City of Kingston

City of Kingston Victoria
Population	154,477 (2015 est)[1]
• Density	1,479.4/km2 (3,832/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	91 km2 (35.1 sq mi)
Mayor	David Eden
Location	15 km (9 mi) from Melbourne city centre
Council seat	Cheltenham
Region	Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Bentleigh Carrum Clarinda Keysborough Mordialloc Sandringham
Federal Division(s)	Chisholm Hotham Isaacs
Website	City of Kingston
LGAs around City of Kingston: Bayside Glen Eira Monash Port Phillip City of Kingston Greater Dandenong Port Phillip Frankston Frankston

The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre^[2] along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip. It covers an area of 91 km² and has an estimated population of 134,626 people.^[3][2]

Council structure

Elected representatives

Kingston City Council
Type
Type	Council of the City of Kingston
Structure
Council political groups	Labor: 5 seats   Liberal: 3 seats   Independent: 1 seat

The City of Kingston is divided into three wards, each with three councillors. Councillors are elected every four years by the community and the Mayor is elected each year, by the Councillors.

The North Ward contains Highett, Moorabbin, Oakleigh South, Clayton South, Clarinda, Heatherton and Dingley Village. The Central Ward contains Cheltenham, Mentone, Parkdale, Moorabbin Airport, Mordialloc and Braeside. The South Ward contains Aspendale, Waterways, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Bonbeach, Carrum and Patterson Lakes.

Corporate management

• Chief Executive Officer, John Nevins
• General Manager Corporate Services, Paul Franklin
  Governance, People & Culture, Communications & Community Relations, Financial Services, Information Services and Procurement & Contracts
• General Manager Planning and Development, Jonathan Guttmann
  City Development, City Strategy, Economic Development and Statutory Education & Compliance
• General Manager Organisational City Assets and Environment, Daniel Freer
  Property, Arts & Leisure, Parks & Recreation, Traffic & Transport and Infrastructure
• General Manager Community Sustainability, Mauro Bolin
  Community & Aged Services, Library & Education Services, Access Care Southern, Family, Youth & Children's Services and Community Buildings

Council services

The Council has an annual budget of approximately $122.2 million (2007/08)^[8] with works involving areas such as road maintenance and construction, community, cultural and youth activities, town planning and development, waste management and recycling, maintenance of parks and public areas, public health and animal control, library services, and business and tourism support.

Suburbs

History

The City of Kingston headquarters, on Nepean Highway in Cheltenham.

The City of Kingston area was originally governed by the Moorabbin Roads Board, which formed in 1862 and became a shire council in 1871, covering a large area of mixed agricultural and semi-urban land. After years of agitation, in 1917 the seaside town of Sandringham became a borough with its own council, and this fuelled the desire of those living in towns further south to combine their efforts and demand self-representation. This finally occurred in May 1920 and the "Borough of Mordialloc and Mentone" was formed. It became a town in 1923 and the City of Mordialloc in 1926.

In 1994, the Kennett Liberal government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, as part of its local government reform. The new City of Kingston was one result, comprising all of the City of Chelsea, most of the City of Mordialloc, a substantial portion of the City of Moorabbin, and parts of the Cities of Oakleigh and Springvale.

A new electoral structure for Kingston was effected in November 2008. Under the new structure there are three wards - North Ward, Central Ward and South Ward, and three Councillors representing each ward. This makes a total of nine Councillors, instead of the previous structure of seven wards each represented by one Councillor.

Kingston's headquarters are located at the 7-storey "1230 Nepean Hwy" building, which has become a landmark to Cheltenham as well as the council. The A-Grade office building was built in 1993.^[9]

Schools

Primary education

Secondary education

Primary and secondary education

• Mentone Girls' Grammar School
• Mentone Grammar School

Railway stations

• Aspendale
  • Aspendale railway station – April 1891
• Bonbeach
  • Bonbeach railway station – February 1927
• Carrum
  • Carrum railway station – August 1882
• Chelsea
  • Chelsea railway station – February 1907
• Cheltenham
  • Cheltenham railway station – December 1881
  • Southland railway station – (Under construction, 2017)
• Clayton South
  • Westall railway station – February 1951
• Edithvale
  • Edithvale railway station – September 1919
• Highett
  • Highett railway station – December 1885
• Mentone
  • Mentone railway station – December 1881
• Moorabbin
  • Moorabbin railway station – December 1881
• Mordialloc
  • Mordialloc railway station – December 1881
• Parkdale
  • Parkdale railway station – September 1919

Library services

The City of Kingston operates nine free council run libraries.^[10]

Major branches

• Chelsea
• Cheltenham
• Clarinda
• Parkdale

Minor branches

• Dingley
• Highett
• Moorabbin
• Patterson Lakes
• Warrigal Road

Sport and recreation facilities

The City of Kingston operates two swimming and recreation centres:^[11]

• The Waves Leisure Centre which has a 50-metre swimming pool, spa, gym and separate wave pool.
• The Don Tatnell Leisure Centre which has a 25-metre swimming pool, spa and gym.

See also

• List of Melbourne suburbs
• local government area

References

External links

• Kingston City Council
• Kingston Historical Website, in particular The Battle for Local Government: The Severance of Mordialloc from Moorabbin in 1920
• Department for Victorian Communities Kingston City Council Municipality Profile (includes ward map)
• Metlink local public transport for City of Kingston
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

Coordinates: 37°59′S 145°06′E / 37.983°S 145.100°E / -37.983; 145.100