Population 1,662 (2011 census) LGA(s) Shire of Yarra Ranges Belgrave South Menzies Creek Postal code 3160 | Postcode(s) 3160 State electorate(s) Monbulk Area 170 ha Federal division Division of La Trobe | |
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Location 42 km (26 mi) from Melbourne
3 km (2 mi) from Belgrave | ||
Belgrave South is a locality within, and a suburb of, Greater Melbourne mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 39 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2011 census, Belgrave South had a population of 1,662. 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.
Contents
- Map of Belgrave South VIC 3160 Australia
- History
- Town
- Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
- South Belgrave Football Club
- References
Map of Belgrave South VIC 3160, Australia
History
The Post Office opened on 20 September 1920 as South Belgrave, becoming Belgrave South in 1923.
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 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.
There is a small Foodworks supermarket, a medical clinic, a public accountant, a café, a takeaway store, a butcher, a bakery, a greengrocer, a vet, a mower shop, a battery shop, a picture framer, 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. 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'.