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City of Kingston
Local government area in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 (9.3 mi) from the Melbourne city centre[4] along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip. It covers an area of 91 km2 (35 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 167,228 people.[5]
With 13km of coastline abutting Port Phillip[6], the city has been described as becoming a 'lifestyle capital' of Melbourne, where the municipality features Moorabbin Airport, DFO Moorabbin and Westfield Southland, with two AFL facilities for the respective teams of Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda Football Club.[7]
Home to a number of golf courses including hosts of international tournaments[8], such as the World Cup of Golf, Australian Open, Australian Masters and in 2028 the Presidents Cup; the city is dotted by parkland and reserves aside from the expansive 2,070 hectare Green Wedge.[9] Braeside Park, Karkarook Park and Patterson River are all managed through Parks Victoria, with the latter providing access to Port Phillip being the busiest boat launching facility in Victoria.[10]
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History
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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.
The City of Moorabbin had a population of 109,588 by the time of the 1971 census.[11]
In 1994, the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, as part of its local government reform. The new City of Kingston was one result, and on 15 December 1994 the city was formally gazetted 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.
An electoral structure for Kingston was introduced in November 2008 to include three wards – North Ward, Central Ward and South Ward, with three Councillors representing each ward. This made a total of nine Councillors instead of the previous structure of seven wards each represented by one Councillor. Further electoral structure changes led to in November 2020 there being a total of 11 wards each individually represented by a Councillor.
Kingston's headquarters are located at the 1993-built 7-storey '1230 Nepean Highway' building, which has become a landmark to Cheltenham as well as the municipality.[12]
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Education
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Primary education
- Aspendale Gardens Primary School
- Aspendale Primary School
- Bonbeach Primary School
- Carrum Primary School
- Chelsea Primary School
- Chelsea Heights Primary School
- Cheltenham East Primary School
- Clarinda Primary School
- Clayton South Primary School
- Dingley Primary School
- Edithvale Primary School
- Kingston Heath Primary School
- Kingswood Primary School
- Le Page Primary School
- Mentone Primary School
- Mentone Park Primary School
- Mordialloc Beach Primary School
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School
- Parktone Primary School
- Parkdale Primary School
- Patterson Lakes Primary School
- Southmoor Primary School
- St Andrew's Catholic Primary School
- St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
- St Catherines Catholic Primary School
- St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Louis De Montforts Catholic Primary School
- St Mark's Primary School
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
- Westall Primary School
Secondary education
Primary and secondary education
Technical and further education
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Townships and localities
The city had a population of 158,129 at the 2021 census, up from 151,389 in the 2016 census.[13]
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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 – November 2017
- Clayton South
- Westall railway station – February 1951
- Edithvale
- Edithvale railway station – September 1919
- Highett
- Highett railway station – December 1881
- Mentone
- Mentone railway station – December 1881
- Moorabbin
- Moorabbin railway station – December 1881
- Mordialloc
- Mordialloc railway station – December 1881
- Parkdale
- Parkdale railway station – September 1919
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Library services
The City of Kingston operates nine free council run libraries.[14]
Major branches
- Chelsea
- Cheltenham
- Clarinda
- Parkdale
- Westall
Minor branches
- Dingley
- Highett
- Moorabbin
- Patterson Lakes
Council structure
Corporate management
- Chief Executive Officer, Peter Bean[15]
- General Manager, Customer & Corporate Support, Dan Hogan[16]
- Advocacy, Engagement & Communications
- Customer Experience
- Governance
- Information Services & Strategy
- People Support
- General Manager Planning and Development, Jonathan Guttmann[16]
- City Development
- City Strategy
- City Economy & Innovation
- Compliance & Amenity
- General Manager Organisational City Assets and Environment, Samantha Krull[16]
- Active Kingston
- City Works
- Infrastructure
- Open Space
- Project Management Office
- General Manager Community Sustainability, Kate Waters
- AccessCare
- Arts, Events & Libraries
- Family, Youth & Children's Services
- Inclusive Communities
- Chief Financial Officer, Bernard Rohan[16]
- Finance
- Procurement
- Property
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Council services
The council has an operational expenditure budget of $296.1 million[17], 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.
Sport and recreation
The City of Kingston will from 2026 operate two swimming and recreation centres at Mordialloc and Highett:[18]
- The Waves Leisure Centre at Highett has a 50m swimming pool, spa, gym and separate wave pool.
- The Don Tatnell Leisure Centre had a 25m swimming pool, spa and a gym (that closed as of 2021 due to structural damage).[19]
- Mordi Aquatics Centre, opening at Mordialloc in 2026 will feature a 50m lap pool, a learn to swim pool, a leisure pool and a warm water pool, along with a spa, sauna, steam room, gym and a café.[20]
- The indoor-outdoor SurfnPlay Aqua Park by Pellicano featuring a surf park, will be the largest of its kind in the southern atmosphere when it opens in 2027 at Dingley Village.[21]
The Kennedy Community Centre, the current training and administrative base of the Hawthorn Football Club is located in Dingley Village, while St Kilda Football Club has their facilities located at RSEA Park in Moorabbin.
