Yellingbo, Victoria
| Yellingbo Victoria |
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| Population: | 210[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3139 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Monbulk, Gembrook | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Yellingbo is a town in Victoria, Australia, 48 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Yellingbo had a population of 210.[1]
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[edit] History
The Post Office opened around 1902 as Parslow's, was renamed Yellingbo in 1946 and closed in 1991.[2]
[edit] The Town today
Yellingbo's town area contains a public hall, CFA, general store, primary school and tennis courts, as well as the Waterfall Art Gallery.
[edit] Biodiversity
Nearby is the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, which contains three of Victoria's state emblems. The last remaining wild population of the Helmeted Honeyeater, one of Victoria's official emblems. The Leadbetters Possums Gymnobelideus leadbeateri is the faunal state emblem and is a geographically isolated from other populations. Common-pink Heath Epacris impressa is the floral state emblem.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yellingbo (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC27103&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
[edit] External links
Google Street View- Yellingbo- Parslows Road
- Yellingbo, Victoria is at coordinates 37°49′S 145°31′E / 37.81°S 145.51°ECoordinates: 37°49′S 145°31′E / 37.81°S 145.51°E
- Helmeted Honeyeater (ABC - George Negus Tonight) 1 September 2004
- Fact Sheet - Helmeted Honeyeater (Zoology Victoria)
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