Type: | town |
Wandin North | |
State: | vic |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
Coordinates: | -37.769°N 145.411°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Lga: | Shire of Yarra Ranges |
Postcode: | 3139 |
Pop: | 3,132 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation: | 150 |
Area: | 16.5 |
Stategov: | Evelyn |
Fedgov: | Casey |
Dist1: | 49 |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 9 |
Location2: | Lilydale |
Near-Nw: | Lilydale |
Near-N: | Coldstream |
Near-Ne: | Gruyere |
Near-W: | Mount Evelyn |
Near-E: | Seville |
Near-Sw: | Mount Evelyn |
Near-S: | Silvan |
Near-Se: | Wandin East |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 11 |
Wandin North is a town in Victoria, Australia, 40 km east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Wandin North recorded a population of 3,132 at the .[1]
The Post Office opened around 1909. An earlier office (1884) named Wandin North was renamed Seville.There are two operational schools in Wandin North and the original of these schools is Wandin Yallock Primary School which was established in 1870.[2] It is nestled amongst orchards and general farming land in the picturesque Yarra Valley. The Wandin North Primary School opened in 1915 and in 2016 had 240 students.[3]
Wandin North used to have a railway station simply called Wandin on the Warburton branch line which opened in 1901 and closed in 1965.