Belgrave Heights is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 38 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...

. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges

Shire of Yarra Ranges

The Yarra Ranges Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges...

. At the 2006 Census, Belgrave Heights had a population of 1441.

Belgrave Heights Post Office opened on 1 August 1938 as settlement began in the area, and closed in 1977.

In February 1983, the Ash Wednesday fires

Ash Wednesday fires

The Ash Wednesday bushfires, known in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II, were a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983. Within twelve hours, more than 180 fires fanned by winds of up to 110 km per hour caused widespread destruction across the states...

 swept through the area, destroying many houses.

Schools

• Belgrave Heights Christian School
  Belgrave Heights Christian School
  Belgrave Heights Christian School is a small primary and secondary school in Belgrave Heights near Belgrave in the Dandenong Ranges 36 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the new driveway, Wattle Valley Road which is off Mount Morton Road, which is a continuation of...
  
  
• Belgrave Heights Secondary School
  Belgrave Heights Christian School
  Belgrave Heights Christian School is a small primary and secondary school in Belgrave Heights near Belgrave in the Dandenong Ranges 36 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the new driveway, Wattle Valley Road which is off Mount Morton Road, which is a continuation of...
  
  

Birdsland Reserve

Belgrave Heights has a 75 hectares (185.3 acre) bushland park called Birdsland. Originally owned by a farming family, the Birds, it was known locally as "Bird's Paddock". It was sold to the then Shire of Sherbrooke

Shire of Sherbrooke

The Shire of Sherbrooke was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1963 until 1994...

 in 1984 and opened to the public for bushwalking, picnicking and sightseeing. It is a very important habitat link for locally rare Platypus

Platypus

The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...

 and the Yellow-belied Glider. The reserve waterways are managed by Melbourne Water and other areas managed by Shire of Yarra Ranges. Birdsland Advisory Committee help make decisions for a broad overview to management of the reserve. The committee has developed a sustainable design education centre, including solar panels, composting toilet and water tanks. Next door is the Southern Dandenongs Indigenous Plant Nursery which is a not-for profit group which provides a range of plants that are native to the Dandenong Ranges.

Melbourne Water

Melbourne Water

Melbourne Water is a government owned statutory authority that controls much of the water system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia including the reservoirs, and thesewerage and drainage system that services the city.- Overview :...

 offers stream frontage grants to help landowners apply for money for weed eradication, fencing and more.

in February 2009 a bushfire swept through the birdsland area, the bushfire grew to around 300 hectares coming just 2 weeks after the 2009 Victorian bushfires

Monbulk Creek Corridor

Monbulk Creek is part of a biolink corridor (the biolink being between Dandenong Ranges National Park and Lysterfield Lake Park). This corridor is primarily located on the riparian zone (the area adjacent to the creek). This provides habitat to many different environments aquatic, creek banks and the floodplain.

These different elements can be separated into Abiotic (Non-living things) and Biotic (living things). The abiotic factors (such as climate, rocks, debris, water eg.) and the biotic factors (flora and fauna) and the interactions between the two make up an ecosystem.

Flora

Belgrave Heights is located on the borderline Southern Highlands Fall and Gippsland Plains Bioregion.

Belgrave Heights falls into a combination of different Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVC).

Shrubby Foothill Forest
Eucalyptus Obliqua, radiata

Exocarpus cupressiformis
Spyridium parvifolium
Goodenia ovata
Epacris impressa
Tetratheca cilata
Platylobium formosum
Lomatia ilicifolia
Acrotriche prostrata
Viola hederacea
Gonocarpus tetragynus
Tetrarrhena juncea
Leptosperma laterale
Pteridium esculatum
Billarderi scandens

The dominant overstorey is Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia dealbata

Acacia dealbata

Acacia dealbata is a species of Acacia, native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory.-Description:...

, Acacia pycnantha, Eucalyptus cephalocarpa

Eucalyptus cephalocarpa

Eucalyptus cephalocarpa is a small to medium sized tree,native to and Victoria and New South Wales in Australia.-Description:...

, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Mountain Grey Gum also known as the Mountain Gum, Monkey Gum or Spotted Mountain Grey Gum, is a straight, smooth barked forest tree. Often seen around 20 to 40 metres tall...

(in areas near Belgrave Lake Park), Eucalyptus goniocalyx

Eucalyptus goniocalyx

Eucalyptus goniocalyx, Long-leaved box is a small to medium-sized tree with rough and persistent bark to the small branches. It is fibrous, greyish, becoming deeply fissured, thick and shaggy in larger trees...

growing in and around Birdsland and Zig Zag Road, Eucalyptus obliqua

Eucalyptus obliqua

Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as Australian Oak, Brown Top, Brown Top Stringbark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Stringybark and Tasmanian Oak, is a hardwood tree native to south-eastern Australia....

growing through most of the area as well as in Belgrave South

Belgrave South, Victoria

Belgrave South is a locality within, and a suburb of, Greater Melbourne mainly beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 39 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Belgrave South...

, Eucalyptus ovata

Eucalyptus ovata

Eucalyptus ovata, commonly known as Swamp gum or Black Gum, is a widespread occurring Australian eucalypt.The swamp gum is a small to , medium sized tree, rarely a mallee, with bark that sheds over most of the trunk revealing a smooth, grey, whitish or pinkish-grey surface. The rough bark is...

which tends to grow in low-lying areas and Eucalyptus radiata

Eucalyptus radiata

Eucalyptus radiata is a medium to tall tree to 30 m high with persistent bark on the trunk and larger branches or persistent to smaller branches. The bark shortly fibrous , grey to grey-brown, shedding in long ribbons...

which is quite common in the Belgrave South Primary school grounds with the very fine bark and peppermint smelling leaves.

Shrub layer

The shrub layer in gullies and shaded areas, consists of Coprosma quadrifida

Coprosma quadrifida

Coprosma quadrifida is a shrub of the Rubiaceae family native to southestern Australia. First described as Canthium quadrifidum by Labillardiere, it was given its current name by B. L. Robinson in 1910....

, Acacia verticillata

Acacia verticillata

Acacia verticillata is a perennial tree....

, Pomaderris aspera

Pomaderris aspera

Pomaderris aspera is a plant from eastern and southern Australia. Mostly seen south of the Barrington Tops in New South Wales to as far south as Wilsons Promontory and Cape Otway on the mainland. Also occurring in Tasmania...

, Bedfordia arborescens

Bedfordia arborescens

Bedfordia arborescens known as the Blanket Leaf is a shrub or small tree of south eastern Australia. It occurs in or around temperate rainforests in areas of high altitude...

, Cassinia aculeata

Cassinia aculeata

Cassinia aculeata is a shrub in the family Asteraceae, native to the states of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2.5 metres high and has sticky, hair-covered leaves which are 10 to 30 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide...

, Ozothamnus ferrugineus

Ozothamnus ferrugineus

Ozothamnus ferrugineus is a shrub or small tree, native to the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. It grows to between 2 and 5 metres in height.-References:*...

, Olearia lirata

Olearia lirata

Olearia lirata is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It occurs in moist forest and scrub in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania....

, Olearia argophylla

Olearia argophylla

Olearia argophylla is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. Its common names are musk daisybush, musktree, muskwood and silvershrub. It is found in Australia, specifically in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. It grows as a tall shrub or tree characteristic of wet...

, Prostanthera lasianthos

Prostanthera lasianthos

Prostanthera lasianthos is a large shrub or small tree which is native to Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia....

, Gynatrix pulchella

Gynatrix pulchella

Gynatrix pulchella is a dioecious flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia...

and Pimelea axiflora.

In open woodland there is Acacia leprosa

Acacia leprosa

Acacia leprosa, also known as Cinnamon Wattle, is an acacia native to Australia. It occurs in woodland in New South Wales and Victoria. It occurs as a hardy shrub or small tree. The phyllodes are 3-14 cm long and contain oil glands...

