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The Electoral district of Upper Yarra was a Lower House electoral district of the Parliament of the Australian state of Victoria. The district included (among others) the Dandenongs, Mulgrave, Baywater and Warburton, but was abolished in 1945.

Tecoma is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east from Melbourne's central business district and 1 km west of Belgrave, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Tecoma recorded a population of 2,064 at the 2021 census.The suburb is named after the shrub Tecoma that grew in the area when the need was identified for a railway station for the timber mill that occupied the site where Tecoma Primary School now stands. The Post Office opened on 7 January 1929, closing in 1976.Tecoma is a small suburb, nestled between Belgrave and Upwey, adjoining Sherbrooke Forest to the north. It is historically recognised as a foothill township of the Dandenong Ranges, an area of cultural significance and biodiversity.

Tecoma railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Tecoma, and opened on 1 December 1924.

The Shire of Sherbrooke was a local government area about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 191.66 square kilometres (74.0 sq mi), and existed from 1963 until 1994. Its largest population centre was the town of Belgrave.

Upwey railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upwey, and opened on 3 June 1901.The station is a crossing loop in the middle of a six-kilometre section of single track between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave.

Upwey is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 33 kilometres (21 mi) east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government areas. Upwey recorded a population of 6,818 at the 2021 census.Upwey South is a colloquial term for the area directly south of the township, but is not an official suburb.Upwey is bounded by: North by the suburb of Ferny Creek (Janesleigh Road, Hughes Street) East by the suburb of Tecoma (Belgrave-Ferny Creek Road, Terrys Avenue) South by the suburb of Lysterfield (Glenfern Road, McNicol Road and Monbulk Creek) West by the suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully (New Road, Ferndale Road, Fern Road, Victoria Ridge, Forest View Lane, Wynette Avenue, Old Belgrave Road, Royal Street, Burwood Highway and Mount Dandenong Tourist Road)Burwood Highway and Glenfern Road are the two main roads that run through Upwey which are connected by Morris Road. These three roads form the main routes around the suburb. Glenfern Road runs along the ridge of the hill providing views across the city and the Lysterfield Valley.

Belgrave (Puffing Billy) railway station is situated in Belgrave, a suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It is the inner terminal of the famous Puffing Billy heritage steam railway. Belgrave (Puffing Billy) is adjacent to, and forms an interchange with, Belgrave suburban railway station, which is the outer terminal of the Belgrave line of Melbourne's broad gauge (5 ft 3in) electric suburban network. The suburban station is accessible via a short footpath. Before this station was built, the original narrow gauge line ran from the original site of the narrow-gauge station (approximately where the existing Metro station car park is) to Selby station.

Belgrave railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, and the current station opened on 19 February 1962.

The Puffing Billy Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the southern foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. The railway was one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. It is close to the city of Melbourne and is one of the most popular steam heritage railways in the world, attracting tourists from Australia and overseas. The railway aims to preserve and restore the line as near as possible to how it was in the first three decades of its existence, but with particular emphasis on the early 1920s. The primary starting point is Belgrave station which houses the railway's operations and administration centre. The line runs through Lakeside Station where a visitor information centre provides catering and an indoor interpretive space. The south-eastern terminus is Gembrook railway station. In 2022 the railway also returned the traditional Puffing Billy Railway dangling of legs from the train carriages which is a core part of the charm of the railway.

The Gembrook railway line was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway located in the southern foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. The line was the second of four steam-operated narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. was built as a narrow gauge. Opened in 1900, the 18-mile (29 km) line connected to the broad gauge network at Upper Ferntree Gully railway station, Melbourne, winding its way through the Dandenong Ranges and ending in the township of Gembrook, passing through stops such as Belgrave, Emerald and Cockatoo on the way. After closure by the Victorian Railways a swell of enthusiasts and activism resulted in part of the line being reopened from Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave, and when that section of line was converted to broad gauge, restoration of the original narrow gauge route from Belgrave first to Menzies Creek in 1962, then Emerald in 1965, Lakeside in 1975 and finally Gembrook in 1998. Situated near the city of Melbourne, the Puffing Billy Railway is one of the most popular steam heritage railways in the world, attracting tourists locally and overseas.

Belgrave is a town and outer suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Belgrave recorded a population of 3,894 at the 2021 census.

Sherbrooke Forest is a wet sclerophyll forest within Dandenong Ranges National Park, 40 km east of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia, close to the suburb of Belgrave. It lies within an altitude of 220–500 m asl and is dominated by the tallest flowering plant in the world; mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans).