Box Hill, Victoria

Box Hill Melbourne, Victoria
The White Horse, Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
Box Hill
Coordinates	37°49′17″S 145°07′34″E / 37.8215°S 145.126°E / -37.8215; 145.126Coordinates: 37°49′17″S 145°07′34″E / 37.8215°S 145.126°E / -37.8215; 145.126
Population	9,672 (2011)
• Density	2,760/km2 (7,160/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3128
Area	3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Location	14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Whitehorse
State electorate(s)	Box Hill
Federal Division(s)	Chisholm
Suburbs around Box Hill: Mont Albert North Box Hill North Blackburn North Mont Albert Box Hill Blackburn Surrey Hills Box Hill South Blackburn South

Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District. in the local government area of the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Box Hill had a population of 9,672.

Once a large independent city, Box Hill was absorbed into Melbourne as part of the eastward expansion of the metropolis in the late 1950s. As a result, it once had its own large historic Central Business District, its own municipality in the former City of Box Hill and its own suburbs.

Box Hill is a major hub in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Box Hill is notable for its significant population of people of Asian birth or descent, particularly Chinese. A large number of Asian restaurants and retailers in its shopping district contribute to the visibility of this aspect of the suburb's demographics.

Box Hill is also a major transport hub for Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, with a substantial train station, the 109 tram line, and numerous bus lines servicing the suburb.

Box Hill was first settled by the squatter Arundel Wrighte, formerly of Van Diemen's Land, who in 1838 took up a pastoral lease on the land he had previously explored in the Bushy Creek area. The first permanent settlers, Thomas Toogood and his wife Edith, purchased 5,000 acres (20 km²) in 1841 and Wrighte built a house on his property, "Marionvale", in 1844. The Pioneers' Memorial, which can be found in front of the town hall, is made from a chimney stone, taken from Wrighte's original house. It was not until after 1850, however, that Crown lands were subdivided and sold. Traffic along a main road running through the district encouraged the building of a hotel at Box Hill in 1853. Its owner named it the White Horse hotel and the name was bestowed on the road. Box Hill Post Office opened on 1 February 1861, being the first official use of the name. The postmaster proposed the name, derived from Box Hill, Surrey, England, near his birthplace.