Box Hill South
Box Hill South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Box Hill South recorded a population of 8,491 at the 2021 census.
History
In the summer of 1885/86, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin set up a camp, on a site near Damper 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 bushland.Following the end of World War II, extensive suburbanisation of the area occurred, including the development of a Housing Commission estate.
Box Hill South Post Office opened on 19 October 1927, with the Wattle Park Post Office opening on 12 December 1960 and the Houston Post Office, on Middleborough Road, on 16 October 1961.
Heritage places listed in the City of Whitehorse Planning Scheme include Tyneholm, in Elgar Road, Pound House in Canterbury Road, St James Uniting Church in Riversdale Road and Gwynton Park, which is now the administration building of Kingswood College in Station Street.
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 runs diagonally across the suburb from the north-east to the south-west.In the 12-month period to January 2020 Box Hill South reported a median house price of A$1.02 million for a three bedroom house.
Education
Located on the Station Street south of the intersection with Piedmont Street, Kingswood College, founded in 1890, is a coeducational K–12 school, operated by the Uniting Church. Roberts McCubbin Primary School is located between Birdwood and Haig Streets, and Devon and Asquith/Foch Streets. The school site underwent a $6.2 million redevelopment in 2008. A kindergarten, Box Hill South Pre-School, is located in Rotary Court.Sport 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.Shopping
There are no major shopping centres in the suburb, but smaller strip shopping centres exist at the intersection of Canterbury Road and Station Street, the intersection of Elgar Road and Riversdale Road and the intersection of Middleborough Road and Mirabella Crescent.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 directly by rail, however, the terminus of tram route 70 is located on the suburb's western boundary, at Wattle Park.The suburb is served by seven bus routes, running down Elgar Road, Station Street, Middleborough Road and Riversdale Road, as well as some side streets.
Buses on Elgar Road;
- 201 - Box Hill station to Deakin University; limited stops
- 281 - Templestowe to Deakin University
- 767 - Box Hill to Westfield Southland
- 732 - Box Hill to Upper Ferntree Gully station
- 903 - Altona station to Mordialloc station
- 733 - Box Hill to Oakleigh
- 903 - Altona to Mordialloc
- 735 - Box Hill to Nunawading station
Industrial zone
A tissue factory, currently operated by the Sorbent Paper Company, is located on Ailsa Street, on a site. It was constructed by Bowater Scott in 1960 and was later taken over by Carter Holt Harvey. By 2005, 550 staff were employed at the site. The factory sustained major damage from fires in 1972, 1995, 2002 and 2006.