Don Valley, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Don Valley
State:vic
Pop:586
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:3139
Dist1:70
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:16
Location2:Warburton
Lga:Shire of Yarra Ranges
Stategov:Eildon
Fedgov:Casey
Near-N:Healesville
Near-Ne:Wesburn
Near-E:Wesburn
Near-Se:Launching Place
Near-S:Launching Place
Near-Sw:Launching Place
Near-W:Mount Toolebewong
Near-Nw:Mount Toolebewong
Local Map:yes
Zoom:11

Don Valley is a town in Victoria, Australia, approximately 70 km east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Don Valley recorded a population of 586 at the .[1]

A well known farm on Don Valley is Haining Farm, a 65-hectare cattle and dairy farm with Jersey and Friesian cows and other farm animals, located at the entrance of Don River into the Yarra River. It is no longer run as a farm, and is being regenerated into bushland for the Helmeted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) a critically endangered bird. Haining Farm is managed by Parks Victoria.

Although Don Valley has minimal development, there is the Don Valley Primary School, an archery park, and is home to a satellite fire station for the "Hillcrest" CFA brigade which serves Woori Yallock, Launching Place and Don Valley after the Launching Place and Woori Yallock brigades amalgamated in December 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Census QuickStats Don Valley . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 9 July 2022.