Yarra Glen, Victoria
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| Population: | 2598(2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3775 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 152 m (499 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Yarra Glen is a town in Victoria, Australia, 40 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Yarra Glen had a population of 2598.
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[edit] History
The Ryrie brothers (William, James and Donald) were the first Europeans to settle in the area, when they established the 43,000 acres (170 km2) Yering run in 1837 after droving their cattle to the area from NSW. The brothers planted the first grape vines in the Yarra Valley in 1838 and produced their first wine in 1845.[2] Joseph Furphy, often regarded as the father of the Australian novel, was born on the station in 1843.[3]
The Post Office opened on 11 January 1861 as Yarra Flats and was renamed Yarra Glen in 1889 when the railway arrived.[4]
The now National Trust-listed Yarra Glen Grand Hotel was established in 1888.[5] Its four story Italianate tower was added subsequent to the construction of the original hotel building.[5]
The Black Friday fires of 1939 badly damaged the area around Yarra Glen, as did the fires of 2009.
[edit] Sport
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.
Yarra Glen has a horse racing club, Yarra Valley Racing, which schedules around nine race meetings a year including the Yarra Glen Cup meeting in March.[6]
Yarra Valley Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in the town. [7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yarra Glen (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC27083&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Yarra Glen, Heritage Australia, http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=VIC®ion=67&view=341, retrieved 2011-01-10
- ^ , http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bcollins/general/famous/tom.htm, retrieved 2011-01-10
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ a b Yarra Glen, Tourism Victoria, http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Yarra-Valley-and-Dandenong-Ranges/Destinations/Yarra-Glen.aspx, retrieved 2011-07-25
- ^ Yarra Valley Racing, http://www.yarravalleyracing.com.au/, retrieved 2010-09-02
- ^ Australian Harness Racing, Yarra Valley, http://www.harness.org.au/yarravalley/yarravalley.cfm?fromstate=vic, retrieved 2009-05-11
[edit] External links
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- Yarra Glen - Tourism Victoria website
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- Yarra Glen Website
Coordinates: 37°38′56″S 145°22′19″E / 37.649°S 145.372°E
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