The City of Latrobe is a Local Government Area in eastern Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It includes the centres of Moe

Moe, Victoria

Moe is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is about east of Melbourne and at the 2006 census had a population of 15,582 . It is administered by the City of Latrobe council....

, Morwell

Morwell, Victoria

-Transport:The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobile. The Princes Freeway now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other...

 and Traralgon

Traralgon, Victoria

Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Traralgon is a city within the City of Latrobe....

; and the towns of Boolarra

Boolarra, Victoria

Boolarra is a small township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Boolarra had a population of 528 . The Boolarra Folk Festival is held in the town every year in March and attracts music lovers from around Australia and the world...

, Churchill

Churchill, Victoria

Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,588 at the 2006 census, and is part of the Latrobe City local government area...

, Tyers

Tyers, 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. It was known until 1852 as "Boola Boola", after which it was named after the surveyor and explorer Charles Tyers...

, Yallourn North

Yallourn North, Victoria

Yallourn North is a small country town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Moe. The town contains many churches, including the only Serbian Orthodox Church and Mosque in the region...

. It has an area of 1422 square kilometres (549 sq mi) and at the 2006 Census, had a population of 69,329.

The Latrobe City Council, which governs the City under the Local Government Act 1993, has its chambers in Morwell

Morwell, Victoria

-Transport:The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobile. The Princes Freeway now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other...

.

History

The city was created as the Shire of La Trobe on 2 December 1994 following amalgamation of the City of Moe

City of Moe

The City of Moe was a Local Government Area located about east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1955 until 1994.-History:...

, City of Morwell

City of Morwell

The City of Morwell was a Local Government Area located about east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1892 until 1994.-History:...

, City of Traralgon

City of Traralgon

The City of Traralgon was a Local Government Area located about east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, in the Latrobe Valley region. The City covered an area of , and existed from the time of its severance from the Shire of Traralgon in 1961 until 1994.-History:From...

 and parts of the Shire of Narracan

Shire of Narracan

The Shire of Narracan was a Local Government Area located about east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1878 until 1994.-History:...

 and Shire of Rosedale

Shire of Rosedale

The Shire of Rosedale was a Local Government Area stretching between the towns of Traralgon and Sale in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994.-History:...

. It was accorded the status of a City and renamed Latrobe by the Victorian Government on 4 April 2000.

Industry & Economy

The City has traditionally been recognised as the centre of Victoria's electricity industry, which is derived from one of the largest brown coal reserves in the world. It also the centre of a large forestry industry which services Australian Paper's pulp and paper mill (the largest in Australia) and other sawmills. Other industries in the area include food processing (National Foods - Morwell), engineering, post secondary education (Monash University Gippsland)and the service sector. Being the largest population centre in the Gippsland region, Latrobe acts as the regional headquarters for Government agencies and private operators including banks and insurance companies.

Latrobe is also close to popular tourist attractions including the Baw Baw

Baw Baw National Park

Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 111 km east of Melbourne. It contains the Baw-Baw Plateau and Mount Baw Baw, a small ski resort, including nearby town, technically outside the national park....

 and Tarra-Bulga National Park

Tarra-Bulga National Park

Tarra-Bulga is a national park in eastern Victoria, Australia, 158 km from Melbourne in the Strzelecki Ranges. It is home to one of the last remnants of the indigenous eucalypt forests which once covered the region....

s and the historic gold mining town of Walhalla.

The power generators include:

• Loy Yang A & B Power Stations
  Loy Yang Power Station, Victoria
  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. Loy Yang is a base load supply station, and produces about one third of Victoria's electricity requirements...
  
  
• International Power Hazelwood
  Hazelwood Power Station, Victoria
  Hazelwood Power Station, in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia is a brown coal fueled base-load power station built between 1964 and 1971. The power station is of 1,600 megawatt capacity, and supplies up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total energy...
  
  
• Energy Brix Australia
• Yallourn Power Station, Yallourn
  Yallourn Power Station, Victoria
  Yallourn Power Station was a complex of six brown coal fuelled power stations built progressively from the 1920s to the 1960s. Located in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, the complex was situated beside the Latrobe River, with the company town of Yallourn located to the south west...
  
