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Forest Hill, Victoria
Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Forest Hill recorded a population of 10,780 at the 2021 census.
Forest Hill was recently ranked 93rd on Melbourne's most liveable suburb list, which was higher than other nearby popular suburbs such as Bentleigh, Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley.
Today, the suburb is predominantly residential, featuring low to medium-density housing.
The area was originally covered by dense forest before being gradually cleared and cultivated by European settlers beginning in the late 1850s. Substantial residential development commenced in the early 1950s, spurred by a post-war population increase. The Forest Hill Post Office opened on 1 March 1874 in the then rural area.
Until 1994, Forest Hill was a part of the City of Nunawading local government area, but in December 1994 became part of the City of Whitehorse following the amalgamation of the former cities of Box Hill, Victoria and Nunawading.
The first modern, medium-density subdivision in the area now designated as Forest Hill was the Mount Pleasant Estate. This created 380 lots in and around Betula Avenue and Eugenia Street, which were all sold by 1960.
The largest residential subdivision in Forest Hill was the Parkmore Estate. Land sales began in 1957, and by 1960 over 500 homes had been built in the area between Jolimont and Canterbury Roads. The project, which was touted as Australia's most advanced, was a joint venture between a private subdivider and the Southern Construction Company, which worked with several local realestate agencies.
Parkmore was the first housing estate to have made roads and drainage in Forest Hill, and buyers could chose from five initial brick home designs priced upwards from £4,000. Also on the estate was the Parkmore Shopping Centre (now Brentford Square), which began trading c. 1959–60 as the first modern American-style shopping centre in Nunawading. A smaller strip of shops at Springvale Road.
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Forest Hill, Victoria
Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Forest Hill recorded a population of 10,780 at the 2021 census.
Forest Hill was recently ranked 93rd on Melbourne's most liveable suburb list, which was higher than other nearby popular suburbs such as Bentleigh, Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley.
Today, the suburb is predominantly residential, featuring low to medium-density housing.
The area was originally covered by dense forest before being gradually cleared and cultivated by European settlers beginning in the late 1850s. Substantial residential development commenced in the early 1950s, spurred by a post-war population increase. The Forest Hill Post Office opened on 1 March 1874 in the then rural area.
Until 1994, Forest Hill was a part of the City of Nunawading local government area, but in December 1994 became part of the City of Whitehorse following the amalgamation of the former cities of Box Hill, Victoria and Nunawading.
The first modern, medium-density subdivision in the area now designated as Forest Hill was the Mount Pleasant Estate. This created 380 lots in and around Betula Avenue and Eugenia Street, which were all sold by 1960.
The largest residential subdivision in Forest Hill was the Parkmore Estate. Land sales began in 1957, and by 1960 over 500 homes had been built in the area between Jolimont and Canterbury Roads. The project, which was touted as Australia's most advanced, was a joint venture between a private subdivider and the Southern Construction Company, which worked with several local realestate agencies.
Parkmore was the first housing estate to have made roads and drainage in Forest Hill, and buyers could chose from five initial brick home designs priced upwards from £4,000. Also on the estate was the Parkmore Shopping Centre (now Brentford Square), which began trading c. 1959–60 as the first modern American-style shopping centre in Nunawading. A smaller strip of shops at Springvale Road.