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Shire of Yarra Ranges Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 149,537 (2016)[1] (45th) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 60.5437/km2 (156.808/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,469.9 km2 (953.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Richard Higgins | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Lilydale | ||||||||||||||
Region | Outer Eastern Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an area of 2,469 square kilometres (953 sq mi), of which 3% is classified as urban.[2] At the 2016 Australian census, it had a population of 149,537.
It was formed in 1994 by the merger of parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke, Shire of Lillydale, Shire of Healesville and Shire of Upper Yarra.[3]
Council
Yarra Ranges is divided into nine wards, each of which elects one councillor for a period of four years.[3]
Wards
- Billanook Ward, named after the Wurundjeri name for the region and pioneered by explorer Robert Hoddle
- Chandler Ward, named after a pioneering family
- Chirnside Ward, named after George Chirnside, a Mooroolbark settler and owner of the Werribee Park Mansion
- Lyster Ward, named after William Saurin Lyster, an impresario who had a dairy farm in the area
- Melba Ward, named after opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
- O'Shannassy Ward, named after O'Shannassy River and reservoir, in turn named after John O'Shanassy (sic.), Premier of Victoria in the mid 1800s.
- Ryrie Ward, named after William Ryrie who planted the first vineyards in the area
- Streeton Ward, named after Sir Arthur Streeton, a painter who lived in Olinda
- Walling Ward, named after landscape designer Edna Walling
Current composition
Ward[4] | Suburbs[4] | Party | Councillor[5] | Elected | |
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Billanook | Lilydale, Mt Evelyn, Wandin North | Independent | Tim Heenan | 2016 | |
Chandler | Kalorama, Macclesfield, Monbulk, Seville, Silvan, Wandin, Olinda (part), Montrose (part), Mt Evelyn (part) | Independent | Tony Stevenson | 2016 | |
Chirnside | Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark | Independent | Richard Higgins | 2016 | |
Lyster | Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Kallista, Lyserfield, Menzies Creek, Narre Warren East, Selby, Sherbrooke, Tecoma, The Patch. | Independent | Mike Clarke | 2015 | |
Melba | Lilydale, Mooroolbark | Independent | Terry Avery | 2005 | |
O'Shannassy | Don Valley, Gladysdale, Hoddles Creek, Launching Place, McMahons Creek, Millgrove, Powelltown, Reefton, Warburton, Wesburn, Woori Yallock, Yarra Junction, Yellingbo | Independent | Jim Child | 2012 | |
Ryrie | Badger Creek, Chum Creek, Coldstream, Dixon's Creek, Gruyere, Healesville, Steels Creek, Tarrawarra, Yarra Glen, Yering | Independent | Fiona McAllister | 2012 | |
Streeton | Ferny Creek, Montrose, Mt Dandenong, Olinda, Sassafras, Tremont, Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey | Independent | Noel Cliff | 2003 | |
Walling | Kilsyth, Mooroolbark, Montrose | Independent | Len Cox | 1982[note 1] |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Lilydale_Shire_of_Yarra_Ranges.jpg/220px-Lilydale_Shire_of_Yarra_Ranges.jpg)
Localities
The towns, suburbs and localities of the Yarra Ranges Shire are:
- Badger Creek
- Beenak
- Belgrave
- Belgrave Heights
- Belgrave South
- Big Pats Creek
- Cambarville
- Chirnside Park
- Chum Creek
- Clematis
- Coldstream
- Dixons Creek
- Don Valley
- East Warburton
- Emerald
- Fernshaw
- Ferny Creek
- Gilderoy
- Gladysdale
- Gruyere
- Healesville
- Hoddles Creek
- Kallista
- Kalorama
- Kilsyth
- Launching Place
- Lilydale
- Lysterfield (partially within the City of Knox)
- Macclesfield
- Matlock
- McMahons Creek
- Menzies Creek
- Millgrove
- Monbulk
- Montrose
- Mooroolbark
- Mount Dandenong
- Mount Evelyn
- Mount Toolebewong
- Narre Warren East
- Olinda
- Powelltown
- Reefton
- Sassafras
- Selby
- Seville
- Seville East
- Sherbrooke
- Silvan
- Steels Creek
- Tarrawarra
- Tecoma
- The Patch
- Three Bridges
- Toolangi
- Toorongo
- Tremont
- Upper Ferntree Gully (partially within the City of Knox)
- Upwey
- Wandin East
- Wandin North
- Warburton
- Wesburn
- Woori Yallock
- Yarra Glen
- Yarra Junction
- Yellingbo
- Yering
Major thoroughfares
![Pre-2010 Council logo](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Shire_of_Yarra_Ranges.png)
Burwood Highway (State Route 26)
Canterbury Road/Swansea Road (State Route 32)
Maroondah Highway (State Route 34 / B300)
Belgrave-Hallam Road/Monbulk Road/Hereford Road/Anderson Street (C404)
Belgrave Road (State Route 26)
- Olinda-Monbulk Road/Emerald Monbulk Road
Warburton Highway (B380)
Healesville- Koo Wee Rup Road (C411)
Mount Dandenong (Tourist) Road (State Route 22)
Notes
- ^ First elected to Shire of Lillydale before council amalgamations in 1994.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarra Ranges (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Demographic Profile". Yarra Ranges Council. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Our history". Yarra Ranges Council. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Your councillors". Shire of Yarra Ranges. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Results for Yarra Ranges Shire Council Elections 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Community profile at .id.com.au
- Public transport map at PTV