City of Monash
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The City of Monash is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne with an area of 81.5 square kilometres and a population of 200,077 people in 2016.<ref name=ABSLGA/>
HistoryEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The City of Monash was once hunting grounds for two groups of First Nations peoples, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung in the north and the Bunurong people in the south. The City of Monash, named after World War I commander Sir John Monash<ref name="CMjm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the local Monash University (established 1958), was created on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, merging a substantial portion of the former City of Oakleigh with the whole of the former City of Waverley.<ref name="VPmc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Townships and localitiesEdit
At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 190,397 up from 182,618 at the 2016 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Template:VICcity | 6,886 | 7,154 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 15,019 | 15,147 |
| Template:VICcity | 8,641 | 9,552 |
| Template:VICcity | 19,358 | 18,988 |
| Template:VICcity | 40,327 | 42,642 |
| Template:VICcity | 7,556 | 7,563 |
| Template:VICcity | 1,862 | 1,949 |
| Template:VICcity | 33,611 | 35,340 |
| Template:VICcity | 19,368 | 19,889 |
| Template:VICcity | 3,050 | 2,895 |
| Template:VICcity | 7,893 | 8,442 |
| Template:VICcity | 6,444 | 6,804 |
| Template:VICcity^ | 9,261 | 9,851 |
| Template:VICcity | 19,753 | 20,652 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
CouncilEdit
Current compositionEdit
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Australian party style| | Independent Labor | 7 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Independent | 4 |
| Total | 11 | |
The current council, elected in October 2024, is:
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banksia | Template:Australian party style | | Cameron Little | Independent | ||
| Blackburn | Template:Australian party style | | Rebecca Paterson | Independent Labor<ref name="monashcandidates2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Gallaghers | Template:Australian party style | | Geoff Lake | Independent Labor<ref name="mayneparty">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Gardiners Creek | Template:Australian party style | | Anjalee de Silva | Independent | Member of the Greens until 2024<ref name="greenstearup">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Jells | Template:Australian party style | | Elisha Lee | Independent Labor<ref name="monashcandidates2024"/> | ||
| Mayfield | Template:Australian party style | | Brian Little | Independent Labor<ref name="mayneparty"/> | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Scotchmans Creek | Template:Australian party style | | Nicky Luo | Independent Labor<ref name="rauemonash2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| University | Template:Australian party style | | Josh Fergeus | Independent | Member of the Greens until 2024<ref name="greenstearup"/> | |
| Warrigal | Template:Australian party style | | Stuart James | Independent Labor<ref name="rauemonash2024"/> | ||
| Waverley Park | Template:Australian party style | | Shane McCluskey | Independent | ||
| Wellington | Template:Australian party style | | Paul Klisaris | Independent Labor<ref name="rauemonash2024"/> | Mayor<ref name="mayor"/> | |
MayorsEdit
| Mayor | Term | # |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Vlahos | 1997–1998 | 1 |
| Gill Clare | 1998–1999 | 2 |
| Peter Holdsworth | 1999–2000 | 3 |
| Matthew Evans | 2000–2001 | 4 |
| Tom Morrissey | 2001–2002 | 5 |
| Geoff Lake | 2002–2003 | 6 |
| 2003–2004 | ||
| Joy Banerji | 2004Template:Efn | 7 |
| Steve Dimopoulos | 2004–2005 | 8 |
| Joy Banerji | 2005–2006 | |
| Tom Morrissey | 2006–2007 | |
| Paul Klisaris | 2007–2008 | 9 |
| 2008–2009 | ||
| Charlotte Baines | 2009–2010 | 10 |
| Greg Male | 2010–2011 | 11 |
| Stefanie Perri | 2011–2012 | 12 |
| Micaela Drieberg | 2012–2013 | 13 |
| Geoff Lake | 2013–2014 | |
| Paul Klisaris | 2014–2015 | |
| Stefanie Perri | 2015–2016 | |
| Geoff Lake | 2016Template:Efn | |
| Rebecca Paterson | 2016–2017 | 14 |
| Paul Klisaris | 2017–2018 | |
| Shane McCluskey | 2018–2019 | 15 |
| Stuart James | 2019–2020 | 16 |
| Brian Little | 2020–2021 | 17 |
| Stuart James | 2021–2022 | |
| Tina Samardzija | 2022–2023 | 18 |
| Nicky Luo | 2023-2024 | 19 |
| Paul Klisaris | 2024-2025 |
Past councillorsEdit
Single-member wards (1997−2005)Edit
| Year | Central | Damper | Huntingdale | Jell | Napier | University | Warrigal | Wellington | ||||||||
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| Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||||||||
