in
Cheltenham. The City of Kingston area was originally governed by the Moorabbin Roads Board, which formed in 1862 and became a shire council in 1871, covering a large area of mixed agricultural and semi-urban land. After years of agitation in 1917 the seaside town of
Sandringham became a borough with its own council, and this fuelled the desire of those living in towns further south to combine their efforts and demand self-representation. This finally occurred in May 1920 and the 'Borough of Mordialloc and Mentone' was formed. It became a town in 1923 and the
City of Mordialloc in 1926. The City of Moorabbin had a population of 109,588 by the time of the 1971 census. In 1994, the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, as part of its local government reform. The new City of Kingston was one result, and on 15 December 1994 the city was formally gazetted comprising all of the
City of Chelsea, most of the
City of Mordialloc, a substantial portion of the
City of Moorabbin, and parts of the cities of
Oakleigh and
Springvale. The City of Kingston headquarters opened at 34 Brindisi Street,
Mentone that remains a property portfolio asset. An electoral structure for Kingston was introduced in November 2008 to include three wards – North Ward, Central Ward and South Ward, with three Councillors representing each ward. This made a total of nine Councillors instead of the previous structure of seven wards each represented by one Councillor. Further electoral structure changes led to in November 2020 there being a total of 11 wards each individually represented by a Councillor. Kingston's headquarters since 2005 have been in
Cheltenham at the former 7-storey office of Fujitsu Australia built in 1993. ==Education==