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Warrandyte Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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![]() The Yarra River flowing through Warrandyte | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 37°44′17″S 145°13′23″E / 37.738°S 145.223°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 5,541 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 314.8/km2 (815.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3113 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 113 m (371 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 24 km (15 mi) from Melbourne CBD | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Manningham | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Warrandyte | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Menzies | ||||||||||||||
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Warrandyte (/ˈwɒrəndaɪt/ WORR-ən-dyte) is built on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Woiworung language group of the Kulin Nation, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Warrandyte recorded a population of 5,541 at the 2021 census.
Warrandyte is bounded in the west by the Mullum Mullum Creek and Target Road, in the north by the Yarra River, in the east by Jumping Creek and Anzac Road, and in the south by an irregular line from Reynolds Road, north of Donvale, Park Orchards and Warrandyte South.
Warrandyte was founded as a Victorian town, located in the once gold-rich rolling hills east of Melbourne, and is now on the north-eastern boundary of suburban Melbourne. Gold was first discovered in the town in 1851 and together, with towns like Bendigo and Ballarat, led the way in gold discoveries during the Victorian gold rush. Today Warrandyte retains much of its past in its surviving buildings of the Colonial period and remains a twin community with North Warrandyte, which borders the Yarra River to its north.