Belgrave South is a suburb of

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mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 37 km south-east from Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Belgrave South recorded a population of 1,670 at the . It is positioned at the foothills of the

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and bordered by the suburbs of

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and the localities of

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and

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History

The Post Office opened on 20 September 1920 as South Belgrave, becoming Belgrave South in 1923. It closed 27 May 1977. In February 1983, the

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swept through the area, destroying 238 houses and killing 21 people within the Belgrave South and Heights and Upper Beaconsfield area.

Town

Belgrave South Primary School was opened in 1907 and is the main primary school for children living in Belgrave South, Belgrave Heights, Narre Warren East and much of Belgrave (as the primary school in Belgrave is Catholic). It has 250 students.

Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve

Belgrave South is home to the Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve. This is a significant flora habitat including more than 70

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species. It is supported by the Friends of Baluk Willam.

South Belgrave Football Club

The town has an

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football team (South Belgrave) competing in the Eastern Football League. The club had spent the majority of its time in the

Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra ...

taking out the Second Division flag in 1996. Due to the expansion of the league taking on clubs from the Central Goulburn Football League the decision was made at the end of 2007 to transfer leagues. Whilst in the YVMDFL the club wore St Kilda style guernseys. In 2008 the club changed its strip to black with a red and white 'V'.

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Australian Places
– Belgrave Heights & Belgrave South
Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
{{Shire of Yarra Ranges suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of Yarra Ranges