Yarra Junction

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Yarra Junction

Total population

3,283

Coordinates-37.78°, 145.62°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Yarra Junction is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km (34 mi) east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Yarra Junction recorded a population of 2,875 at the 2021 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Timothy James Webb

Australian painter, sculptor and musician

Ben Carey

Australian musician and guitarist

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Lindsay Thompson

Australian politician (1923–2008)

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Jock McKenzie

Australian rules footballer (1911-1989)

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Jack Williamson

Australian rules footballer (1907–1965)

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Mac Wilson

Australian rules footballer (1914-2017)

April Byron

singer

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Vic Donald

Australian rules footballer (1925-2002)

Charlie Newman

Australian rules footballer

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Martin Kelly

Olympic judoka

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Sam Cooke

Australian rules footballer (1883-1966)

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Hefty Stuart

Australian bicycle racer (1912-1938)

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Stan Fisher

Australian rules footballer

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Alan Story

Australian rules footballer (1913-1979)

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Allan Buchanan

Australian rules footballer (1916-1993)

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Daniel Sanders

Australian rally raid biker

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Wesburn
  2 mi away
• Don Valley
  2.2 mi away
• Gladysdale
  3.3 mi away
• Big Pats Creek
  7.5 mi away
• Seville
  8.5 mi away · pop. 1,918
• Narbethong
  16.4 mi away · pop. 99
• Maryknoll
  17.4 mi away · pop. 646
• Nar Nar Goon
  20.9 mi away · pop. 526
• Longwarry North
  22.4 mi away
• Jindivick
  22.9 mi away
• Neerim South
  24.6 mi away · pop. 1,081
• Drouin West
  25.3 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Rosella

Platycercus eximius

Seen 2026-08-14

Superb Fairywren

Malurus cyaneus

Seen 2026-08-14

orange pore fungus

Favolaschia claudopus

Seen 2026-08-13

kidney weed

Dichondra repens

Seen 2026-08-13

Grey Fantail

Rhipidura albiscapa

Seen 2026-08-13

blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Seen 2026-08-13

Rio Spiderwort

Tradescantia fluminensis

Seen 2026-08-13

snowy daisy-bush

Olearia lirata

Seen 2026-08-13

manna gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Seen 2026-08-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers