Box Hill North is a suburb of
Melbourne
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,
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,
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, 14 km east from Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Whitehorse
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local government area
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. Box Hill North recorded a population of 12,337 at the
2021 census.
[
Box Hill North's boundaries are ]Koonung Creek
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in the north, Elgar Road in the west, Middleborough Road in the east, and Thames Street in the south. The eastern part of Box Hill North is also known as Kerrimuir.
In the 12-month period to January 2020 Box Hill North reported a median house price of A$1.03 million for a three bedroom house.
History
Although central Box Hill was established as a post town in 1861, Box Hill North was largely developed as a suburban area following the Second World War
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. The earliest permanent European presence in the area was Arundel Wrighte
Arundel Wrighte (1804–1887) was a colonist, first Postmaster of Launceston in Van Diemen's Land and founder of Box Hill, Victoria. Arundel Wrighte first settled with his wife (née Upton) and family in Van Diemen's Land, where he was the ...
's pastoral lease, established in 1838. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built of local stone in 1858 and is the oldest building in the area. Until the 1950s much of Box Hill North was covered with orchards. Kerrimuir Post Office opened on 1 April 1955 and Box Hill North Post Office opened on 1 August 1955 as the suburb developed.
Shopping
Box Hill North has many shopping areas at the following locations;
* The corner of Station Street and Woodhouse Grove
* The corner of Elgar Road and Woodhouse Grove
* The corner of Middleborough Road and Springfield Road
* Trawool Street, between Dorking Road and Tynong Street
* Second Avenue, between Toogoods Rise and Cherry Orchard Rise
A better array of shops are just up the road by bus to Box Hill Central
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in the south, the Westfield owned Doncaster Shoppingtown in the north and North Blackburn Shopping Centre to the east.
Box Hill North has a light industrial area in Lexton Street, at the Middleborough Road end of the street. It includes hot food snack bars open during weekday business hours to service the light industrial businesses and several shops and factory outlets.
Education
Box Hill North has two public primary schools; Kerrimuir Primary School and Box Hill North Primary School. Another school, St Clare's Catholic Primary School, closed down in the early 2000s.
The suburb has one secondary school, Berengarra Secondary School, located on the old site for St Clare's Catholic Primary School. Berengarra Secondary School caters for students experiencing problems in mainstream schools. The school teaches students in Years 7 to 10.
Koonung Secondary College
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Its school catchment includes the suburbs of Mont A ...
, Box Hill High School
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and Blackburn High School
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The school has performed in prestigious music events such as The Victo ...
are in the neighbouring suburbs of Mont Albert North, Box Hill and Blackburn North respectively.
Transport
The major north–south roads in Box Hill North are (from east–west); Elgar Road, Station Street, Dorking Road and Middleborough Road. Major east–west roads include (from north–south); Eastern Freeway, Woodhouse Grove, Wimmera Street/Springfield Road and Thames/Margaret Street.
The closest train station is Box Hill, located underneath Box Hill Central
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in Box Hill. The station is located on both the Belgrave Belgrave may refer to:
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and Lilydale lines.
The suburb has three tram routes within a five kilometre radius. The routes are;
* Route 48 to Victoria Harbour Docklands; in Balwyn North
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on Doncaster Road
* Route 70 to Waterfront City Docklands; in Burwood on Riversdale Road
* Route 109 to Port Melbourne
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; in Box Hill on Whitehorse Road
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Buses run on Elgar Road, Station Street, Dorking Road and Middleborough Road, as well as various side streets.
Routes on Elgar Road;
* Route 281 – Templestowe
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The s ...
to Deakin University
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* Route 293 – Greensborough station to Box Hill
* Route 302 – Lonsdale Street
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to Box Hill
* Route 304 – Lonsdale Street to Westfield Doncaster
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(Belmore Road to Eastern Freeway only)
Routes on Station Street;
* Route 903 – Altona station to Mordialloc station
Routes on Dorking Road;
* Route 270 – Box Hill to Mitcham station
Routes on Middleborough Road;
* Route 279 -–Box Hill to Doncaster
* Route 303 -– City (Queen Street) to Ringwood North
Routes on side streets;
* Route 612 – Box Hill to Chadstone Shopping Centre
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Sports clubs
* East Box Hill Cricket Club
* Box Hill North Football Club Inc
* Whitehorse Pioneers Football Club Inc
* SFX Whitehorse Colts Junior Football Club Inc
* North Box Hill Tennis Club (NBHTC)(Frank Sedgman Reserve)
* Elgar Park Cricket Club (Previously Box Hill Church of Christ Cricket Club)
* Box Hill North Cricket Club
* Kerrimuir United Cricket Club
* Eastern Gymnastics Club (Previously Box Hill Gymnastics Club)
* Box Hill Little Athletics Centre
* Whitehorse Pole Vault Club
* Koonung Comets Basketball Club
Parkland
There are many parks in the suburb, including Elgar Park, Bushy Creek Park, Memorial Park, Springfield Park, Tassell's Park, Frank Sedgman
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Reserve, Hagenauer Reserve, Halligan Park, Eram Park as well as many smaller, often unnamed, reserves. Of these, only Elgar Park and Springfield Park contain an Australian rules football
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oval. Most of these parks have walking and bicycle paths and children's playgrounds.
As well as this, there is two multi purpose tracks run through the suburb. The Bushy Creek Trail runs from the intersection at Elgar Road and Belmore Road, near Elgar Park, to the intersection at Dorking Road and Wimmera Street, near Springfield Park. The Koonung Creek Trial also runs through the north of the suburb, connecting it with neighbouring suburbs, such as Mont Albert North, Blackburn North, Nunawading
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, and Balwyn North
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.
Religion
The residents of Box Hill North profess several religions, although the majority are either Christian
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or non-religious. There are five churches in the suburb;
* Manningham Uniting Church - Woodhouse Grove
* St Clare Catholic Church - corner of Woodhouse Grove and Killara Street
* GO Evangelical Church - Elgar Road
* True Jesus Church - corner of Watts Street and Medway Street
* St Philip's Anglican Church - Lawford Street
See also
* City of Box Hill
The City of Box Hill was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1927 until 1994.
History
Box Hill was originally included in the Nunawading R ...
– Box Hill North was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Australian Places - Box Hill North
City of Whitehorse
{{City of Whitehorse suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Whitehorse