Editing Monbulk, Victoria

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = Monbulk
| city     = Melbourne
| state    = vic
| image    = File:Monbulk shopping with trees (27251401352) b.jpg
| caption  = Monbulk, Victoria
| lga      = Shire of Yarra Ranges
| postcode = 3793
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.878|S|145.411|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop      = 3,651
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21727 | name = Monbulk (Suburbs and Localities) | access-date = 9 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est      = 
| elevation= 265
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Monbulk|Monbulk]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Casey|Casey]]
| dist1    = 42
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 7
| location2= [[Belgrave, Victoria|Belgrave]]
| near-nw  = [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]]
| near-n   = [[Silvan, Victoria|Silvan]]
| near-ne  = [[Macclesfield, Victoria|Macclesfield]]
| near-w   = [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]]
| near-e   = [[Macclesfield, Victoria|Macclesfield]]
| near-sw  = [[Kallista, Victoria|Kallista]]
| near-s   = [[The Patch, Victoria|The Patch]]
| near-se  = [[Emerald, Victoria|Emerald]]
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| zoom      = 11
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'''Monbulk''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 42&nbsp;km east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[Shire of Yarra Ranges]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Monbulk recorded a population of 3,651 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

The town is the home of the Monbulk Rangers Soccer Club, Monbulk Cricket Club and Monbulk Football and Netball Club.

==History==
The town's name is believed to have been derived from the [[Wurundjeri]] word Monbolok or Monbolac, which means "hiding place in the hills" or "sanctuary in the hills".<ref>{{cite web |title=A taste of Monbulk's food history |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/food_stories/monbulk,_victoria/monbulk_food_history |publisher=The National Museum Australia |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> Early in the initial period of European colonisation, Europeans referred to the area as the Dandenong Forest Village Settlement. A town was established in 1893, and comprised 76 farms across 10-acres or 40,000m2. When the Parish of Monbulk was established, the town's name was changed to what it is today. The town’s abundance of rich fertile soils led to the foundation of a number farms and orchards, growing fruits and vegetables, as well as cut flowers. A number of businesses took advantage of the rich soils, and focused their production on jams and preserves, such as the Monbulk Jam Factory, established in 1897.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monbulk, Victorian Places |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/monbulk |publisher=Victorian Places |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref>

The town's first school, Monbulk Primary School, was established in 1897, and by 1906 three churches had been built in the town. The town has been affected by [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfires]] throughout its history, with the Monbulk Primary School razed by fire in 1913.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lovell |first1=G. A. |title=Bush Fire at Monbulk |access-date=14 July 2019 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90368739 |publisher=The Reporter |date=14 February 1913 |location=Box Hill |page=7}}</ref> The town was again affected by bushfires in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rick |first1=Houlihan |title=Major Bushfires in Yarra Ranges Region |url=https://www.yarrawaterwaysgroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Major-Bushfires-in-Yarra-Ranges-Oct-2016.pdf |website=Yarra Waterways Group |access-date=14 July 2019 |date=September 2009}}</ref> Monbulk continued to grow throughout the later half of the 20th century, growing from a post-war population of 781 in 1947, to 3,577 people at the most recent census. The town continues to be a centre of agricultural activity, with the nursery production and floriculture production industries both representing the two most common industries of employment for residents of Monbulk as of 2016.<ref name="MbulkQS16">{{cite web |title=2016 Census QuickStats |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC21715 |website=Census QuickStats |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref>
In the 1950s, [[Ivan Southall]], built a house at Blackwood Farm, on Old Emerald Road, Monbulk.
His children's novels [[Ash Road]] and [[Hills End]] were written there and set in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/230843713 |title=Blackwood Farm, Old Emeral Rd. Monbulk, Victoria, built by Ivan Southall between 1950 and 1958 |website=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Monbulk is one of the many towns of the Yarra Ranges that is known for its agricultural production. Most notably, the town's two largest sources of employment are in nursery production and floriculture production. Monbulk is also the location of the headquarters and growing facilities for Australia's largest online nursery and [[mail order]] garden supplier, Garden Express.<ref>{{cite web |title=Garden Express Australia - About Us |url=https://www.gardenexpress.com.au/about-us/ |publisher=Garden Express |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> The state's oldest wholesale flower company in continual operation, Tesselaar Flowers, is also located in Monbulk.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schlennstedt |first1=Derek |title=Flower failure |url=https://issuu.com/starnewsgroup/docs/2019-05-07_mte_341 |access-date=14 July 2019 |work=Mt Evelyn Mail|date=7 May 2019}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Monbulk is located 42 kilometres east of [[Melbourne City Centre|Melbourne]], 7 kilometres north-east of [[Belgrave, Victoria|Belgrave]] and 7 kilometres south-east of [[Mount Dandenong]]. Monbulk shares a border with [[Silvan, Victoria|Silvan]] to the north, [[Macclesfield, Victoria|Macclesfield]] to the east, [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]] to the west, and [[The Patch, Victoria|The Patch]] and [[Kallista]] to the south. The soils found in Monbulk are highly regarded for their drainage ability and low erodibility.<ref>{{cite web |title=Melbourne soils |url=http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/farm-management/soil-and-water/soils/melbourne-soils |publisher=Agriculture Victoria |access-date=14 July 2019 |date=June 1996}}</ref>

