Yarrambat, Victoria
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| Yarrambat Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 1496 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3091 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Nillumbik | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Yan Yean | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Yarrambat is a fringe suburb of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. It is located 24 lineal kilometres north east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Nillumbik.
Prominent as a gold mining area in the late 1800s, much of the land was surveyed and cleared for farming once the mining boom subsided. More recently land has been allowed to be subdivided into 1 hectare allotments by the Shire of Nillumbik and large prestige homes dot the landscape. Yarrambat has become one of Melbourne's affluent north eastern suburbs due to the majority of its properties being constructed on unrivaled size allotments within such close proximity to the city.
It contains a golf course (opened 1980), post office, veterinarian clinic, child minding centre, recreation reserve, war memorial, a primary school, a private school, general store and CFA fire station, as well as a railway museum.
In 1978, Yarrambat celebrated its centenary including a festival at the primary school, which at that time was far closer to the main T-intersection (which has been referred to as Tanck's Corner). The school was relocated to new buildings in the 1980s. Further upgrades (in excess of $3 million (Aud)) to the school have occurred during 2007, the most prominent feature being 5 open plan classrooms, office redevelopment and a gymnasium (3/4 size basketball court). The school has spent significant time and effort into developing Inquiry Based Learning led largely by the grade 5/6 (Upper School) Co-ordinator.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Yarrambat (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
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- Yarrambat, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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