Belgrave South is an area and a suburb of
Greater Melbourne mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 37 km south-east from Melbourne's
central business district
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, located within the
Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
. Belgrave Heights recorded a population of 1,670 at the .
It is positioned at the foothills of the
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just The Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills, steeply weathere ...
and bordered by the suburbs of
Belgrave,
Belgrave Heights,
Lysterfield and the localities of
Narre Warren East and
Selby.
History
The Post Office opened on 20 September 1920 as South Belgrave, becoming Belgrave South in 1923. It closed 27 May 1977.
In February 1983, the
Ash Wednesday fires
The Ash Wednesday bushfires, known in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II, were a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983, which was Ash Wednesday. Within twelve hours, more than 180 fires fanned by hot ...
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 ''IGA'' supermarket, a medical clinic, a public accountant, a café, a takeaway store, a butcher, a bakery, a greengrocer, a vet, a specialist wine and beer shop, a ''Home Hardware'', a hairdressing/beauty salon, pharmacy and petrol station.
Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
Belgrave South is home to the Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. This is a significant flora habitat including more than 70
Orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
species.
It is supported by the Friends of Baluk Willam.
South Belgrave Football Club
The town has an
Australian Rules
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
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'.
References
External links
Australian Places– Belgrave Heights & Belgrave South
Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
{{Shire of Yarra Ranges suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of Yarra Ranges