City of Manningham - History

History

See also: City of Doncaster & Templestowe#History

The Manningham municipality was created on 15 December 1994, as part of a general restructure of Melbourne's local government boundaries. The new municipality contains the former City of Doncaster & Templestowe, but with Ringwood North ceded to the new City of Maroondah and Wonga Park, annexed from the former Shire of Lillydale.

The name Bulleen, a nearby suburb, was proposed for the new municipality, as it was the name of the shire predating the City of Doncaster and Templestowe. Modern residents believed the name was too localised, so the name of one of the major roads was adopted (oddly, however, this road is localised to the region between Bulleen and Doncaster). The origin of Manningham Road's name is unconfirmed, but it would most likely be from the region of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, as the name Doncaster is also from Yorkshire. Residents' requests for the City to be named after Indigenous Australian names local to the area such as Mullum Mullum or Koonung were rejected.

In the late-2000s, the Council was the subject of much infighting and scrutiny. This was well publicised in the local newspaper, which constantly uncovered what it believed to be corruption between Councillors and businesses plus clique groups within the elected council. Within the space of three years, three Councillors quite from the Koonung Ward and a number of Councillors are facing legal cases concerning corruption and defamation.

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