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

George Hodges Knox Sir George Hodges Knox, (17 December 1885 – 11 July 1960) was an Australian politician, orchardist and military officer. The City of Knox is named after him. Knox was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran on 17 December 1885 and educated a ...

(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 Monbulk 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 Upper Ferntree Gully and part of Lysterfield from the former

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Council

The council, as of November 2022, is:

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

Suburbs

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Boronia ''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austral ...

Ferntree Gully Ferntree Gully is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Ferntree Gully re ...

Knoxfield Knoxfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Knoxfield recorded a population of 7,645 at the 2021 census. History Kn ...

* Lysterfield (Shared with the

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) *

Rowville Rowville is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Rowville recorded a population of 33,571 at the 2021 census. Rowv ...

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(Shared with the

) *

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* The Basin * Upper Ferntree Gully (Shared with the

) *

Wantirna Wantirna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Knox Local government areas of Victoria, loca ...

Wantirna South Wantirna South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Wantirna South recorded a population of 20,754 at the 2021 census. W ...

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 websiteKnox Historical Society Inc.Link to Land Victoria interactive mapsCity of Knox Community ProfilePublic Transport Victoria local public transport map
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