Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Ferntree Gully is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in the Dandenong Ranges, 29 km east from Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area's of the Shire of Yarra Ranges and the City of Knox. At the 2006 Census, Ferntree Gully had a population of 24,724.

Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully are the only Dandenong Ranges towns or suburbs in the City of Knox (although some parts of them are within the Shire of Yarra Ranges), whilst every other one is within either the Shire of Yarra Ranges or the Shire of Cardinia.

Ferntree Gully was originally called Fern Tree Gully or Fern-Tree Gully.

Ferntree Gully and Belgrave are sister suburbs and are very closely linked in many ways. There has been some request to have them in the same local council, as Ferntree Gully is in the City of Knox (mostly) and Belgrave is in the Shire of Yarra Ranges (fully). A part of Ferntree Gully is within the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Ferntree Gully is younger than Belgrave, (Belgrave being established in 1851 and Ferntree Gully in 1880).

Ferntree Gully has many Eucalyptus trees (gum trees) and many steep hills, as it is in the Dandenong Ranges. It also has a National Park, Ferntree Gully/Dandenong Ranges National Park, in the suburb. Ferntree Gully is a high fire risk suburb, and there have been many fires in the past, including the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Season.