, Acacia myrtifolia

Acacia myrtifolia

Acacia myrtifolia, known colloquially as Myrtle Wattle or Red-stemmed Wattle, is a species of Acacia native to Australia. Its specific epithet 'myrtle-leaved' is derived from the Latin myrtus 'myrtle', and folium 'leaf'. It is a small shrub 0.3–3 m in height, and 2–3 m spread...

, Acacia mucronata, Acacia stricta

Acacia stricta

Acacia stricta is a perennial tree....

, Allocasuarina paludosa, Goodia lotifolia

Goodia lotifolia

Goodia lotifolia, commonly known as Golden Tip or Clover Tree, is a shrub species in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Plants grow to 4 metres and have trifoliate leaves. Yellow flowers appear in racemes in spring. The seed pods are around 25 mm long...

and the more rarer fire dependent plants Hakea ulicina

Hakea ulicina

Hakea ulicina is a shrub in the family Proteaceae, native to Australia. It is erect in habit, growing to between 2 and 5 metres tall. It has long, narrow leaves which are 3 to 18 cm long and 1 to 4 mm wide...

, Hakea nodosa

Hakea nodosa

Hakea nodosa, commonly known as Yellow Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Australia.-Description:Sweet Hakea is erect in habit, usually growing to about 3 metres tall and a similar width...

and Banksia marginata

Banksia marginata

Banksia marginata, commonly known as the Silver Banksia, is a species of tree or woody shrub in the plant genus Banksia found throughout much of southeastern Australia. It ranges from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, to north of Armidale, New South Wales, and across Tasmania and the islands...

and Banksia spinulosa

Banksia spinulosa

The Hairpin Banksia is a species of woody shrub, of the genus Banksia in the Proteaceae family, native to eastern Australia. Widely distributed, it is found as an understorey plant in open dry forest or heathland from Victoria to northern Queensland, generally on sandstone though sometimes also...

.
Pandorea pandorana

Pandorea pandorana

Pandorea pandorana, commonly known as the Wonga Wonga Vine, is a species of woody climbing vine in the family Bignoniaceae. It is found across Australia, New Guinea, and the eastern Indonesian islands of Seram and Lombok. It forms large pointed pods filled with papery seeds. It is easy to...

and Clematis aristata

Clematis aristata

Clematis aristata, known as Australian Clematis , Wild clematis, Goat's beard or Old man's beard, is a climbing shrub of the Ranunculaceae family, found in eastern Australia in dry and wet forests of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania...

are the two main climbers.

Ground layer

The ground layer is made up of Poa labillardieri, Poa ensiformis, Poa sieberiana, Themeda triandra

Themeda triandra

Themeda triandra is a perennial grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass, in East and South Africa it is known as "red oat grass" or red grass, in Afrikaans, rooigras.The species has a tuffted habit and can reach up to 1.5 m...

, Dianella revoluta

Dianella revoluta

Dianella revoluta, commonly known as the Black-anther Flax-lily, Blueberry Flax-lily or Spreading Flax-Lily, is a perennial herb of the family Hemerocallidaceae found across the eastern states of Australia and Tasmania....

in dryer areas and Dianella longifolia and Dianella tasmanica

Dianella tasmanica

Dianella tasmanica, commonly known as the Tasman Flax-lily or Tasmanian Flax-lily is a herbaceous strappy perennial herb of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It has leaves to 80 cm, flower stem to 1.5 m, and the berries are not...

in wetter areas. Microlaena stipoides

Microlaena stipoides

Microlaena stipoides or Ehrharta stipoides, is a species of grass that occurs naturally in all states of Australia as well as in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. It has also been introduced into Hawaii and Reunion Island and has been reported as invasive in both...

, Bidgee Widgee, Goodenia ovata

Goodenia ovata

Goodenia ovata is a flowering plant endemic to Australia. It grows in most states except Western Australia and the Northern Territory, near the coast as well as in drier inland areas. The plant usually behaves like a fast-growing groundcover, and upright shrubby forms also exist...

