Division of Yarra
former Australian electoral division (1901–1969)
The Division of Yarra was an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. It was located in inner eastern suburban Melbourne, and was named after the Yarra River, which originally formed the eastern border of the Division, and eventually ran through it. It originally covered the suburbs of Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Clifton Hill. It also covered part of Fitzroy between 1922 and 1936, and then also covered Burnley and Hawthorn from 1937. In 1949, the Abbotsford, Collingwood and Clifton Hill areas were transferred to the new Division of Hoddle. After the latter was abolished in 1955, Abbotsford and Collingwood (but not Clifton Hill) were transferred back to Yarra. Since then, the boundaries did not change until the division was abolished in 1969.
The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of 21 November 1968 along with the neighbouring division of Scullin, taking effect from the 1969 federal election. The area covered by the division was completely absorbed into the neighbouring division of Melbourne.
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