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Public Land Ownership in the Entire Metropolitan Melbourne Area 2480000 2520000 2560000 2600000 ! JAMIESON ! FLOWERDALE ! ROMSEY ! WOODEND Map B: Public land ownership in the ! Sunday Creek Reservoir Yarra State Forest entire metropolitan Melbourne area Kinglake National Park WALLAN ! MACEDON ! Yarra State Forest Y A R R A C R E E K Kinglake National Park Rosslynne Reservoir Kinglake National Park Toorourrong Reservoir Legend K E E B R Yarra Ranges National Park C R K U EE G R C R C W E A J IE L ACKSO N V S K S G E C EK N Public land ownership C E R E O E R R R C L E Eildon State Forest E C Y I K BB E R U K R CR ME WHITTLESEA S ! Kallallo MARYSVILLE Crown land ! Retarding Basin K KINGLAKE Toolangi State Forest E ! Y D E A A 0 0 Ambulance Victoria K R O W 0 E AR 0 R E 0 C E N 0 O K E L E Y R S D E 0 R T C CR 0 F R N Lerderderg State Park S 4 4 E D E E L A M B H 4 4 P C U R 2 2 H A WHITTLESEA B B K I IS G M City West Water Mount Ridley R ET Yan Yean Reservoir I P C Grasslands V D R L EE Plenty Marysville State Forest E A E K B R R Valley N E L E T B Cemetery L Y M I E N R Y C L FRENC K R E I L H E EEK V MA E R N C R E C S R Country Fire Authority R C E E R K Y CR E DR EEK E SUNBURY K ! MAL Matlock State Forest COLM H C NC R Kinglake National Park RA E D T B Department of Business and Innovation E A S HUME A S K O CRAIGIEBURN DE E P R E R ! P K I C K E N KOR K R E O E E G R E E R S A K E EK ITK E C C O EN RE CR R IT EE R C W K C Djerriwarrh Reservoir C A R K S G H E S L E M E N E D E Y K O Holden E R O E R Department of Education and Early Childhood Development T C W R T Flora N S S S E S N C N M S Reserve Craigieburn Cambarville State Forest R O E K R T E X L E A Grasslands I B E L D K E Y R Warrandyte - D S R R A R A E C T O V C Kinglake Nature O I N E R R A R S C G Conservation E D T L E WAT H NILLUMBIK S E N E K Reserve K Merrimu Reservoir C O O A S K Department of Health R P A C E R A L R Greenvale Reservoir E T K C R U G E M C E K H U S L N E Y E E N S I M I A CREE K K K E K R H A - S W C Maroondah Reservoir A L R R E A H R D L W C HURSTBRIDGE G Woodlands L D E I A ! I S K O H E A Historic Park V Y R C K A S O D S N H E N B O O S L L E E Department of Human Services D R E A R Y E R E M O R D A H O N N G N A E R S THE TRIANGLE I N D H M ! N A Proposed I E EK V I Y E HEALESVILLE T R R E M Regional C E AF ! R H O YARRA GLEN V I L I L Cemetery R ! C A E G R U R S D R E Y K O E O Department of Justice E N S Organ Pipes K A Long Forest E S R A D National Park R O Flora and Fauna N C A N D A Reserve D Plenty Gorge H O S K O Parklands Sugarloaf Reservoir O BACCHUS MARSH E CL ! W O'Shannassy EA E T R R Reservoir CR T T P REEK C U A ICANINNY C Upper Yarra Reservoir E N L MELTON R C L Yarra Ranges National Park CE E A A TR M K Department of Planning and Community Development ! E L M S IN L D A E D M ELTO E R METROPO G O N HIG R LITAN R Y BAD N J HWAY F IN RING ROAD E B O IV A G T E R E K E T E R R R CRE F E RA K EK R E C W R E R C R A E A R R R Y R Y E E E I C W E W S E E M K V K A R ACIN K I A TY Y E MELTON Y A RE L A A G ANE E R E R R D W C E A Y C R H S N G H S S I I R H A H D E T E Department of Transport N A W H A R N K C Bundoora B MCMAHONS CREEK K E R A O S O A ! A R E D T D R Park R N H N B E T D E E A R A O A S R Y S Y P W N O M Fawkner Crematorium K O E C A N O L T R R U D S F E O O A C K R O W D G and O A NN R L E H E A Y H R N M E I O YA - BU Yarra Ranges National Park O G N RR A R E N W N Memorial Park I A R N S G A E Y RIVER R N H E O R C Y E A M C R D C K A E H M P C W EE T A - R S O G C A R R T H E N D O N U EME O Melton Reservoir K E W D E C N N Department of Treasury and Finance O O E I S E E S K S R YARRA RANGES K L - C T C E K O ROAD AD R E R ILLARA E T RO O STA K IN R B TION S PO E S L D E E TREET WOO S ON- E L E C BURT I AR L K N W K T V E E Warramate W S K C L E Warrandyte State Park O E E R A R Nature O E D S CAROLINE SPRINGS MORELAND Yarra Valley Parklands L D C R BANYULE PA B G Y ! E S N A ES A O E RO Conservation A O E Brimbank Park K DAREBIN D U H R N WARRANDYTE Reserve ! D A I A Emerald Tourist Railway Board D R D R A O Y A S T O O T R Westerfolds C R R I A R O A V Park D BRIMBANK D V A F N D R A A A A N A L HEIDELBERG O P T L MOONEE VALLEY A BIG A I D ! R T O E S W L D YALLO EK S R D S O CK C RE N N R A IN C M C R E D R C D D A O A R U O L N RY WARBURTON E R E A A F LILYDALE R D E N E J R W OA ! E K F ! D O O R K E C E E K Linking Melbourne Authority R R E EEK N Surbiton Park Waste Y R V E K K I W S E N C R D I MANNINGHAM R Water Treatment Plant D Y E C R L Mount Cottrell A A A S R E U N Y B O T O Nature T E R WESBURN E O L ER E I K R IV R ! Y G D R E C R A O Conservation Reserve L A N R K R O W L R D I Y A E F H K R A EA H R R T B G E I O O L I ITT MI S L LE E IGHWAY Y WE H H WARBURTON H A TY S R U R T O LL E G O E RN H E ROA R F IGH H D B R W W E M AY H R SEVILLE WOORI YALLOCK A Yarra State Forest Melbourne Water B M FREEW A I E R K TERN A R ! IV Y U ! 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