City of Boroondara

- 37.833333333333145.06666666667Koordinaten: 37 ° 50 ' S, 145 ° 4' O Boroondara City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. Boroondara belongs to the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The area is 60 square kilometers and has about 160,000 inhabitants.

Boroondara is located 5 to 14 km to the east of the center of Melbourne and includes 12 Districts: Ashburton, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Kew, Kew East and parts of Glen Iris, Mont Albert and Surrey Hills. The western boundary of the City is the Yarra River. The seat of the City Council is located in Camberwell.

The name Boroondara means " shady dense country " in the language of the local indigenous people and points to the forest rich past of the area. 1837 the first Europeans settled there. Today, the City has large residential areas next to parks and some of the most expensive and most exclusive residential areas of Melbourne, for example, in the districts of Canterbury and Kew.

Boroondara is a center for education in Melbourne. It has the largest concentration of private schools worldwide. In addition, there are five libraries in Boroondara.

The Australian comedian Dame Edna and actor Barry Humphries was born and raised in the Camberwell district.

Management

The Boroondara City Council has ten members who are elected by the residents of ten Wards. These ten districts ( Bellevue, Maranoa, Maling, Lynden, Solway, Gardiner, Studley, Cotham, Junction and Glenferrie ) are set independently of the districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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