| Type: | town |
| Yarra Glen | |
| State: | vic |
| Lga: | Shire of Yarra Ranges |
| Postcode: | 3775 |
| Pop: | 3,012 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation: | 99 |
| Area: | 35.1 |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in metropolitan Melbourne |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | -37.6489°N 145.3719°W |
| Stategov: | Eildon |
| Fedgov: | Casey[2] |
| Dist1: | 55 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Melbourne CBD |
| Dist2: | 14 |
| Dir2: | N |
| Location2: | Lilydale |
| Dist3: | 14 |
| Dir3: | W |
| Location3: | Healesville |
| Near-Nw: | Christmas Hills |
| Near-N: | Steels Creek |
| Near-Ne: | Dixons Creek |
| Near-W: | Christmas Hills |
| Near-E: | Tarrawarra |
| Near-Sw: | Christmas Hills |
| Near-S: | Yering |
| Near-Se: | Coldstream |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
Yarra Glen is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Yarra Glen recorded a population of 3,012 at the .[1]
The Ryrie brothers (William, James and Donald) were the first Europeans to settle in the area, when they established the 43000order=flipNaNorder=flip Yering run in 1837 after droving their cattle from NSW. The brothers planted the first grape vines in the Yarra Valley in 1838 and produced their first wine in 1845. Joseph Furphy, often regarded as the father of the Australian novel, was born on the station in 1843.
The Post Office opened on 11 January 1861 as Yarra Flats and was renamed Yarra Glen in 1889 when the railway arrived.
The now National Trust-listed Yarra Glen Grand Hotel was established in 1888. Its four story Italianate tower was added subsequent to the construction of the original hotel building.
The Black Friday fires of 1939 badly damaged the area around Yarra Glen, as did the fires of 2009.
The town has an Australian Rules football team, Yarra Glen Football Club that competes in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.
Yarra Glen has a horse racing club, Yarra Valley Racing, which schedules around nine race meetings a year including the Yarra Glen Cup meeting in March.
Yarra Valley Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in the town.