About Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a settlement in Victoria, Australia,
35 km east of Melbourne. Its local government
area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006
census, Sherbrooke had a population of 196.
Sherbrooke Forest, a cool temperate rainforest, is
listed as endangered and is protected by the
state's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.
Sherbrooke Forest has populations of swamp
wallabies, wombats, platypus, echidnas and
several species of possums and gliders.
Sherbrooke is also a habitat of the lyrebird.