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Don Valley, Victoria

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Don Valley
Don Valley is located in metro Melbourne
Don Valley
Don Valley
Location in greater metropolitan Melbourne
Map
Interactive map of Don Valley
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
  State electorate
  Federal division
Population
  Total586 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode
3139
Localities around Don Valley
Mount Toolebewong Healesville Wesburn
Mount Toolebewong Don Valley Wesburn
Launching Place Launching Place Launching Place

Don Valley is a town in Victoria, Australia, approximately 70 km east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Don Valley recorded a population of 586 at the 2021 census.[1]

A well known farm on Don Valley is Haining Farm, a 65-hectare cattle and dairy farm with Jersey and Friesian cows and other farm animals, located at the entrance of Don River into the Yarra River.[citation needed] It is no longer run as a farm, and is being regenerated into bushland for the Helmeted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) a critically endangered bird. Haining Farm is managed by Parks Victoria.[citation needed]

Although Don Valley has minimal development, there is the Don Valley Primary School, an archery park, and is home to a satellite fire station for the "Hillcrest" CFA brigade which serves Woori Yallock, Launching Place and Don Valley after the Launching Place and Woori Yallock brigades amalgamated in December 2007.[citation needed]

References

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  1. 1 2 "2021 Census QuickStats Don Valley". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2022.