Yarra Junction
Postcode: 3797
Yarra Junction is a town located east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, along the Warburton Highway.
It is located 66 km by road from Melbourne’s central business district, and is about 27 km east of Lilydale, generally considered the eastern boundary of greater Melbourne.
Yarra Junction was the junction station for the Powelltown Tramway, a three foot gauge line, between 1913 and 1945.
It has four school, Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction Primary School, St Joesph’s Primary School and the Little Yarra Steiner School.
In addition to these schools, there is also a bush campus for Caulfield Grammar School. The Yarra Junction Campus was established in 1949 and it was the first of its kind in Australia.
Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.