Councillor Coral Ross
Cr Coral Ross
- [email protected]
- Phone: 9835 7842
- Mobile: 0438 005 225
- Post: Private Bag 1, Camberwell VIC 3124
Cr Ross has lived in East Hawthorn for the past 26 years. She was a political journalist in the UK before moving to Melbourne.
For nearly 11 years, she was the Australian correspondent for an English newspaper and worked as a freelance journalist on several Melbourne newspapers. She is married with two sons.
Cr Ross is on the board of the Australian Local Government Association, president of the Australian Local Government Women's Association, both nationally and in Victoria, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
In 2014, she was named one of the 100 Women of Influence in the Australian Financial Review & Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards.
"My vision is to maintain and improve the character and amenities which make Boroondara such a wonderful place to live and work. I believe in an open, consultative, inclusive and responsive Council that is open to change. Sustainability needs to be at the fore to ensure a positive environment for today and the future."
Memberships and associations
- Kooyong Tennis Club
- Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Australian Local Government Association (board member)
- Australian Local Government Women's Association (president)
- Planning Institute of Australia
Council committees
- Waste Management Reference Group
- Communications Committee
- Boroondara Family Violence Network
- Boroondara Early Years Advisory Committee
- Town Hall Gallery Collection Advisory Committee
- Boroondara Young People's Advisory Committee
- Creating an Age Friendly Boroondara Reference Group
- Library Services Advisory Committee
- Boroondara - Swinburne University of Technology Collaborative Panel
External Management Committees
- The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)
Hobbies and interests
Spending time with family, bushwalking, jogging, gym, skiing, reading and camping.
Gardiner Ward newsletter
History of Gardiner Ward
Gardiner Ward is named after John Gardiner, the first European settler in the Boroondara parish. At the end of the 1830s he lived close to the top outlet of Gardiners Creek, stretches of which had other names until the 1850s.
John Gardiner's cattle roamed freely over a wide area south of the creek, which was first called Gardiner Road district. This area was later named Malvern.