Traralgon Victoria
Post Office Place, Traralgon
Population:	21,689 (2006)[1]
Established:	1840s
Postcode:	3844
Location:	161 km (100 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Latrobe
State District:	Morwell
Federal Division:	Gippsland
Localities around Traralgon: Tyers Glengarry Traralgon East Yallourn North Traralgon Traralgon East Morwell Hazelwood North Hazelwood North

Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. Latrobe City (formerly Shire of La Trobe is a Local Government Area in eastern Victoria, Australia. State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative The Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Gippsland is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. Tyers is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is east of Melbourne, north-west of Traralgon and located in the City of Latrobe Yallourn North is a small country town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. Morwell is a city in central Gippsland, a region in the east of Victoria. Hazelwood North is a small rural community near Morwell, Victoria, Australia. Hazelwood North is a small rural community near Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Traralgon was the former administrative centre of City of Latrobe, although this has now moved to the neighbouring city of Morwell. Latrobe City (formerly Shire of La Trobe is a Local Government Area in eastern Victoria, Australia. Morwell is a city in central Gippsland, a region in the east of Victoria.

The origin of the name Traralgon is uncertain. It is popularly believed to be derived from words from the Gunai language: tarra meaning "river" and algon meaning "little fish". However, these words are not reflected in modern linguists' knowledge of the Gunai language, where, for example, the word for river is wun wun or wurn wurn. ^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Modern Traralgon 3 Schooling 4 Local Media 4.1 Newspapers 4.2 Television 4.3 Radio 5 Events 6 Famous people from Traralgon 7 References 8 External links

History

The Gippsland region was originally inhabited by the indigenous Gunai people for a period in excess of 20,000 years. The Gunai or Kurnai is one of the Aboriginal nations of Australia.

The area around Traralgon was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s soon after being explored by Count Pawel Strzelecki on his return from the Snowy Mountains where he named Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. For the Snowy Mountains of Wyoming USA see Medicine Bow Mountains. Mount Kosciuszko is a Mountain located in the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park. Due to the Latrobe Valley having relatively high rainfall, the land is very fertile, and farming was quickly established. The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia. As with much of central and western Gippsland, this was mainly dairy farming.

In 1877 the railway line from Melbourne was completed with a railway station at Traralgon giving the town a major economic boost. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Orbost railway line The Bairnsdale Line is a regional passenger rail Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Traralgon is a major railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line in Traralgon Victoria, Australia.

Traralgon was part of the area administered by the Rosedale Roads Board, before the Shire of Traralgon was estalished in 1879. In the latter part of the 19th century the Shire grew strongly.

It was not until the 1930s however that Traralgon began to move away from a farming based economy. In 1936 Australian Paper Manufacturers established a paper mill at Maryvale, around 8 km from Traralgon.

In 1960 Traralgon's most famous son Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet jointly won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, OM, AK, KBE (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985 usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature

Through the 1950s residents and councillors fought to separate the urban areas of Traralgon from the Shire of Traralgon, which occurred in 1961 when Traralgon formed its own borough, the Borough of Traralgon. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Traralgon was proclaimed a city in 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The City of Traralgon and Shire of Traralgon continued a separate extistence until the Shire of Latrobe was created in 1994

Further development resulted from the expansion of the power generation industry following World War II, particularly through the now defunct SEC. The State of Victoria, Australia uses many forms of Energy for domestic commercial and industrial uses World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV or SEC was a monopoly electricity generation transmission and supply utility located in Victoria, Australia Which included large expansions at Yallourn and Hazelwood Power Stations and the construction of the massive Loy Yang Power Station in the 1970s and 1980s. Yallourn Power Station was a complex of six Brown coal fuelled power stations built progressively from the 1920s to the 1960s Hazelwood Power Station, in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, is a brown coal fueled base-load power station built between 1964 and Loy Yang Power Station is a Brown coal fired power station located on the outskirts of the city of Traralgon, in south eastern Victoria, Australia This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) information processing centre was established in the late 1980s, employing around 400 people. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia 's corporate regulator The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

Completion of the Loy Yang power stations, extensive voluntary departures from the electricity industry and privatisation of the Victorian electricity industry in the early 1990s had devastating effects on the economy of the Latrobe Valley. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia. Traralgon, with a more diversified economy, suffered to a lesser extent than the neighbouring towns of Morwell and Moe both of which relied almost exclusively on the power stations for their livelihood. Moe (pronounced MO-ee, /'moui/ is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Traralgon is now one of Victoria's most prosperous regional cities and is the economic heart of the Latrobe Valley.

Modern Traralgon

Perhaps due to its rapid development, Traralgon has retained little of its historical architecture. Notable exceptions are the Post Office and Courthouse erected in 1886 and Ryans Hotel erected in 1914. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Both are in Franklin Street.

The Traralgon central business district is centered around Seymour and Franklin Streets. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city A sub-regional shopping centre has also been constructed, which has a thriving mix of tenants (mainly franchise and national brands), with the adajacent strip shopping centre filled with local businesses.

Compared to other towns in the region, such as Morwell or Moe, Traralgon, with its comprehensive mix of commercial, retail and national chain franchises, provides all the amenities of Inner-City Living, with the benefits of a five minute commute to the CBD (from the residential area), with the median price approximately 50% of Melbourne. Morwell is a city in central Gippsland, a region in the east of Victoria.