The city has produced a number of AFL players including Luke Beveridge, Rex Hunt and Dylan Shiel amongst other athletes, such as international champion swimmers Nicole Livingstone and Toby Haenen. International cricketer, Scott Boland was born in Mordialloc.[22]
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Natural environment and parkland
The city has a list of dozens sports grounds, aside from the 13km of Port Phillip coastline, 2,070 hectares of Green Wedge parkland[23] and high prevalence of golf courses, which compliments the state parks managed by Parks Victoria including Braeside Park, Karkarook Park and Patterson River; with the latter popular with fishing charter operators as the home of the state's busiest boat launching facility.[24]
Culture and arts
The City of Kingston has art and theatre facilities in Parkdale and Moorabbin respectively at the Shirley Burke Theatre and Kingston City Hall, with seating for up to 800 occupants. Each year the city hosts the Mordi Fest with live music, the Spring Fair and Carols by Kingston as its key events. Popular rock bands British India[25] and Jet[26] respectively were from Mentone and Dingley Village.
The Heidelberg School was an art movement of the late 19th century with ties to Australian impressionism, which featured scenes of Mentone by respective artists Tom Roberts, Charles Conder and Frederick McCubbin.[27]
Mordialloc's Main Street in particular features a diverse restaurant scene with iconic culinary experiences that have become a beacon of pride for the city.[28]
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Media and entertainment
The filming at Kath Day-Knight and Kel Knight's 'townhouse' (in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes) for the Australian comedy television series Kath & Kim was shot in Patterson Lakes at Lagoon Place.[29] Kath & Kimderella was also filmed at the same location as the original Day-Knight house of the TV series.
The Australian TV series Underbelly Files was filmed in Cheltenham[30] and Rush included an episode filmed in Moorabbin.[31]
Australian television and radio personality, Rex Hunt was born in Mentone.[32]
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Economy
The City of Kingston's Gross Regional Product is estimated at $14.23 billion, which represents 2.44% of the state's GSP (Gross State Product), where manufacturing is the largest employer generating 16,882 local jobs.[33]
With the industrial sector being one of the largest and most concentrated in Victoria, the city is one of the state's major employment centres.[34]
The Moorabbin Airport, DFO Moorabbin and Westfield Southland are significant economic landmarks for the City of Kingston. This is Kingston is the city's tourism marketing arm.
Current councillors
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Prior to 2020, the City of Kingston had three multi-member wards, however this changed to 11 single-member wards from the 2020 council election.[35]
Councillors and Mayors 1997 - 2024
- Greg Alabaster 1997 – 2000 / 2005 - 2008
- Ron Brownlees OAM 1997 – 2000 / 2000 – 2003 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 (Mayor: 1998-99, 2010-11 & 2012-13)
- Di Comtesse 1997 - 2000
- Lesley McGurgan 1997 – 2000 (Mayor: 1999-2000)
- Bill Nixon OAM 1997 – 2000 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 (Mayor: 1997-98 & 2007-08)
- John Ronke 1997 – 2000 / 2000 – 2003 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 (Mayor: 2011-12)
- Dalene Salisbury 1997 – 2000
- Arthur Athanasopoulos 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 (Mayor: 2000-01, 2003–04, March – December 2004, 2008–09)
- Elizabeth Larking 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 (Mayor: 2001-02)
- David Normington 2000-2001
- Topsy Petchey OAM 2000 – 2003 / 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 (Mayor: 2002-03, 2004–05, 2005-06 & 2006-07)
- Joanna van Klaveren 2000 - 2005
- Trevor Shewan 2001 - 2003 / 2008 – 2012
- Andrew Adams 2003 - 2005
- Rosemary West OAM 2003 – 2005 / 2005 – 2008 / 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020
- Justin McKeegan 2005 – 2008
- Donna Bauer 2008 – 2010
- Lew Dundas 2008 – 2012
- Paul Peulich 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 (Mayor: 2013-14)
- Steve Staikos 2008 – 2012 / 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor 2009-10, 2017–18, 2020-21 & 2021-22)
- Dan Maloney 2011 – 2012
- Tamara Barth 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020
- Geoff Gledhill 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 (Mayor: 2014-15)
- Tamsin Bearsley 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2015-16)
- David Eden 2012 – 2016 / 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2016-17)
- George Hua 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024
- Georgina Oxley 2016 – 2020 / 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2018-19 & 2019-20)
- Tim Cochrane 2020 – 2024
- Jenna Davey Burns 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2023-24)
- Tracey Davies 2020 – 2024
- Chris Hill 2020 – 2024
- Cameron Howe 2020 – 2024
- Hadi Saab 2020 – 2024 (Mayor: 2022-23)
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