| 1997 | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Matthew Evans (Independent) | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Tom Morrissey (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Nick Gregory (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Gill Clare (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Peter Holdsworth (Independent) | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Peter Vlahos (Liberal) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Jack Davis (Independent) | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Kathy Magee (Independent) |
| 2000 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Felicity Smith (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Peter Holdsworth (Independent) | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Geoff Lake (Labor) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Paul Klisaris (Labor) | ||||||||
| 2003 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Ross Smith (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Joy Banerji (Labor) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Steve Dimopoulos (Labor) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Peter McCall (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Brian Little (Labor) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Vicki Bouziotis (Independent) | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Jeanne Solity (Independent) | ||
Multi-member wards (2005−2024)Edit
Glen Waverley WardEdit
| Year | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | rowspan="6" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Geoff Lake | Labor | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Dane Manzie | Independent |
| 2008 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Greg Male | Independent | |||
| 2012 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Katrina Nolan | Independent | |||
| 2016 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Lynette Saloumi | Independent | |||
| 2018 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Sustainable Australia | ||||
| 2020 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Nicky Luo | Labor | |||
Mount Waverley WardEdit
| Year | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Joy Banerji | Labor | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Tom Morrissey | Independent | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Ryan Brown | Independent |
| 2008 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Jieh-Yung Lo | Independent | ||||||
| 2012 | rowspan="5" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Brian Little | Labor | ||||||
| 2013 | rowspan="4" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Rebecca Paterson | Independent | ||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | MT Pang Tsoi | Liberal | ||||||
| 2020 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Anjalee de Silva | Greens | ||||||
| rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Independent | ||||||||
Mulgrave WardEdit
| Year | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Paul Klisaris | Labor | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Charlotte Baines | Independent | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Craig Shiell | Independent |
| 2008 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Micaela Drieberg | Independent | ||||||
| 2012 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Robert Davies | Liberal | ||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | John Sharkey | Independent | ||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Paul Klisaris | Labor | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Shane McCluskey | Independent | |||
| 2020 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Tina Samardzija | Labor | ||||||
Oakleigh WardEdit
| Year | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Steve Dimopoulos | Labor | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Denise McGill | Liberal | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Gerry Kottek | Independent |
| 2008 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Stefanie Perri | Labor | ||||||
| 2012 | rowspan="6" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Theo Zographos | Liberal | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Bill Pontikis | Independent | |||
| 2014 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Stefanie Perri | Labor | ||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Nga Hosking | Labor | ||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="3" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Stuart James | Labor | rowspan="2" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Josh Fergeus | Greens | |||
| 2020 | |||||||||
| rowspan="1" width="1px" Template:Australian party style| | Independent | ||||||||
Election resultsEdit
2024Edit
2020Edit
DemographicsEdit
