Box Hill South, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Box Hill South
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Whitehorse
postcode = 3128
pop = 7387 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21099 | name = Box Hill South (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 3.5
est =
propval = $625,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Box%20Hill%20South&postcode=3128 Box Hill South] , accessed 17 May 2008]
stategov = Burwood
fedgov = Chisholm
dist1 = 16
location1= Melbourne
near-nw = Mont Albert
near-n = Box Hill
near-ne = Blackburn
near-w = Surrey Hills
near-e = Blackburn South
near-sw = Burwood
near-s = Burwood
near-se = Burwood East

Box Hill South is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse.

History

In the summer of 1885/86, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin set up a camp on the site near Damper Creek (now Gardiners Creek) on the property of David Houston, about a mile south of the Box Hill railway station. In this location, painting activities were carried out on weekends over the next few years. At this time the area was relatively untouched bush. [cite web |url=http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/ |title=In the Artist's Footsteps|accessdate=2008-05-17]

Following the end of World War 2, extensive suburbanisation of the area occurred, including the development of a Housing Commission of Victoria estate. [cite web|title=Box Hill|work=Australian Places|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040404165058/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/boxhill.html|accessdate=2008-05-17]

Geography

Box Hill South is bounded to the north by Canterbury Road, to the east by Middleborough Road, to the south by the Burwood campus of Deakin University, Gardiners Creek and Eley Road, and to the west by Elgar Road. Gardiners Creek run diagonally across the suburb from the north-east to the south-west.

Education

Kingswood College, founded in 1890, is a coeducational K–12 school operated by the Uniting Church in Australia. [cite web |url=http://www.kingswoodcollege.vic.edu.au/ |title=Kingswood College |accessdate=2008-05-16] Roberts McCubbin Primary School is located on Birdwood Street. The school site is currently undergoing a $6.2 million redevelopment. [cite web |url=http://www.robmacps.vic.edu.au/inform.php?a=6&b=831&c=832 |title=Roberts McCubbin Primary School - $6.2m for redevelopment |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-05-16] There are two kindergartens – Box Hill South Pre-School in Rotary Court and St James Kindergarten in Riversdale Road. [cite web |url=http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/directory/S2_Item.asp?Mkey=67&S3Key=59 |title=Box Hill South Pre-School Incorporated|work=City of Whitehorse Directory |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-05-17] [cite web |url=http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/directory/S2_Item.asp?Mkey=87&S3Key=59 |title=St James Kindergarten|work=City of Whitehorse Directory = |accessdate=2008-05-17]

port and recreation

Wembley Park on Canterbury Road is the home of the Box Hill Soccer Club. Box Hill Tennis Club is located on Station Street, as is Box Hill Golf Course. Reserves include the Gardiners Creek Reserve and Artists Park. A shared bicycle and pedestrian trail runs through the Gardiners Creek Valley.cite web |url=http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/genmap.cgi?x=145.124&y=-37.836&sizex=800&sizey=800&level=5&star=6 |title= Australia Map Guide |publisher= www.street-directory.com.au|accessdate=2008-05-17]

hopping

There are no major shopping centres in the suburb, but smaller strip shopping centres exist at the intersection of Canterbury Road and Station Street (including the Box Hill South Post Office), the intersection of Elgar Road and Riversdale Road (including the Wattle Park Post Office) and the intersection of Middleborough Road and Mirabella Crescent (including Houston Post Office).

Transport

The principal north-south roads are Elgar Road, Station Street and Middleborough Road, while the principal east-west roads are Canterbury Road and Riversdale Road, the latter terminating at the Box Hill Golf Course. Box Hill South is not served by rail but is located close to the terminus of the tram route 70.

There are a number of bus routes which connect the suburb to surrounding areas:
*Route 700 (Box Hill to Mordialloc) (SmartBus) runs along Station Street and Riversdale Road. [cite web |url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/941 |title=700 - Box Hill - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service) - Metlink |accessdate=2008-05-17]
*Route 732 (Box Hill to Upper Ferntree Gully) runs along Station Street and Burwood Highway [cite web |url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/948 |title=7732 - Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully |work=metlink |accessdate=2008-05-18]
*Route 733 (Box Hill to Oakleigh) runs along Middleborough Road [cite web |url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/949 |title=733 - Oakleigh - Box Hill - Metlink |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-05-17]
*Route 735 (Box Hill to Burwood East) runs along Canterbury Road, Haig Street, Foch Street, Station Street and Eley Road. [cite web |url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps_stations_stops/metropolitan_buses/bus_735 |title=735 - Metlink |accessdate=2008-05-17]
*Route 767 (Southland Shopping Centre to Box Hill) runs along Elgar Road. [cite web |url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/966 |title=767 - Southland Shopping Centre - Box Hill - Metlink - Your guide to public transport in Melbourne and Victoria |accessdate=2008-05-17]

Industrial zone

An industrial zone is located in the east fronting Middleborough Road. A tissue factory operated by SCA Hygiene Australasia is located on Ailsa Street. The factory sustained major damage in a fire on June 5 2006. [cite news|title=Vic: Major damage in tissue factory fire|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-125271873.html]

The City of Whitehorse operates a council depot in this area.The depot site is also home to the Nunawading Unit of the Victoria State Emergency Service [cite web |url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sesnunaw/whatwedo.htm |title=Nunawading Unit, Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) - Australia |accessdate=2008-05-17]

Crawford Productions were located on the corner of Middleborough Road and Clarice Road from 1982. [cite web |url=http://www.crawfords.com.au/libary/special/crawfhistory.shtml |title=The History of Crawfords Australia|publisher=Crawfords Australia|accessdate=2008-05-17] The buildings were demolished in 2006 and replaced by a Bunnings Warehouse

Places of worship

*St Aidans Anglican Church in Surrey Street [cite web |url=http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Directory/S2_Item.asp?Mkey=686&S3Key=5 |title=St Aidans Anglican Church|work=City of Whitehorse Directory = |accessdate=2008-05-17]
*St James Uniting Church in Riversdale Road [cite web |url=http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Directory/S2_Item.asp?Mkey=657&S3Key=126 |title=St James Uniting Church, Wattle Park|work=City of Whitehorse Directory |accessdate=2008-05-17]
*Wattle Park Chapel in Elgar Road, an independent church associated with the Christian Brethren. [cite web |url=http://www.cbfv.org.au/churches/command/display/id/69/cid/45 |title=Wattle Park Chapel|work=Christian Brethren Fellowships in Victoria: Churches |accessdate=2008-05-18]

Retirement village

Hayville Village, located on Elgar Road near the intersection of Canterbury Road is a retirement village operated by TriCare. [cite web |url=http://www.tricare.com.au/www/index.cfm?itemid=38 |title=Hayville Village|accessdate=2008-05-17] It was formerly operated by the Salvation Army. [cite web |url=http://www.salvation-army.org.au/salvwr/_assets/main/documents/media/2005/rca_media_release.pdf |title=Retirement Care Australia agreement with The Salvation Army
accessdate=2008-05-17]

See also

* City of Box Hill - the former local government area of which Box Hill South was a part.
* Houston, Victoria - locality within the suburb.

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