Belgrave Heights
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Belgrave Heights Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′23″S 145°20′24″E / 37.923°S 145.340°ECoordinates: 37°55′23″S 145°20′24″E / 37.923°S 145.340°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,360 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,070/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3160 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monbulk | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | La Trobe | ||||||||||||||
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Belgrave Heights is a town in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Belgrave Heights had a population of 1,360.
Belgrave Heights Post Office opened on 1 August 1938 as settlement began in the area, and closed in 1977.
In February 1983, the Ash Wednesday fires swept through the area, destroying 238 houses and killing 21 people.
Belgrave Heights has a 75-hectare (190-acre) bushland park called Birdsland. Originally owned by a farming family, the Birds, it was known locally as "Birds' Paddock". It was later purchased in 1982 by the former Shire of Sherbrooke (now part of Yarra Ranges) expressly for public use. In 1983 the property was damaged by the Ash Wednesday bushfires. In 1984 it was opened to the public for bushwalking, picnicking, sightseeing, and local horse agistment. It is a very important habitat link for locally rare Platypus and the Yellow-belied Glider. The reserve waterways are managed by Melbourne Water and other areas managed by Shire of Yarra Ranges. Birdsland Advisory Committee help make decisions for a broad overview to management of the reserve. The committee has developed a sustainable design education centre, including solar panels, composting toilet and water tanks. Next door is the Southern Dandenongs Indigenous Plant Nursery which is a not-for profit group which provides a range of plants that are native to the Dandenong Ranges.
Many scenes in the 7 Network mini-series Against The Wind were filmed there in 1978.
Melbourne Water offers stream frontage grants to help landowners apply for money for weed eradication, fencing and more.
in February 2009 a bushfire swept through the Birdsland area. The bushfire grew to around 300 hectares coming just 2 weeks after the 2009 Victorian bushfires
Monbulk Creek is part of a biolink corridor (the biolink being between Dandenong Ranges National Park and Lysterfield Lake Park). This corridor is primarily located on the riparian zone (the area adjacent to the creek). This provides habitat to many different environments aquatic, creek banks and the floodplain.
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