Yallambie aerial panorama facing the Melbourne skyline

Yallambie aerial panorama facing the Great Dividing Range

Yallambie ( ) is a suburb of

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, 15 kilometres north-east from Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Yallambie recorded a population of 4,161 at the . Yallambie is a residential suburb stretched between Greensborough Road to the west and the

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on its east. Its southern border is Lower Plenty Road and Yallambie Road in the north. It shares the same postcode as neighbouring Macleod.

History

20th century

The predominant feature in Yallambie is the Simpson Army Barracks. Originally known as the Watsonia Military Camp, it was set up during the

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. Yallambie is also home to the Air Force Cadets and the Defence Force School of Signals. Yallambie's residential population almost doubled when a large parcel of reserved land behind the barracks was converted to residential use following rationalisation of military facilities during the late 1980s. This parcel of land is now known as the Streeton Views Estate. Yallambie has never had a post office of that name, however the Simpson Barracks Post Office opened on 31 March 1987, replacing the Macleod office open since 1923, and was closed in 1996. A Watsonia Military office was open from 1942 until 1946 and a Watsonia Camp office was open from 1948 until 1952.

21st century

During the early 2000s, the 'Cascades' estate was developed adjacent to grassed areas along the water feature.

Geography

Landmarks

Yallambie is home to the Federal Government agency

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(ARPANSA).

Education

Yallambie is home to Streeton Primary School, which is a combination of 2 previous schools called Watsonia South Primary School & Yallambie Primary School which is located on the old Yallambie Primary School site. Streeton is named after well known artist Arthur Streeton. Yallambie's main pre-school facility is Yallambie Park Pre-School, which is located on the same road as Streeton Primary School. The public library service is provided by

Yarra Plenty Regional Library Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) provides a public library service to the local government municipalities of the City of Banyule, Shire of Nillumbik and City of Whittlesea in the northeast of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia and located on the ...

. The nearest library is at Watsonia or Rosanna.

Sports

Banyule City SC Banyule City SC is an Australian soccer club from Viewbank. Banyule City plays their matches in the Victorian State League Division 1. It sits at Level 3 on the Victorian league system (Level 4 of the overall Australian league system) __TOC_ ...

is a

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club located at Yallambie Park and the senior team currently compete in the FFV State League Division 1.

References

Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Banyule {{melbourne-geo-stub