This place snapshot provides a summary of future development in the Humevale area for current and future residents, business owners, investors and community groups.
For snapshots of development in other areas, see Place snapshots: a guide to development in your area.
Humevale sits within an area of our municipality known as the rural north. Other suburbs of the City of Whittlesea's rural north include:
- Donnybrook
- Eden Park
- Woodstock
- the northern part of Wollert
- the non-urban part of Whittlesea township
- the City of Whittlesea parts of Beveridge and Kinglake West
- most of the City of Whittlesea part of Yan Yean.
Humevale was the name chosen by second-generation settlers for the township north of Whittlesea that was originally known as Scrubby Creek.
The land was first used as a farmer’s common where, for a fee, cattle and horses could be grazed, and a herdsman patrolled the area. Paling splitters also worked the Mount Disappointment range to the north.
In 1894, as part of a government closer settlement scheme, the area was subdivided into small farms and a village settlement. The area encompassing the school (1898–1968) and the post office (1925) was renamed Humevale in the 1920s.
The area had several commercial orchards until the 1930s, when they were replaced by livestock grazing. The closure of the post office in 1959 marked the end of the town’s commercial centre.
The rural north includes the rural balance of the City of Whittlesea, including some rural-residential areas.
The non-urban areas are characterised by:
- forest
- cattle grazing
- farming
- poultry
- horse and dog breeding.
The Green Wedge Management Plan identifies a vision and recommends actions for the sustainable use of Whittlesea's rural land.