Yarra Junction, Victoria

Yarra Junction is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km (34 mi) east from Melbourne's central business district. It sits at the old junction of timber tramways and main rail line not the Yarra and Little Yarra Rivers as implied by its name (this is a common misunderstanding). Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Yarra Junction had a population of 2,549.[1] Yarra Junction is a small town with many activities, services and amenities including Cunningham's Irish Inn and an RSL. Yarra Junction is said to be the functional hub of the Upper Yarra Valley.

Yarra Junction
Victoria
Population2,549 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3797
Elevation152 m (499 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarra Ranges
State electorate(s)Eildon
Federal Division(s)Casey
Localities around Yarra Junction:
Don Valley Wesburn
Launching Place Yarra Junction Warburton
Hoddles Creek Gladysdale
yarra junction panorama

The Post Office opened on 20 November 1901, a week after the opening of the Yarra Junction railway station as part of the railway line to Warburton.[2] Between 1913 and 1945, Yarra Junction was the junction station for the 3-foot (914 mm) gauge Powelltown Tramway. The railway, and the station, closed on 1 August 1965.[3] The station building was constructed in 1888 at Lilydale railway station, but was relocated to Yarra Junction in 1914, following the construction of a new station building at Lilydale.[4] The former station now houses the Upper Yarra Museum.[5]

Yarra Junction Jan 2021

Yarra Junction has five schools, Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction Primary School, St Joseph's Primary School and the Little Yarra Steiner School. It is also home to the Cire Community School (previously called Yarra Valley Community School), an independent school for students for whom mainstream schooling has not been successful.

In addition to these schools, there is also a rural country campus for Caulfield Grammar School. The Yarra Junction Campus was established in 1949 and it was the first of its kind in Australia.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League. Its most famous product was former Richmond premiership ruckman Jack Dyer, also known as Captain Blood, who grew up in the town before moving to Melbourne in his late teens for school.

See also

Yarra Junction railway station - The station still exists but is no longer in use.

References
  1. "2016 Census QuickStats Yarra Junction". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  3. "Warburton Line". Vicsig. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. "Upper Yarra Museum". Culture Victoria. Creative Victoria. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. "About Us". Upper Yarra Valley Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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