Once a painter’s paradise, this suburb has swapped towering gums and dense bush for looming skyscrapers and the Suburban Rail Loop.
a melancholy gold prospector pokes at the coals of a campfire, surrounded by the thick bush of late 19th century Victoria.
Wynn arrived in Melbourne in 1977, and has sponsored visas for 22 members of his family to come to Australia. In his late teens, he was looking after six children of family members. “I think Box Hill is more and more comfortable for the Asian people,” she said. “There’s a train, a bus, a tram, everything.”Tina Liu, a former mayor of Whitehorse and business owner, remembers migrating to the suburb as a child, with her family from Taiwan – and being the only Asian family in the neighbourhood.
Convenience is why Shi’s parents moved from China when he was 7, settling in a Box Hill that was “very different”. Dr Mengbi Li, a senior lecturer in Built Environment at Victoria University, says there are many factors at play. As part of the plan, the state government has set housing targets for each local government area. Whitehorse – which includes Box Hill, Mitcham, Blackburn, Vermont and Surrey Hills – has been told it needs to double its number of residences by 2051 – an additional 79,000.Some residents fear health and education facilities will struggle to keep up with the increased demand, and that the character of the area will be changed.
“Everyone just doesn’t want to see it stop because the hole’s dug, don’t stop it, like at least finish a portion, don’t waste the money.”Back at Eastern Bell, Wynn shares his own view on the changes to Box Hill, while a waitress brings out honey-pepper steak and prawn fried rice.
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