Box Hill North, Victoria
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Box Hill North is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse
. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill North had a population of 10,649.
Box Hill North's boundaries are Koonung Creek
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
.
was established as a post town in 1861, Box Hill North was largely developed as a suburban area following the Second World War
. The earliest permanent European presence in the area was Arundel Wrighte
'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.
complex in Box Hill, the Westfield-run Doncaster Shoppingtown
in the north, and Blackburn North Square Shopping Centre to the east.
Box Hill North has several roadside strip shopping centres; the largest is Kerrimuir Shopping Centre, at the intersection of Middleborough Road and Springfield Road. Smaller shopping strips are located at Trawool Street and Second Avenue.
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.
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 main stream schools. The school teaches students in Years 7 to 10.
Koonung Secondary College
, Box Hill High School
and Blackburn High School
are all in the neighbouring suburbs, Mont Albert North
, Box Hill
and Blackburn North
, respectively.
Reserve, Hagenauer Reserve, Halligan Park, Eram Park and many smaller, and often un-named, reserves. Of these, only Elgar Park and Springfield Park contain an Australian rules football
oval. Most of these parks have walking and bicycle paths and children's playgrounds. See the Bushy Creek Trail
and the Koonung Creek Trail
.
or non-religious. There are five churches in the suburb, The Grove Uniting Church, St Clare's Roman Catholic Church, an Evangelical Chinese Church, a True Jesus Church
and St Philip's Anglican Church.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse
City of Whitehorse
The City of Whitehorse is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has a estimated population of 155,725 people....
. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill North had a population of 10,649.
Box Hill North's boundaries are Koonung Creek
Koonung Creek
Koonung Creek is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road, and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn North. The place the two waterways meet forms the borders between these suburbs...
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
Kerrimuir, Victoria
Kerrimuir is a locality within the suburb of Box Hill North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Whitehorse in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, approximately 15 kilometres from the CBD.The area is mostly referred to as Box Hill North...
.
History
Although central Box HillBox Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616....
was established as a post town in 1861, Box Hill North was largely developed as a suburban area following the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The earliest permanent European presence in the area was Arundel Wrighte
Arundel Wrighte
Arundel Wrighte 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 and family in Van Diemen's Land, where he was the first Postmaster of Launceston and was engaged in various business and pastoral...
's pastoral lease, established in 1838. A Wesleyan Methodist
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is a Christian denomination with its origins in Wesleyan Methodism. It is the organizational name for The Wesleyan Church in Australia.-Background and formation:...
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 a little plaza of shops on the corner of Station Street and Woodhouse Grove; a better array of shops are just up the road by bus to the Centro Box HillBox Hill Central
Centro Box Hill North and South is a regional shopping centre complex located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill in Victoria, Australia...
complex in Box Hill, the Westfield-run Doncaster Shoppingtown
Westfield Doncaster
Westfield Doncaster is a shopping centre 50% owned by the Westfield Group and 50% owned by LaSalle Investment Management located in Doncaster, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
in the north, and Blackburn North Square Shopping Centre to the east.
Box Hill North has several roadside strip shopping centres; the largest is Kerrimuir Shopping Centre, at the intersection of Middleborough Road and Springfield Road. Smaller shopping strips are located at Trawool Street and Second Avenue.
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. St Clare's Catholic Primary School closed down in the early 2000s (see below).The suburb has one secondary school, Berengarra Secondary School
The Berengarra School
The Berengarra School is a school in the suburb of Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is an independent co-educational secondary school, established in 1976. The school caters for a small number of students , in Years 7 to 10 who are experiencing problems in mainstream school...
, located on the old site for St Clare's Catholic Primary School. Berengarra Secondary School
The Berengarra School
The Berengarra School is a school in the suburb of Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is an independent co-educational secondary school, established in 1976. The school caters for a small number of students , in Years 7 to 10 who are experiencing problems in mainstream school...
caters for students experiencing problems in main stream schools. The school teaches students in Years 7 to 10.
Koonung Secondary College
Koonung Secondary College
Koonung Secondary College is a secondary state school in Mont Albert North, Victoria, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. The school takes its name from the near-by Koonung Creek.-Facilities:...
, Box Hill High School
Box Hill High School
Box Hill High School is a co-educational public secondary school located on the corner of Middleborough and Whitehorse Roads in the eastern suburb of Box Hill in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
and Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school has traditionally had a strong music curriculum, with its varied bands and orchestras consistently winning state and national awards...
are all in the neighbouring suburbs, Mont Albert North
Mont Albert North, Victoria
Mont Albert North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Mont Albert North had a population of 5008....
, Box Hill
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616....
and Blackburn North
Blackburn North, Victoria
Blackburn North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Blackburn North had a population of 6816....
, respectively.
Sports clubs
- East Box Hill Cricket Club http://eastboxhill.cricketvictoria.com.au/
- Box Hill North Football Club Inc http://www.boxhillnorthfc.com.au
- Whitehorse Pioneers Football Club Inc
- SFX Whitehorse Colts Junior Football Club Inc
- North Box Hill Tennis Club, NBHTC http://www.nbhtc.org.au
- Elgar Park Cricket Club (Previously Box Hill Church of Christ Cricket Club) http://www.elgarparkcc.com/
- Box Hill North Cricket Club
- Kerrimuir United Cricket Club
- Eastern Gymnastics Club (Previously Box Hill Gymnastics Club) http://www.easterngymnastics.com.au
- Box Hill Little Athletics Centre
- Whitehorse Pole Vault Club
Parkland
There are many parks in the suburb. These are Elgar Park, Bushy Creek Park, Memorial Park, Springfield Park, Tassell's Park, Frank SedgmanFrank Sedgman
Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...
Reserve, Hagenauer Reserve, Halligan Park, Eram Park and many smaller, and often un-named, reserves. Of these, only Elgar Park and Springfield Park contain an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
oval. Most of these parks have walking and bicycle paths and children's playgrounds. See the Bushy Creek Trail
Bushy Creek Trail
The Bushy Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the inner eastern suburb of Box Hill North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The trail has some short road sections including an unshared path along Springfield Road....
and the Koonung Creek Trail
Koonung Creek Trail
The Koonung Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Koonung Creek in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
.
Religion
The residents of Box Hill North profess several religions, although the majority are either ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
or non-religious. There are five churches in the suburb, The Grove Uniting Church, St Clare's Roman Catholic Church, an Evangelical Chinese Church, a True Jesus Church
True Jesus Church
The True Jesus Church is a non-denominational Christian church that originated in Beijing, China, in 1917. The current elected chairman of the TJC International Assembly is Preacher Yong-Ji Lin. Today, there are approximately 2.5 million members in fifty three countries and six continents...
and St Philip's Anglican Church.
See also
- City of Box HillCity of Box HillThe City of Box Hill was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1927 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which Box Hill North was a part.