City of Knox

The City of Knox was named after Sir George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), a former soldier and speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.{{cite web |title=Knox City |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/knox-city |website=Victorian Places |access-date=24 May 2020}} The City of Knox Crest incorporates his family's motto 'Move and Prosper'.{{cite web |title=City of Knox Coat of Arms |url=https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/our-council/about-knox/city-knox-coat-arms |website=Knox City Council |access-date=19 November 2021}}

The area which is now Knox was once part of the Scoresby Riding of the Shire of Berwick. On 23 May 1889, the riding was severed to create the Shire of Fern Tree Gully, which extended as far east as Olinda and Monbulk in the Dandenong Ranges. Post-World War II development in the area closer to Melbourne led to rapid urbanisation and population growth—over 21,000 residents lived in the Knox area by the 1961 Census. A plebiscite to determine local residents' views led to the creation of the Shire of Knox on 9 October 1963, which was proclaimed on 16 November 1963 by the Governor of Victoria.{{cite web|url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/2272|title= Municipality of Fern Tree Gully, Victoria|website=Museums Victoria Collections|access-date=23 April 2023}} It was declared a City on 4 July 1969. By the 1986 Census, the area was home to over 100,000 residents.{{cite web|url=https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/our-council/about-knox/knox-community-demographics|title=Knox community demographics|author=Knox City Council|year=2021|access-date=19 November 2021}}{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=409, 832–833}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

On 15 December 1994, the City of Knox was one of the few councils (and one of only four in Melbourne) to survive the statewide amalgamation and its boundaries extended to add the suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully and part of Lysterfield from the former Shire of Sherbrooke.

At present, the City of Knox has nine wards, each electing one councillor for a period of four years.{{cite web|title=Mayor, councillors and wards|url=https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/our-council/councillors-and-meetings/mayor-and-councillors/current-mayor-and-councillors|access-date=19 November 2021|website=Knox City Council}}

• Baird ward
• Chandler ward
• Collier ward
• Dinsdale ward
• Dobson ward
• Friberg ward
• Scott ward
• Taylor ward
• Tirhatuan ward

Prior to 1994, the Council had three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

• Bayswater/Wantirna ward
• Boronia ward
• Rowville/Scoresby ward

Knox City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. The mayor and deputy are elected by councillors at an annual meeting in November.

The most recent election was held in October 2024. The current council, as of November 2024, is:

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Eastern Melbourne|section=Knox results}}

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 159,103 up from 154,110 in the 2016 census{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}

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• CityLife Church – [http://www.citylife.church CityLife Church Weblink]
• [http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org Hills Bible Church]- Hills Bible Church is a Reformed Baptist congregation
• Knox Community Baptist Church
• St. Jude's Parish, Scoresby
• Knox Presbyterian Church
• Our Saviours Lutheran Church
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• The Salvation Army
• Truth and Liberation Concern
• [http://stthomas.com.au/ St.Thomas Anglican Church Upper Ferntree Gully]

There are a number of bus routes that service the city run by Ventura Bus Lines the city has 4 train stations that are run by Metro Melbourne.

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Knox
• Eastern suburbs (Melbourne)

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• [https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/ Knox City Council] – official website
• [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~khsinc/ Knox Historical Society Inc.]
• [http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324211834/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp |date=24 March 2022 }}.
• [https://profile.id.com.au/knox/home/ City of Knox Community Profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090109195857/http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/24 Public Transport Victoria local public transport map] (archived)

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