, Lomandra longifolia

Lomandra longifolia

Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as Spiny-head Mat-rush, Spiky-headed Mat-rush or Basket Grass is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm in long, and generally have a leaf of about 8mm to 12mm wide . It grows in a variety of soil...

and Lomandra filiformis are common throughout the Belgrave area. Other plants like Xanthorrhoea minor

Xanthorrhoea minor

Xanthorrhoea minor is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to south-eastern Australia. It was one of the many species authored by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown....

is more common south of Belgrave. Also with pea family

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

 members Platylobium formosum

Platylobium formosum

Platylobium formosum, also known as Handsome Flat-pea, is a shrub which is endemic to Australia . It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Platylobium.-Description:...

, Platylobium obtusangulum

Platylobium obtusangulum

Platylobium obtusangulum ' is a shrub which is endemic to Australia . It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Platylobium....

, Pultenaea hispidula, Pultenaea scabra

Pultenaea scabra

Pultenaea scabra is a shrub which is endemic to Australia . It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Pultenaea....

and Pultenaea stricta.

Fauna

Animals in the area include:

Mammals

• Platypus
  Platypus
  The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...
  
   (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
• Short-beaked Echidna
  Short-beaked Echidna
  The short-beaked echidna , also known as the spiny anteater because of its diet of ants and termites, is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus...
  
   (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
• Yellow-bellied Glider
  Yellow-bellied Glider
  The Yellow-bellied Glider is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in a narrow range of native eucalypt forests down eastern Australia, reaching from northern Queensland to Victoria.-Habitat:...
  
   (Petaurus australis)
• Sugar Glider
  Sugar Glider
  The sugar glider is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family.The sugar glider is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia and is also native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.- Habitat :Sugar gliders can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of...
  
   (Petaurus breviceps)
• Wombat
  Wombat
  Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately in length with a short, stubby tail. They are adaptable in their habitat tolerances, and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as...
  
   (Vombatus ursinus)
• Ringtail
  Ringtail
  The ringtail is a mammal of the raccoon family , native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat or miner's cat, and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat"...
  
   (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
• Common Brushtail Possum
  Common Brushtail Possum
  The Common Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, it is native to Australia, and the largest of the possums.Like most possums, the Common Brushtail is nocturnal...
  
   (Trichosurus vulpecula)
• Swamp Wallaby
  Swamp Wallaby
  The Swamp Wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the Black Wallaby, with other names including Black-tailed Wallaby, Fern Wallaby, Black Pademelon, Stinker , and Black Stinker...
  
   (Wallabia bicolor)
• Kangaroos
  KangaROOS
  KangaROOS are an American brand of sneaker originally produced from 1979 through the 1980s, with a later revival that continues in present. They were notable for having a small zippered pocket on the side of the shoe, large enough for a small amount of loose change, keys, or more recently,...
  
   (Macropus giganteus)

Birds

• Galah
  Galah
  The Galah , Eolophus roseicapilla, also known as the Rose-breasted Cockatoo, Galah Cockatoo, Roseate Cockatoo or Pink and Grey, is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.It is endemic on the mainland and was...
  
   (Cacatua roseicapilla)
• Tawny Frogmouth
  Tawny Frogmouth
  The Tawny Frogmouth is an Australian species of frogmouth, a type of bird found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania and southern New Guinea. The Tawny Frogmouth is often mistaken to be an owl...
  
   (Podargus strigoides)
• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
  Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
  The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring 55–65 cm in length. It has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly brownish black and it has prominent yellow cheek patches and a yellow tail band...
  
   (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
• Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
• Long-billed Corella
  Long-billed Corella
  The Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris, is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the Little Corella and Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. This species is mostly white, with a reddish-pink face and forehead, and has a long pale beak, which is used to dig for roots and seeds...
  
   (Cacatua tenuirostris)
• King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
• Crimson Rosella
  Crimson Rosella
  The Crimson Rosella is a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. It is commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens. The species as it now stands has subsumed two former separate species, the Yellow...
  
