Monash City

Monash city is a municipality formed on 15 December 1994, by the union of Waverley city and most of Oakleigh city. (The part of Oakleigh city south of Centre Road was absorbed by Kingston city.) The boundaries of Monash city resemble those of the former Mulgrave shire, which included Oakleigh until the Oakleigh borough was severed from it in 1891. Its area is 82 sq km, and its main office is at Glen Waverley.

The name came from Victoria’s second university, Monash (1961), at Clayton which was named after Sir John Monash (1865-1931), soldier, engineer and administrator.