Sherbrooke, Victoria
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Sherbrooke is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
The first permanent European settlement in 1893 was built by retired sea-captain, Robert.W.Graham. This pioneer log hut (Merrimu), was hand cut from the forest using horizontal slab wall construction, an adobe floor, weatherboards and a sapling/shingle roof. Regarded as the 'Father of Sherbrooke' he named the area such because it reminded him of his Canadian birthplace. Graham is also credited with discovering Sherbrooke Falls. A rough hut at the back of the house, with a delivery slot cut in the door, became the Post Office in 1894 and operated through to 1920. The house and Post Office still stand.
| Melbourne suburbs near Sherbrooke (Shire of Yarra Ranges) |
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| Ferny Creek | Sassafras | Olinda |
| Ferny Creek | Sherbrooke | Kallista |
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| Tecoma | Belgrave | Selby |
| Suburbs of the Shire of Yarra Ranges | |
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Badger Creek | Belgrave | Belgrave Heights | Belgrave South | Chirnside Park | Chum Creek | Coldstream | Dixons Creek | Don Valley | Ferntree Gully Upper | Ferny Creek | Gruyere | Healesville | Kallista | Kalorama | Kilsyth | Launching Place | Lilydale | Macclesfield | Menzies Creek | Millgrove | Monbulk | Montrose | Mooroolbark | Mount Dandenong | Mount Evelyn | Narre Warren East | Olinda | Sassafras | Selby | Seville | Seville East | Sherbrooke | Silvan | Tecoma | The Patch | Tremont | Upwey | Wandin East | Wandin North | Warburton | Warburton East | Wesburn | Woori Yallock | Yarra Glen | Yarra Junction | Yellingbo | Yering |
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