Members of the Boroondara District Road Board

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This article covers members of the Boroondara District Roads Board which was the predecessor to the Shire of Boroondara and the beginnings of local government in the area. On 11 July 1854, the Board was created to cover the present-day area of Boroondara. Kew and Hawthorn became separate municipalities in 1860, while the Roads Board was followed by the Shire of Boroondara in 1871 which would eventually become Camberwell Council.[1]

Powers and duties

Selection process

Members of the board served three year terms. Two positions would be open at each election.

If votes were tied, the returning officer of the election had the power to give a casting vote in favour of one candidate or the other.[2]

Remuneration

Members

For councillors after 1870, see Councillors of Boroondara Shire

Members[1]
Year
1871 George Taylor[3] Edward Dillon[3] William Blanksby[3] J. McDonald[3] Thomas Robinson[3] Thomas Ragg[3]
1870 John Slater[4]
1869 William Williamson[5][2]
1868
1867 Andrew Murray
1866
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
1860

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blainey, Geoffrey (1980). 'A History of Camberwell'. Melbourne:Lothian.
  2. 2.0 2.1 South Bourke Standard. Boroondara. 14 August 1868. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66842046, accessed: 5 December 2016
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board. 8 September 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083538, accessed: 5 December 2016
  4. South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board. 5 August 1871. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70083483, accessed: 5 December 2016
  5. South Bourke Standard. Boroondara Road Board - Saturday August 6. 12 August 1870. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66843257, accessed: 5 December 2016

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