Belgrave South, Victoria

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Belgrave South
Melbourne,  Victoria
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Wellington Road forms the southern boundary of Belgrave South. The forested area shown in the top left includes the Baluk-Willam Nature Conservation Reserve.
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Belgrave South
Belgrave South, Victoria
Coordinates 37°56′24″S145°21′22″E / 37.94°S 145.356°E / -37.94; 145.356 Coordinates: 37°56′24″S145°21′22″E / 37.94°S 145.356°E / -37.94; 145.356
Population1,670 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density980/km2 (2,540/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 3160
Area1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Yarra Ranges
State electorate(s) Monbulk
Federal division(s) Casey
Suburbs around Belgrave South:
Belgrave Heights Belgrave Selby
Lysterfield Belgrave South Menzies Creek
Lysterfield Narre Warren East Emerald

Belgrave South is an area and a suburb of Greater Melbourne mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, [2] 37 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Belgrave Heights recorded a population of 1,670 at the 2021 census. [1]

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It is positioned at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges and bordered by the suburbs of Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Lysterfield and the localities of Narre Warren East and Selby.

History

The Post Office opened on 20 September 1920 as South Belgrave, becoming Belgrave South in 1923. It closed 27 May 1977. [3]

In February 1983, the Ash Wednesday fires swept through the area, destroying 238 houses and killing 21 people within the Belgrave South and Heights and Upper Beaconsfield area.

Town

Belgrave South Primary School was opened in 1907 [4] and is the main primary school for children living in Belgrave South, Belgrave Heights, Narre Warren East and much of Belgrave (as the primary school in Belgrave is Catholic). It has 250 students[ when? ].

There is a small IGA supermarket, a medical clinic, a public accountant, a café, a takeaway store, a butcher, a bakery, a greengrocer, a vet, a specialist wine and beer shop, a Home Hardware, a hairdressing/beauty salon, pharmacy and petrol station.

Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve

Belgrave South is home to the 67.5-hectare (167-acre) Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. This is a significant flora habitat including more than 70 Orchid species. [5] It is supported by the Friends of Baluk Willam.

South Belgrave Football Club

The town has an Australian Rules football team (South Belgrave) competing in the Eastern Football League. The club had spent the majority of its time in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League taking out the Second Division flag in 1996. Due to the expansion of the league taking on clubs from the Central Goulburn Football League the decision was made at the end of 2007 to transfer leagues. Whilst in the YVMDFL the club wore St Kilda style guernseys. In 2008 the club changed its strip to black with a red and white 'V'.

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Belgrave South (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 July 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Urban Growth Boundary map Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List" . Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Hub of the Town", by BSPS Centenary Committee and Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society, 2007
  5. ↑ Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. "Orchid List". Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
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