===Climate===

Monbulk experiences a warm summer [[Temperate climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb'') and receives an average rainfall higher than that of nearby Melbourne. 
{{Weather box
|location = Monbulk, Victoria
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 26.3
|Feb high C = 26.8
|Mar high C = 24.3
|Apr high C = 20.2
|May high C = 16.5
|Jun high C = 13.7
|Jul high C = 13.1
|Aug high C = 14.4
|Sep high C = 16.6
|Oct high C = 19.3
|Nov high C = 21.7
|Dec high C = 24.2
|year high C = 19.8
|Jan low C = 13.6
|Feb low C = 14.1
|Mar low C = 12.7
|Apr low C = 10.2
|May low C =  8.4
|Jun low C =  6.5
|Jul low C =  6.0
|Aug low C =  6.5
|Sep low C =  7.8
|Oct low C =  8.9
|Nov low C =  10.6
|Dec low C =  12.1
|year low C = 9.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 52.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 53.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 52.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 67.4
|May precipitation mm = 87.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 73.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 79.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 84.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 84.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 81.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 73.5
|year precipitation mm = 
|source 1 =<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/monbulk |title=Monbulk climate, averages and extreme weather record|access-date=15 July 2019|publisher=MLA Australia}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}

== Monbulk Jam ==

Established in 1897, the Monbulk Co-operative Fruitgrowers' Association was one of the most successful fruits and preserves company in the area, with the jams produced by the company becoming a common household item through much of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monbulk Jam |url=https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/contribute-create/vicfix/monbulk-jam |publisher=State Library of Victoria |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> Co-founded by Daniel Camm, the co-operative constructed their own pulping and tinning facilities, to overcome issues with transporting raw product over the ranges and into Melbourne. The jams produced by the company were used during World War Two, after the company secured a contract to supply the armed forces of both Australia and Britain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Patch Pioneers - Oral Histories |date=2004 |publisher=Monbulk Historical Society |edition=2}}</ref>

By the 1970s, the company was producing more than 5 million kilograms of jam per year, at which point the ownership of the company exchanged hands, eventually transferring to the [[SPC Ardmona|Shepparton Fruit Preserving Company]]. The factory in Monbulk was eventually closed in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jenkins |first1=Dorothy |title=A Century of Monbulk Jam |year=1989 |publisher=Monbulk Historical Society |isbn=1875301321}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Electoral district of Monbulk]]

==References==
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[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Yarra Ranges]]