Darebin and Darebin City

Darebin is a residential locality 8 km north-east of Melbourne, immediately west of Ivanhoe. It is situated on the Darebin Creek, a tributary of the Yarra River with headwaters at Woodstock. The Darebin Creek was shown on a 1839 survey plan, defining the western border of the Parish of Morang. A map of Warringal (Heidelberg Village) had a Darebin Street, in the same year. It is thought that the name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning swallow (bird).