Yarra Junction, Victoria

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Yarra Junction
Victoria

Population:

1740 (2006)^[1]

Postcode:

3797

Elevation:

152 m (499 ft)

Location:

66 km (41 mi) from Melbourne
9 km (6 mi) from Warburton
27 km (17 mi) from Lilydale

LGA:

Shire of Yarra Ranges

State District:

Gembrook

Federal Division:

McEwen

Localities around Yarra Junction:
Don Valley	Don Valley	Wesburn
Launching Place	Yarra Junction	Warburton
Launching Place	Launching Place	Gladysdale

Yarra Junction is a town located east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, along the Warburton Highway. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 1740.

It is located 66 kilometres (41 mi) by road from Melbourne's central business district, and is about 27 kilometres (17 mi) km east of Lilydale, generally considered the eastern boundary of greater Melbourne.

Yarra Junction was the junction station for the Powelltown Tramway, a three foot gauge line, between 1913 and 1945.

It has four schools, Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction Primary School, St Joesph's Primary School and the Little Yarra Steiner School.

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

Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.