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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
|type = town
| name = Humevale
| state = vic
| image = Humevale aerial.jpg
| caption = Aerial view of Humevale from the north-west
| lga = City of Whittlesea
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.497|S|145.175|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| postcode = 3757
| est = 1920s
| pop = 
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21215 | name = Humevale (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 1 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| elevation =
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Yan Yean|Yan Yean]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Eildon|Eildon]]
| fedgov = [[Division of McEwen|McEwen]]
| dist1 = 39
| dir1 = NE
| location1 = [[Melbourne central business district|Melbourne]]
| dist2 = 5
| dir2 = NE
| location2 = [[Whittlesea, Victoria|Whittlesea]]
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'''Humevale''' is a locality in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|39|km|abbr=on}} north-east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Whittlesea]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Humevale recorded a population of 352 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

==History==

Located between [[Whittlesea, Victoria|Whittlesea]] and [[Kinglake West, Victoria|Kinglake West]], Humevale was originally named ''Scrubby Creek'', after a nearby watercourse.<ref name = "victorianplaceskinglakedistrict">{{Citation | last = Victorian Places | title = Kinglake District | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/kinglake-district | access-date = 3 September 2022 }}</ref><ref name = "humevalesnapshot">{{Citation | last = City of Whittlesea | title = Place Snapshot: Humevale | url = https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/building-planning-development/future-development-plans/place-snapshots-a-guide-to-development-in-your-area/place-snapshot-humevale/ | access-date = 3 September 2022 }}</ref> It was renamed ''Humevale'' in the 1920s by second-generation settlers, and was named after explorer [[Hamilton Hume]], who explored nearby [[Mount Disappointment (Australia)|Mount Disappointment]] in 1824.<ref name=victorianplaceskinglakedistrict/>

The area was originally worked by paling splitters and tenant farmers, who worked in the nearby Mount Disappointment range.<ref name=victorianplaceskinglakedistrict/><ref name=humevalesnapshot/> In 1894, the area was subdivided into small farms and a village settlement, as part of a government closer settlement scheme.<ref name=humevalesnapshot/> A number of orchards existed in the area until the 1930s, when they were replaced by livestock grazing.<ref name=victorianplaceskinglakedistrict/><ref name=humevalesnapshot/>

The Post Office opened around 1902 as Scrubby Creek, was renamed Humevale in 1927, and closed in 1959.<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Citation
| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> A school existed in the area from 1898 until 1968.<ref name=victorianplaceskinglakedistrict/><ref name=humevalesnapshot/>

==Transport==
===Bus===
One [[List of Melbourne bus routes|bus route]] service Humevale:

* {{color box|00acdd|'''384'''|white}}: [[Kinglake, Victoria|Kinglake]] – [[Whittlesea, Victoria|Whittlesea]] via Humevale. Operated by [[Dysons]].<ref>{{cite PTV route|384}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605034640/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=245314 Gazetteer of Australia]

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:City of Whittlesea]]

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