  

Towns and Localities

Boolarra Boolarra, Victoria Boolarra is a small township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Boolarra had a population of 528 . The Boolarra Folk Festival is held in the town every year in March and attracts music lovers from around Australia and the world... Boolarra South Budgeree Callignee Callignee, Victoria Callignee is a locality in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The locality is east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Callignee and the surrounding area had a population of 495.... Churchill Churchill, Victoria Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,588 at the 2006 census, and is part of the Latrobe City local government area... Driffield Flynns Creek Gunyah Gunyah A Gunyah is a shelter or bush hut made of sticks and bark by Indigenous Australians for early European Settlers.- Gunyah Travel :Gunyah Ltd. is a Hong Kong registered travel company launched in late 2011. It offers short breaks in hundreds of destinations around the world delivering authentic local... Hazelwood Hazelwood, Victoria Hazelwood is an area of Gippsland at the foot of the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria, Australia. In the beginning the area acted as a service centre for the Hazelwood Power Station.... Hazelwood North Hazelwood North, Victoria Hazelwood North is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It has a population of 1220 .Max Cranwell, who died in a 2009 plane crash in Papua New Guinea, resided in Hazelwood North until his death.... Hernes Oak Jeeralang Junction Jeeralang Jeeralang, Victoria Jeeralang is a locality in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The locality is east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Jeeralang and the surrounding area had a population of 589.... Jumbuk Koornalla Loy Yang

Moe Moe, Victoria Moe is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is about east of Melbourne and at the 2006 census had a population of 15,582 . It is administered by the City of Latrobe council.... Moe South Morwell Morwell, Victoria -Transport:The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobile. The Princes Freeway now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other... Newborough Newborough, Victoria Newborough is a town in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia which shares a border to its west, mostly along the Narracan Creek, with the town of Moe. It can be divided into three areas, Old Newborough, East Newborough and North Newborough... Tanjil South Toongabbie Toongabbie, Victoria Toongabbie is a small country town located in South Eastern Victoria Australia, from Melbourne and just north of Traralgon. The railway station was closed in 1986 and the former railway line has now been absorbed into the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail... Traralgon Traralgon, Victoria Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Traralgon is a city within the City of Latrobe.... Traralgon West Traralgon South Tyers Tyers, 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. It was known until 1852 as "Boola Boola", after which it was named after the surveyor and explorer Charles Tyers... Yallourn Yallourn, Victoria Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of the adjacent open-cut brown coal mine led to the closure... Yallourn North Yallourn North, Victoria Yallourn North is a small country town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Moe. The town contains many churches, including the only Serbian Orthodox Church and Mosque in the region... Yinnar Yinnar, Victoria Yinnar is a tranquil rural township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Yinnar had a population of 585... Yinnar South

Wards and Councillors

Each ward is represented by one elected Councillor.

With the election of 15 March 2003, the current wards came into being.
A review by the Victorian Electoral Commission in 2008 resulted in minor adjustments to ward boundaries, but the number and names of the wards remained unchanged.

Burnet Ward

The current Councillor is Cr Kellie O'Callaghan. She also is currently the Mayor in 2010, she served at Deputy Mayor in her first year with Council in 2009.

From 2005-2009 Susan Lloyd represented this ward. Prior to the 2005 election, Sheridan Bond was the elected representative.

Dunbar Ward

The current councillor is Cr Rohan Fitzgerald, who won the seat in the 2008 election. His precedecessor, David Wilson was elected in 2005. Prior to the 2005 election, the representative of this ward was Peter Tyler.

Farley Ward

The current councillor is Cr Lisa Price. She was previously the mayor in 2009 & 2006, and deputy mayor in 2004. She has held the seat since the 2003 election when this ward came into being.

Firmin Ward

Cr Darrell White is the current councillor for this ward. He has represented this ward since it was created in 2003. He was Mayor in 2004, 2010 and deputy in 2005.

Galbraith Ward

The current councillor is Cr Sandy Kam. She won the seat in a by-election caused by the resignation of Derek Amos in 2007. In the 2008 election, Cr Kam retained the seat.

Derek Amos was elected in 2005. Prior to his election, Lisa Proctor represented the Galbraith Ward.

Gunyah Ward

The current councillor is Cr Ed Vermeulen.

From 2005 - 2008 the representative was Doug Caulfield. Prior to the 2005 election, Bob Smith held this seat.

Merton Ward

Cr Sharon Gibson is the current councillor for this seat.

The seat was previously held by Tony (Anthony) Zimora, who was elected to council in 1997. He was mayor in 2007.

Rintoull Ward

Cr Graeme Middlemiss has represented this ward since it came into being in 2003.

Tanjil Ward

This seat is currently held by Cr Bruce Lougheed who was first elected in 2003. He served as mayor in 2005.

Kestrel Ward

Brendan Jenkins

Brendan Jenkins

Brendan James Jenkins is the former Australian Labor Party member for Morwell in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Jenkins lost his seat to Nationals candidate Russell Northe after a swing to the Nationals in the 2006 election.-References:...

was the representative of this ward, until his resignation in November 2002 to move into state politics.

Kingfisher Ward

Graeme Middlemiss was the representative of this ward until it was replaced.

External links

• Latrobe City Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• 2005 Latrobe City Council elections results, Victorian Electoral Commission
• 2007 Latrobe City Council by-election results, Victorian Electoral Commission