Monash Council By Elizabeth Kim

The City of Monash The City of Monash is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The mayor of the City of Monash is Stephanie Perri. The suburbs of Monash are: Ashwood 6. Hughesdale 11. Oakleigh Burwood 7. Huntingdale 12. Oakleigh East Chadstone 8. Mount Waverley 13. Oakleigh South Clayton 9. Mulgrave 14. Wheelers Hill 5. Glen Waverley 10. Notting Hill

History The City of Monash was created in December 1994, although the area’s history of settlement stretches back more than 150 years. The original people of the area was the Bunurong tribe, which were one of four tribes that made up the Kulin nation that lived in what was to become Melbourne and surrounding areas. The tribe gradually broke up under the pressure of the European settlement.

Interesting Facts The first known settler in the district was Thomas Napier, a Scottish builder, who established Bushy Park Run in 1839. The area’s most well-known land owner was Judge, Sir Redmond Barry, who passed sentence on Ned Kelly. Barry owned two large properties Syndal and St John's Wood, now the home of the Riversdale Golf Course. area of 81.0 square kilometres an estimated population of 176,069 people.

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