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Belgrave South

Field	Value
name	Belgrave South
city	Melbourne
state	vic
image	Belgrave South aerial 1.jpg
caption	Wellington Road forms the southern boundary of Belgrave South. The forested area shown in the top left includes the Baluk-Willam Nature Conservation Reserve.
lga	Shire of Yarra Ranges
alternative_location_map	Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
coordinates
postcode	3160
pop	1,670
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area	1.7
stategov	Monbulk
fedgov	Casey
dist1	37
location1	Melbourne
dist2	3
location2	Belgrave
near-nw	Belgrave Heights
near-n	Belgrave
near-ne	Selby
near-w	Lysterfield
near-e	Menzies Creek
near-sw	Lysterfield
near-s	Narre Warren East
near-se	Emerald
local_map	yes
zoom	12

Belgrave South is a suburb of Greater Melbourne mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 37 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Belgrave South recorded a population of 1,670 at the .

It is positioned at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges 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 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.

Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve

Belgrave South is home to the 67.5 ha Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. This is a significant flora habitat including more than 70 Orchid species. It is supported by the Friends of Baluk Willam.

South Belgrave Football Club

The town has an Australian Rules 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

{{Census 2021 AUS
[http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/popups/fig_ip02_01.html Urban Growth Boundary map] {{webarchive. link. (5 April 2011)
Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
"The Hub of the Town", by BSPS Centenary Committee and Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society, 2007
Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. "Orchid List".

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