The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
In 1837, John Gardiner (after whom Gardiners Creek was named) and his family were the first Europeans to settle there.
Robert Hoddle surveyed the area in 1837 and declared it the “Parish of Boroondara”.
The first Local Government body was the Boroondara District Road Board, formed on 11 July 1854 and incorporating the areas which were to become the City of Hawthorn, City of Kew and City of Camberwell. Hawthorn and Kew were created as separate municipalities in 1860 and the remaining area of the Road Board became Shire of Boroondara on 17 November 1871, which later became the City of Camberwell. The three were amalgamated on 15 December 1994 to create the City of Boroondara.
It has an area of 60 km², and in 2001, it had an approximate population of 160,000.
Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_boroondara