   (Platycercus elegans)
• Eastern Rosella
  Eastern Rosella
  The Eastern Rosella is a rosella native to southeast of the Australian continent and to Tasmania. It has been introduced to New Zealand where feral populations are found in the North Island and in the hills around Dunedin in the South Island.-Taxonomy:The Eastern Rosella was named by...
  
   (Platycercus eximius)
• Powerful Owl
  Powerful Owl
  The Powerful Owl , also known as the Powerful Boobok, is a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, the largest owl on that continent...
  
   (Ninox strenua)
• Kookaburra
  Kookaburra
  Kookaburras are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They are large to very large, with a total length of . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, and is onomatopoeic of its call...
  
   (Dacelo novaeguineae)
• Superb Fairy-wren
  Superb Fairy-wren
  The Superb Fairywren , also known as the Superb Blue-wren or colloquially as the Blue Wren, is a passerine bird of the Maluridae family, common and familiar across south-eastern Australia...
  
   (Malurus cyaneus)
• Red Wattlebird
  Red Wattlebird
  The Red Wattlebird , also known as Barkingbird or Gillbird, is a honeyeater; a group of birds found mainly in Australia and New Guinea which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding...
  
   (Anthochaera carunculata)
• Noisy Miner
  Noisy Miner
  The Noisy Miner is a bird common to the eastern and southern states of Australia. It ranges from northern Queensland along the eastern coast to South Australia and Tasmania. Its typical diet consists of nectar, fruit and insects, and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians...
  
   (Manorina melanocephala)
• Eastern Yellow Robin
  Eastern Yellow Robin
  The Eastern Yellow Robin is an Australasian robin of coastal and sub-coastal eastern Australia. The extent of the Eastern Yellow Robin's residence is from the extreme southeast corner of South Australia through most of Victoria and the western half of New South Wales and north as far as Cooktown...
  
   (Eopsaltria australis)
• Mudlark
  Mudlark
  A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries.Mudlarks would search in the muddy shores of the River Thames during low tide, scavenging for anything that could be resold and sometimes, when occasion offered,...
  
   (Grallina cyanoleuca)
• Grey Butcherbird
  Grey Butcherbird
  The Grey Butcherbird is a widely distributed species endemic to Australia. The Grey Butcherbird occurs in a range of different habitats including arid, semi-arid and temperate zones. It has a characteristic "rollicking" birdsong...
  
   (Cracticus torquatus)
• Magpie
  Magpie
  Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...
  
   (Gymnorhina tibicen)
• Wedge-tailed eagle
  Wedge-tailed Eagle
  The Wedge-tailed Eagle , sometimes known as the Eaglehawk in its native range, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it is also found in southern New Guinea. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail...
  
   (Aquila audax)

Reptiles

• Blue Tongue Lizard
• Red Bellied Snake
• Tiger Snake
• Common Eastern Brown Snake

Feral Animals include

• Feral cats
• Fox
  Fox
  Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
  
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• Indian Mynahs
• Blackbirds
• Feral pigeon
  Feral Pigeon
  Feral pigeons , also called city doves, flying rats, city pigeons or street pigeons, are derived from domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild Rock Pigeon, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. All three types readily...
  
  s

Garden Snails

The Convention

The Upwey

Upwey, Victoria

Upwey is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges and City of Knox. At the 2006 Census, Upwey had a population of 6,760.-History:...

Convention—started in 1918—moved to Belgrave Heights in 1950, establishing itself on the former Lockwood Golf Links in Lockwood Road. It continued to be called the Upwey Convention for a number of years before being renamed to the Belgrave Heights Convention, which it is known as to this day. The Convention Grounds, as the property became known, has been a notable landmark in Belgrave Heights with its many old buildings, including the main auditorium which has undergone major redevelopment in recent years.

External links

• Australian Places—Belgrave Heights & Belgrave South
• Belgrave Heights Convention