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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = Yarra Junction
| state    = vic
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| lga      = Shire of Yarra Ranges
| postcode = 3797
| pop      = 2,875
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia VIC metro Melbourne
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Melbourne]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|-37.779|145.606|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-VIC|display=title}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2021">{{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats Yarra Junction |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22911 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
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| elevation= 152
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Eildon|Eildon]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Casey|Casey]]
| dist1    = 66
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 9
| location2= [[Warburton, Victoria|Warburton]]
| dist3    = 27
| location3= [[Lilydale, Victoria|Lilydale]]
| near-ne  = [[Wesburn, Victoria|Wesburn]]
| near-e   = [[Warburton, Victoria|Warburton]]
| near-se  = [[Gladysdale, Victoria|Gladysdale]]
| near-sw  = [[Hoddles Creek, Victoria|Hoddles Creek]]
| near-w   = [[Launching Place, Victoria|Launching Place]]
| near-nw  = [[Don Valley, Victoria|Don Valley]]
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[[File:Yarra junction.jpg|thumb|yarra junction panorama]]

'''Yarra Junction''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} east from [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne city centre|central business district]], located within the [[Shire of Yarra Ranges]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Yarra Junction recorded a population of 2,875 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=ABS2021/>

The township sits at the old junction of timber tramways and main rail line not the [[Yarra River|Yarra]] and [[Little Yarra River|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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==History==
The Post Office opened on 20 November 1901, a week after the opening of the [[Yarra Junction railway station]] as part of the [[Warburton railway line|railway line to Warburton]].<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Yarra*Junction* | access-date = 19 February 2021}}</ref> Between 1913 and 1945, Yarra Junction was the junction station for the {{convert|3|ft|mm|0|adj=on}} gauge [[Powelltown Tramway]]. The railway, and the station, closed on 1 August 1965.<ref>{{cite web|title=Warburton Line|url=http://vicsig.net/infrastructure/line/Warburton|website=Vicsig|access-date=2017-10-15}}</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, Victoria|Lilydale]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Upper Yarra Museum|url=https://cv.vic.gov.au/organisations/upper-yarra-museum/|website=Culture Victoria|publisher=Creative Victoria|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref> The former station now houses the Upper Yarra Museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.upperyarramuseum.org.au|website=Upper Yarra Valley Museum|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref>

[[File:Yarra Junction.jpg|thumb|Yarra Junction Jan 2021]]

==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 [[Caulfield Grammar School#Yarra Junction Campus|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==
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==External links==
* [http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/yarrajunction.html "Australian places" entry for Yarra Junction]
* [http://www.lyss.vic.edu.au/ Little Yarra Steiner School]
* [http://www.uysc.vic.edu.au/ Upper Yarra Secondary College]
* [http://www.yjps.vic.edu.au/ Yarra Junction Primary School]
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* https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Yarra+Junction+VIC/melbourne/@-37.8475138,145.1406239,11z/am=t/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b29d3acefb241ad:0x5045675218cd680!2m2!1d145.606!2d-37.779!1m5!1m1!1s0x6ad646b5d2ba4df7:0x4045675218ccd90!2m2!1d144.9630576!2d-37.8136276
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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Yarra Valley]]
[[Category:Yarra Ranges Shire]]