Warrandyte, Victoria

Warrandyte Melbourne, Victoria
The Yarra River flowing through Warrandyte
Warrandyte
Coordinates	37°44′17″S 145°13′23″E / 37.738°S 145.223°E / -37.738; 145.223Coordinates: 37°44′17″S 145°13′23″E / 37.738°S 145.223°E / -37.738; 145.223
Population	5,520 (2011 census)
• Density	456.2/km2 (1,182/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3113
Elevation	113 m (371 ft)
Area	12.1 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Location	24 km (15 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Manningham
State electorate(s)	Warrandyte
Federal Division(s)	Menzies
Suburbs around Warrandyte: Eltham Warrandyte North Wonga Park Templestowe Warrandyte Wonga Park Donvale Park Orchards Warrandyte South

Warrandyte is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Manningham. At the 2011 census, Warrandyte had a population of 5,520.

Warrandyte is bounded in the west by the Mullum Mullum Creek and Target Road, in the north by the Yarra River, in the east by Jumping Creek and Anzac Road, and in the south by an irregular line from Reynolds Road, north of Donvale, Park Orchards and Warrandyte South.

Warrandyte was founded as a Victorian town, located in the once gold-rich rolling hills east of Melbourne, and is now on the north-eastern boundary of suburban Melbourne. Gold was first discovered in the town in 1851 and together, with towns like Bendigo and Ballarat, led the way in gold discoveries during the Victorian gold rush. Today Warrandyte retains much of its past in its surviving buildings of the Colonial period and remains a twin community with North Warrandyte, which borders the Yarra River to its north.

In Australian Aboriginal mythology (see dreamtime), a Wurundjeri dreamtime story tells of a great eagle; "the all powerful, ever watchful creator of the world", named Bunjil, who "once gazed down upon his people from the star Altair and saw their wrong doing. Awaiting their return, with a mighty crash of thunder, he hurled down a star to destroy them". Where the star struck created a gorge in which much of the town today is located. Bunjil's people remembered the spot, and referred to it as Warrandyte, speculated to mean "that which is thrown".