City of Frankston
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| City of Frankston Victoria |
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| Population: | 117,801 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 131 km² (50.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Alistair Wardle | ||||||||||||
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The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 131 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 117,801.
Despite its similar area and name, the City of Frankston is a different entity to the City of Frankston which existed from 1966 until 1994, which was a continuation of the former Shire of Frankston and was abolished under the Kennett local government reforms. This is similar to the situation in South Gippsland Shire, but is unlike the Cities of Melbourne, Knox and Whittlesea and the Shire of Melton, whose administrations stayed intact through the amalgamation.
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[edit] Geography
The City is located on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, and is bounded on the north by the City of Kingston and the City of Greater Dandenong, on the east by the City of Casey, and on the south by the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. The boundaries of the City are defined largely on the north by the Eel Race Drain and Thompsons Road, on the east by the Dandenong-Hastings Road, and on the south by a complex boundary featuring Baxter-Tooradin Road, Golf Links Road and Humphries Road.
[edit] History
The City of Frankston was created in 1994 out of the remains of three abolished councils—all but the suburb of Mount Eliza from the former City of Frankston; the suburbs of Carrum Downs, Langwarrin and Skye from the City of Cranbourne; and part of Carrum Downs from the City of Springvale.[2]
The major part of the City was first incorporated in 1860 as the Mornington Roads District, which became a shire in 1871 and was renamed Shire of Frankston and Hastings in 1893, losing its western riding to form the Shire of Mornington, which has since been amalgamated into the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. On 19 October 1960, the Shire of Frankston and Hastings split in two, with the western part remaining as the Shire of Frankston, and the eastern part being incorporated as the Shire of Hastings. Frankston was proclaimed as a City on 24 August 1966.[3]
In 1993, Jeff Kennett and his Local Government Minister, Roger Hallam, announced a major statewide program of local government amalgamations, most of which took effect on 15 December 1994. Most councils were abolished with new ones being created to replace them.
Some changes occurred between the release of the Local Government Board report in July and the actual amalgamation - the original plan was to merge with the City of Chelsea and take Braeside and Carrum Downs from the City of Springvale. However, Frankston City Council submitted that it should expand eastwards instead, as well as taking Mount Eliza and Baxter.[4] By October, the present boundaries had been agreed upon, but the new entity was to be known as the City of Nepean. This appeared in the Board's final report in November 1994.[5][6] However, the State Government ultimately decided to use the old name for the new entity, departing from the Board's recommendation.[7]
[edit] Mayors
The following Councillors have acted as Mayor for the City of Frankston since the inaugural elections in 1997:
- 1997–1998 Cr. Wayne Woods
- 1998–1999 Cr. Wiliam Parkin
- 1999–2000 Cr. David-jon Dawn
- 2000–2002 Cr. Mark Conroy
- 2005–2006 Cr. Vicki McClelland
- 2006–2007 Cr. Glenn Aitken
- 2007–2008 Cr. Alistair Wardle
[edit] Sister City
In 1982, the City of Frankston established a sister city relationship with Susono, in Shizuoka, Japan.
[edit] Wards
Ratepayers in the municipality are represented by elected city councillors. In the 2005 elections, held on 26 November 2005, the single-councillor wards were replaced with three, multi-councillor wards. These wards are known as North-West Ward (covering mostly Seaford, Frankston North and parts of Frankston), South-West Ward (covering the southern parts of Frankston and Frankston South) and East Ward (covering Langwarrin and Carrum Downs). Voting is compulsory and conducted by postal ballot, and is based on a preferential voting system.
[edit] Suburbs
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Frankston (Local Government Area). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 377-378, 695. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Neales, Sue. "Crunch time for councils in south and south-east", The Age, 27 July 1994, p. 8.
- ^ "The councils shake-up", The Age, 22 October 1994, p. 10.
- ^ Gettler, Leon. "Report outlines new council boundaries", The Age, 19 November 1994, p. 10.
- ^ Gettler, Leon. "Most council elections in 1996", The Age, 16 December 1994, p. 6.
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