Yarra River
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the Yarra are where Victoria's state capital Melbourne was established in 1835, and today metropolitan Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Birrarung”, “River Yarra”, “The Yarra”, and “Yarra Yarra River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMAS Castlemaine and Newport Power Station.
HMAS Castlemaine
Museum
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMAS Castlemaine, named for the city of Castlemaine, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially crewed and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy.
Newport Power Station
Power station
Photo: Scott Sandars, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Newport Power Station was a complex of power stations located on the west bank of the Yarra River, approximately 6 km south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in the suburb of Newport.
Newport Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Newport Railway Museum is located on Champion Road, Newport, Victoria, near the North Williamstown station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Docklands and Inner south.
Docklands
Suburb
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. Docklands is situated 4½ km northeast of Yarra River.
Inner south
Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Yarra River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Yarra River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Yarrarivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yarra”
- Belarusian: “Рака Яра”
- Belarusian: “Яра”
- Catalan: “Yarra”
- Cebuano: “River Yarra”
- Chinese: “雅拉河”
- Chuvash: “Ярра”
- Czech: “Yarra”
- Dutch: “Yarra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يارا”
- Finnish: “Yarra”
- French: “Yarra”
- German: “Yarra River”
- Hebrew: “ירה”
- Hebrew: “נהר הירה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarra”
- Indonesian: “Yarra River”
- Indonesian: “Yarra”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yarra”
- Italian: “Yarra”
- Japanese: “ヤラ川”
- Korean: “야라강”
- Lithuanian: “Jara”
- Macedonian: “Јара (река во Австралија)”
- Macedonian: “Јара”
- Malay: “Sungai Yarra”
- Malay: “Yarra River”
- Marathi: “यारा नदी”
- Mongolian: “Ярра гол”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yarra River”
- Ossetian: “Ярра”
- Persian: “رود یارا”
- Picard: “Yarra (fleufe)”
- Picard: “Yarra”
- Polish: “Yarra”
- Portuguese: “Rio Yarra”
- Romanian: “Râul Yarra”
- Russian: “Ярра”
- Serbian: “Јара”
- Slovenian: “Birrarung”
- Slovenian: “Yarra”
- Spanish: “Rio yarra”
- Spanish: “Río Yarra”
- Swedish: “River Yarra”
- Swedish: “Yarra River”
- Tagalog: “yarra river”
- Tamil: “யர்ரா ஆறு”
- Ukrainian: “Ярра”
- Venetian: “Fiume Yarra”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Yarra”
- Welsh: “Afon Yarra”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garden City and Williamstown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Williamstown Station and Sandridge Beach.
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