorian Communities Kingston City Council Municipality Profile] (includes ward map)
Metlink local public transport for City of Kingston
Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
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