About Wantirna
Wantirna is located 24 kilometers east of Melbourne's Central Business District(CBD). Its name is derived from the native meaning of "a babbling brook" in the area. Wantirna is home to the Knox Private Hospital and the Westfield Knox shopping center. It is served by the EastLink tollway, which has interchanges at Boronia Road and Burwood Highway.
Mrs. Madeline Scott created the "Bushy Park" cattle run on the Dandenong Creek's banks in 1840, and Wantirna was born. In the 1870s, more pioneers opened the area to habitation. In 1912, the Finger family donated two acres of land on the southern side of Mountain Highway (then known as Wantirna-Sassafras Rd) to build a timber schoolhouse to serve the local populace.
Wantirna South is another suburb in Victoria's Knox Region with rental housing accounting for 19.56 percent of the population. The median sale price for houses is $1,092,000, up 19.72 percent in the last two years.
The economy of Wantirna is based largely on service industries, with a smaller proportion of employment in manufacturing. The suburb has a mix of businesses, including small to medium businesses, as well as a number of larger businesses.
Mrs. Madeline Scott created the "Bushy Park" cattle run on the Dandenong Creek's banks in 1840, and Wantirna was born. In the 1870s, more pioneers opened the area to habitation. In 1912, the Finger family donated two acres of land on the southern side of Mountain Highway (then known as Wantirna-Sassafras Rd) to build a timber schoolhouse to serve the local populace.
Wantirna South is another suburb in Victoria's Knox Region with rental housing accounting for 19.56 percent of the population. The median sale price for houses is $1,092,000, up 19.72 percent in the last two years.
The economy of Wantirna is based largely on service industries, with a smaller proportion of employment in manufacturing. The suburb has a mix of businesses, including small to medium businesses, as well as a number of larger businesses.