Warrandyte South

Warrandyte South is a rural/residential suburb 27 km north-east of central Melbourne.

The area was originally known as Parsons Gully. It has minor tributaries of Andersons and Jumping Creeks, and was a fruit growing area. A primary school was opened in 1907, next to the public hall in Hall Road. Both buildings were destroyed in the 1939 bushfires and were rebuilt. The school had memorial gates (1951), dedicated to the memory of William Everard, local parliamentarian and chair of the Healesville Sanctuary.

Warrandyte South has urban Warranwood on its southern border. Warranwood's State primary school opened in 1996 and Warrandyte South's closed. Its enrolment in 1969 had been 126.

Warrandyte South has a public reserve with an oval and tennis courts. Its census populations have been:

census date population
1933 326
1947 320
2006 324
2011 648
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