Yan Yean is a locality in

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, 34 km north-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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and

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s. Yan Yean recorded a population of 246 at the . Yan Yean contains

Yan Yean Reservoir Yan Yean Reservoir is the oldest water supply for the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. At the time of its completion in 1857 it was the largest artificial reservoir in the world. It is north of the city within the eponymous locality of ...

. Melbourne's first reservoir, a 560

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lake with a capacity of 30,000

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s, was first established in December 1853 and provides water to Melbourne's northern and central suburbs. A park around the reservoir, managed by

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, offers picnic, barbecue and walking facilities.

History

Originally Yan Yean occupied quite a large area, and the first Yan Yean Post Office opened on 1 March 1859 and was replaced by Morang in 1861. The next Yan Yean Post Office opened in 1875 and was renamed Yan Yean South in 1892 (later

Mernda Mernda is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Mernda recorded a population of 23,369 at the 2021 census. Hi ...

). A Barber's Creek office (opened 1876) was renamed Yan Yean Railway Station in 1892, then Yan Yean in 1907 and closed in 1974.

Today

Yan Yean is the home of

Bears Castle Bear's Castle is a small faux castle (fortified homestead) constructed in approx 1846 in Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia. Construction The castle was a cob construction from mud and clay with planks of timber in-between the layer of cob with ...

. The

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic, formerly NMIT, is an institute of higher education and vocational education (TAFE) located in Melbourne, Australia that has been operating since around 1910. In October 2014, the institute was renamed to Melbourne Polyt ...

operate a 200 hectare training property at Yan Yean dedicated to training students in cattle and deer farming, aquaculture and the production of medicinal herbs and essential oils. Golfers play at the Growling Frog Golf Course on Donnybrook Road. The Yan Yean Tennis Club is a 6 tennis court District level

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club at TH Hurrey Reserve in Yan Yean, where a $3.9 million refurbishment began in 2017. Yan Yean also contains a cemetery, fruit and berry farm, stock feed and a tin shop.

References

External links

Yan Yean Reservoir Park
(Parks Victoria)
Yan Yean Reservoir
(Melbourne Water) Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Nillumbik City of Whittlesea {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub