Monbulk, Victoria
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| Monbulk Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 2736 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3793 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 257 m | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Monbulk | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Casey | ||||||||||||
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Monbulk is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
Monbulk township and farming area is 40km East of Melbourne. The Aboriginal name Monbulk translates as 'hiding place of the ducklings.' In 1893 a village settlement of 76 ten acre farms was created. The area was well known for being the site of Monbulk Perserving Company later IXL, a jam factory, where Monbulk Jam was produced from locally grown fruit. Today Monbulk is a thriving township with many diversified farms growing fruit, nursery plants and a substantial bulb and cut flower industry for national and international markets.
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| Suburbs of the Shire of Yarra Ranges | |
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Badger Creek | Belgrave | Belgrave Heights | Belgrave South | Chirnside Park | Chum Creek | Coldstream | Dixons Creek | Don Valley | Ferny Creek | Gruyere | Healesville | Kallista | Kalorama | Kilsyth | Launching Place | Lilydale | Macclesfield | Menzies Creek | Millgrove | Monbulk | Montrose | Mooroolbark | Mount Dandenong | Mount Evelyn | Narre Warren East | Olinda | Sassafras | Selby | Seville | Seville East | Sherbrooke | Silvan | Tarrawarra | Tecoma | The Patch | Tremont | Upwey | Wandin East | Wandin North | Warburton | Warburton East | Wesburn | Woori Yallock | Yarra Glen | Yarra Junction | Yellingbo | Yering |
