The City of Knox is a

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in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of

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. It has an area of and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147. This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread municipal amalgamations that occurred in Victoria in the early 1990s.

History

The City of Knox was named after Sir

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(1885–1960), a former soldier and speaker of the

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. The City of Knox Crest incorporates his family's motto 'Move and Prosper'. The area which is now Knox was once part of the Scoresby Riding of the Shire of Berwick. On 23 May 1889, the riding was severed to create the Shire of Fern Tree Gully, which extended as far east as

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and

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in the

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. Post-

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development in the area closer to Melbourne led to rapid urbanisation and population growth—over 21,000 residents lived in the Knox area by the 1961 Census. A

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to determine local residents' views led to the creation of the Shire of Knox on 9 October 1963, which was proclaimed on 16 November 1963 by the

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. It was declared a City on 4 July 1969. By the 1986 Census, the area was home to over 100,000 residents. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. On 15 December 1994, the City of Knox was one of the few councils (and one of only four in Melbourne) to survive the statewide amalgamation and its boundaries extended to add the suburb of

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and part of

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from the former

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Wards

At present, the City of Knox has nine wards, each electing one councillor for a period of four years. * Baird ward * Chandler ward * Collier ward * Dinsdale ward * Dobson ward * Friberg ward * Scott ward * Taylor ward * Tirhatuan ward Prior to 1994, the Council had three wards, each of which elected three councillors: * Bayswater/Wantirna ward * Boronia ward * Rowville/Scoresby ward

Council

Knox City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. The mayor and deputy are elected by councillors at an annual meeting in November.

Current composition

The most recent election was held in October 2024. The current council, as of November 2024, is:

Election results

2024

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 159,103 up from 154,110 in the 2016 census ^ - ''Territory divided with another

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Population

Religion

* CityLife Church �
CityLife Church WeblinkHills Bible Church
Hills Bible Church is a Reformed Baptist congregation *Knox Community Baptist Church *St. Jude's Parish, Scoresby *Knox Presbyterian Church *Our Saviours Lutheran Church *Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church *The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *The Salvation Army *Truth and Liberation Concern
St.Thomas Anglican Church Upper Ferntree Gully

Transport

There are a number of bus routes that service the city run by

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the city has 4 train stations that are run by Metro Melbourne.

References

External links

*
Knox City Council
– official website
Knox Historical Society Inc.Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
.
City of Knox Community ProfilePublic Transport Victoria local public transport map
(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox Local government areas in Melbourne