Although noticeably better than in past years, an unpleasant odour still sometimes pervades the inner-CBD and "West End" residential areas - presumed to originate from the foul gas incinerators at the local Paper Mill. Locals refer to this as the "Traralgon stink". Despite intermittent lobbying, this smell is moreover accepted as a normal part of life in Traralgon.

The Traralgon economy is still heavily reliant on the power industry and the paper mill for employment. Other significant employers include the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC),Centrelink and the Latrobe Regional Hospital mid-way to Morwell. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia 's corporate regulator Centrelink is the trading name of the Commonwealth Service Delivery Agency (CSDA a statutory authority responsible for delivering human services on behalf of agencies of the

Local sporting teams include the Traralgon Redsox (Baseball) and the Traralgon Maroons (AFL)and Gippsland Power (AFL)

Schooling

Traralgon features a number of primary and secondary schools, ranging from state schools to catholic and independent schools. The local primary schools include Grey Street Primary School (formerly Traralgon Primary School), Kosciuszko Street Primary School, Liddiard Road Primary School, Stockdale Road Primary School, St. Michaels Primary School, St. Gabriels Primary School, Flinders Christian College and St. Pauls Anglican Grammar School. Flinders Christian College and St. Pauls Anglican Grammar School are also secondary schools. The local government secondary school, Traralgon College, has two campuses, the junior campus (years 7-9) located on Liddiard Rd in Traralgon's east, with the senior campus (years 10-12) on Grey St. in Traralgon's West. There is also a catholic secondary school, Lavalla Catholic College. Lavalla has two campuses in Traralgon's West end, and a third campus is Newborough, Moe. The junior campus, St Paul's, neighbors Traralgon College's senior campus on Grey St. The senior campus, Kildare, is located in Kosciuszko St.

A number of Traralgon families also send their children to the two independent Anglican grammar schools in the region: St. Pauls Anglican Grammar School in Warragul or Gippsland Grammar School in Sale. While St. Paul's seems to be a slightly more popular choice for Traralgon families, Gippsland Grammar has a superior academic, sporting and cultural record so it is still very highly regarded.

Local Media

Newspapers

The bi-weekly Latrobe Valley Express newspaper is delivered to all homes on Monday and Thursday nights, in Traralgon, Morwell and Moe. Morwell is a city in central Gippsland, a region in the east of Victoria. Moe (pronounced MO-ee, /'moui/ is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The weekly Traralgon Journal is delivered to all homes on Tuesday nights; this paper is much smaller than the Express and usually has 8 pages of content. A week (also called sennight or sevennight) is a unit of Time longer than a Day and shorter than a Month.

Television

Commercial Melbourne based television networks such as the Seven, Nine and Ten networks are all re-broadcast in the Latrobe Valley by their regional affiliates, which are Prime Television, WIN Television and Southern Cross Ten respectively. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney TV10 could refer to TV10 (Netherlands See Channel 10 (Greece Network Ten in Australia The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia. Prime Television is an Australian television network owned by Prime Television Limited. WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales Australia Southern Cross Ten is an Australian Television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, All three channels have local commercials placed on their broadcasts and WIN TV also broadcasts a local news bulletin. Most Melbourne channels (Seven Network, Channel Nine, Channel Ten) can be received in analogue and more clearly in digital in Traralgon with a suitable roof-top antenna. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Both national public broadcasters, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Special Broadcasting Service are broadcast to the Latrobe Valley as well. Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS is one of two government-funded Australian Public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the

Radio

There are two radio stations with studios located in Traralgon - 3TR FM and 3GV, both owned by Ace Radio. 3TRFM is an Australian Radio station operating out of Traralgon Victoria. ACE Radio is an Australian radio company owning several AM and FM stations in Victoria. The FM station is broadcast along with the television channels from Mt. Tassie while 3GV is broadcast from an AM transmitter in Sale. Sale is a cathedral city in the Australian state of Victoria, in the Shire of Wellington. Most Australian Broadcasting Corporation stations are rebroadcast locally and available in Traralgon, along with 774 ABC Melbourne which is able to be received directly from Melbourne. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. 774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3

Events

• Traralgon Show (November)
• Traralgon Cup (November)
• Australia Day Breakfast (January)
• Carols By Candlelight (December)

Famous people from Traralgon

• Gord Bamford (Canadian country music singer)
• Michelle Bayley (children's author)
• Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (scientist)
• Troy Luff (AFL player)
• Brendon Goddard (AFL player)
• Axella Johannesson (musician)
• Troy MacCubbin (Guitarist for t.A.T.u.)
• Bernie Quinlan, Australian rules footballer and coach
• Irwin Thomas (Musician, formerly known as Jack Jones, of "Southern Sons")
• Michael Voss (AFL player)
• Kelvin Templeton (AFL Player)

References

External links

• Traralgon, Victoria is at coordinates 38°10′60″S 146°31′60″E / -38.1833, 146.5333 (Traralgon, Victoria)Coordinates: 38°10′60″S 146°31′60″E / -38.1833, 146.5333 (Traralgon, Victoria)
• Latrobe City Website

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