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Knox was a shire created on 10 November, 1963, by the severance of the western part of the Fern Tree Gully shire. Knox shire's western boundary was Waverley city, and its centre point was about 25 km. east of Melbourne. Knox was proclaimed a city on 4 July, 1969.
It was named after Sir George Knox, Fern Tree Gully shire Councillor and member of the State lower house representing Upper Yarra and Scoresby (1927-1960). He was elected as a shire councillor in 1923.
When Victoria's municipalities were amalgamated in 1994 Knox had part of Churchill Park removed and parts of Upper Ferntree Gully and Lysterfield were added.
It contains the suburbs of Bayswater, Boronia, Knoxfield, Lower Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield, Rowville and Scoresby.
During the 1960s Knox had both rural and urban/manufacturing components. Scoresby and Rowville were mainly rural and Bayswater had substantial manufacturing. Between 1964 and 1980 the number of manufacturing jobs in Knox grew from 1,730 to 7,040. The population grew from about 15,000 to 89,000 as the rural parts were built on for housing. On Burwood Highway near the centre of the municipality are the civic offices and a large regional shopping centre, Knox City.
The census populations of Knox municipality have been 36,514 (1966), 56,786 (1971), 88,902 (1981) and 121,982 (1991).
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