Yarra Junction
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Yarra Junction is a town in Victoria, Australia, Template:Convert east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Yarra Junction recorded a population of 2,875 at the Template:CensusAU.<ref name=ABS2021/>
The township sits at the old junction of timber tramways and main rail line not the Yarra and Little Yarra Rivers as implied by its name (this is a common misunderstanding). Yarra Junction is a small town with many activities, services and amenities including Cunningham's Irish Inn and an RSL. Yarra Junction is said to be the functional hub of the Upper Yarra Valley.Template:Citation needed
History
The Post Office opened on 20 November 1901, a week after the opening of the Yarra Junction railway station as part of the railway line to Warburton.<ref name = "a">Template:Citation</ref> Between 1913 and 1945, Yarra Junction was the junction station for the Template:Convert gauge Powelltown Tramway. The railway, and the station, closed on 1 August 1965.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The station building was constructed in 1888 at Lilydale railway station, but was relocated to Yarra Junction in 1914, following the construction of a new station building at Lilydale.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The former station now houses the Upper Yarra Museum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
Yarra Junction has five schools, Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction Primary School, St Joseph's Primary School and the Little Yarra Steiner School. It is also home to the Cire Community School (previously called Yarra Valley Community School), an independent school for students for whom mainstream schooling has not been successful.
In addition to these schools, there is also a rural country campus for Caulfield Grammar School. The Yarra Junction Campus was established in 1949 and it was the first of its kind in Australia.
Sport
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League. Former Richmond premiership ruckman Jack Dyer (also known as Captain Blood) grew up in the town before moving to Melbourne in his late teens for school.
See also
- Yarra Junction railway station - The station still exists but is no longer in use.
References
External links
- "Australian places" entry for Yarra Junction
- Little Yarra Steiner School
- Upper Yarra Secondary College
- Yarra Junction Primary School