Sherbrooke, Victoria
| Sherbrooke Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 196 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1893 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3789 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.7 km² (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Monbulk | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Casey, La Trobe | ||||||||||||
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Sherbrooke is a settlement in Victoria, Australia, 35 km east of Melbourne. Its local-government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 census, Sherbrooke had a population of 196.
Permanent European settlement began with the building by a retired sea-captain, Robert W. Graham, of a log hut, Merrimu, hand-cut from the forest, using horizontal-slab wall construction, an adobe floor, weatherboards and a sapling/shingle roof. Now styled as the 'father of Sherbrooke', Graham named the area after his Canadian birthplace. He is also credited with discovering Sherbrooke Falls. A rough hut at the back of the house, with a delivery slot cut in the door, served as a post office from 1894 to 1920. Both the house and the post office building still stand.
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[edit] Flora
Sherbrooke Forest, a cool temperate rainforest, is listed as endangered and is protected by the state's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.[2] It is a habitat of the tallest flowering plant in the world, Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), which can exceed 100 metres in height.[3]
[edit] Fauna
Sherbrooke Forest has populations of swamp wallabies, wombats, platypus, echidnas and several species of possums and gliders. It is also a habitat of the lyrebird.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Sherbrooke (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21605&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Victorian ecosystems--Rainforest at Viridans biological databases
- ^ a b Dandenong: Local Species at (Victorian) Department of Sustainability and Environment--Forests
[edit] External links
- Sherbrooke, Victoria is at coordinates 37°53′06″S 145°21′36″E / 37.885°S 145.36°ECoordinates: 37°53′06″S 145°21′36″E / 37.885°S 145.36°E
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