Monash has a diverse population, with 45.1% of its residents born overseas (compared to 29.0% across Melbourne),<ref name="id_where">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> coming from more than 30 countries,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with significant Chinese, UK, Greek, Indian, Malaysian and Sri Lankan populations.<ref name="id_where" /> 42.4% of residents own their own home outright, compared to 33.1% in Melbourne,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 37.3% across Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The city is well educated, with 25.1% having a bachelor or higher degree (compared to 19.6% across Melbourne).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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| Population | Estimated residents on census night | 169,280 | 182,618 | |||
| % of Victoria population | 3.08% | |||||
| % of Australian population | 0.8% | |||||
| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
| Ancestry, top responses | Chinese | 19.6% | ||||
| English | 14.7% | |||||
| Australian | 12.7% | |||||
| Greek | 5.7% | |||||
| Indian | 5.5% | |||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Mandarin | 14.7% | ||||
| Greek | 5.7% | |||||
| Cantonese | 4.8% | |||||
| Sinhalese | 2.5% | |||||
| Italian | 2.1% | |||||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses | No religion, so described | 31.4% | ||||
| Catholic | 18.9% | |||||
| Not stated | 8.2% | |||||
| Eastern Orthodox | 7.3% | |||||
| Buddhism | 6.8% | |||||
| Median weekly incomes | ||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$569 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 85.95% | |||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,809 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 104.33% | |||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,512 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 105.15% | |||||
SchoolsEdit
StateEdit
There are 27 primary and 9 secondary state-based schools in the city of Monash.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Ashwood High School
- Brentwood Secondary College
- Glen Waverley Secondary College
- Highvale Secondary College
- John Monash Science School
- Monash Tech School
- Mount Waverley Secondary College
- South Oakleigh Secondary College
- Wellington Secondary College
- Wheelers Hill Secondary College
PrivateEdit
- Avila College
- Caulfield Grammar School (Wheelers Hill Campus)
- Huntingtower School
- Mazenod College
- Oakleigh Grammar
- Sacred Heart Girls' College
- Salesian College
- Wesley College (Glen Waverley Campus)
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)Edit
The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) collection has over 3,800 photographs reflecting the history and development of Australian photographic practice from the 19th century to today. The collection is diverse and includes many iconic images and the work of photographers recognised as nationally significant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The museum began as the Waverley City Gallery in the late 1970s, housed in a residential home in Mount Waverley.<ref>https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/files/content/public/about-us/council/council-meetings/agendas-minutes/2018/26-june-2018/7.5-attachment.pdf</ref> In 1990 the gallery, designed by Harry Seidler, was opened on the current site. When the councils of the City of Oakleigh and the City of Waverley were amalgamated to form the City of Monash in 1994 the gallery was renamed the Monash Gallery of Art,<ref>https://www.positive-solutions.com.au/portfolio-items/article-maph-monash-gallery-of-art/</ref><ref>https://pgav.org.au/Museum-of-Australian-Photography-MAPh~225</ref> and renamed in 2023 as the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh).
Speak the Wind, an exhibition of photographs by Hoda Afshar, took place from 29 April to 22 May 2022, as one of a series of official exhibitions of PHOTO 2022: International Festival of Photography, taking place in Melbourne and regional Victoria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Afshar published a book of the same name in 2021, which includes an essay by Michael Taussig<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and documents the landscapes and people of the islands of Hormuz, Qeshm, and Hengam, in the Persian Gulf off the south coast of Iran.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sporting TeamsEdit
SoccerEdit
- Oakleigh Cannons
- Monash City FC
- Mount Waverley Soccer Club
- Eastern Lions SC
- Brandon Park SC
- Glen Waverley SC
Australian RulesEdit
- Oakleigh Chargers
- Chadstone Football Club
- Monash University Football Club
- Waverley Blues
- Waverley Park Hawks JFC
- Ajax Football Club
NetballEdit
Public librariesEdit
- Monash Public Library Service provides library service through six branch libraries: Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Oakleigh and Wheelers Hill, as well as a Home Library Service.Template:Cn
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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- Monash City Council
- Victorian Councils Guide entry for the City of Monash
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
- Waverley Hockey Club
- Monash Gallery of Art
- Monash Public Library Service
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