Yarrambat, Victoria
| Yarrambat Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 1496 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3091 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Nillumbik | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Yan Yean | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Yarrambat is a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary [2] 32.5 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Yarrambat had a population of 1496.
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[edit] History
Prominent as a gold mining area in the late 1800s, much of the land was surveyed and cleared for farming once the mining boom subsided. The Post Office opened on 1 March 1910 as Tanck's Corner and was renamed Yarrambat around 1928. [3]
[edit] Today
Recently land has been allowed to be subdivided into 1 hectare allotments by the Shire of Nillumbik and large prestige homes dot the landscape. Yarrambat has become one of Melbourne's affluent north eastern suburbs due to many of its properties being constructed on large allotments within relatively close proximity to the city.
It contains a post office, veterinarian clinic, child minding centre, recreation reserve, war memorial, a primary school called Yarrambat Primary School, a private school, general store and CFA fire station, as well as a railway museum. Golfers play at the Yarrambat Park Golf Course on Yan Yean Road.[4]
In 1978, Yarrambat celebrated its centenary including a festival at the primary school, which at that time was adjacent to the main T-intersection (which has been referred to as Tanck's Corner). The school was relocated to new buildings in the 1980s. Further upgrades (in excess of $3 million (AUD)) to the school have occurred during 2007, the most prominent feature being 5 open plan classrooms, office redevelopment and a gymnasium (3/4 size basketball court). The school has spent significant time and effort into developing Inquiry Based Learning.
The Yarrambat-Plenty Little Athletics Club Competes as part of the Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yarrambat (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC27093&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ Urban Growth Boundary map
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Golf Select, Yarrambat Park, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1735, retrieved 2009-05-11
[edit] External links
- Yarrambat, Victoria is at coordinates 37°38′24″S 145°07′59″E / 37.64°S 145.133°ECoordinates: 37°38′24″S 145°07′59″E / 37.64°S 145.133°E
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