51-600: Yinnar South is a locality in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia . According to the 2021 census, Yinnar South had a population of 675. Previous higher figures were from Census 2006 and incorrectly combined both Yinnar and Yinnar South due to Census data compiled from postal area as opposed to geographical reference. The first school in Yinnar South, School No. 2730, was opened 11 January 1886. It currently operates as
102-463: A primary school . Henry Collins set up his saw mill in Mill Road c. 1911 and built a tramline along Whitelaw's Track. The town has a small church, approximately four metres by five metres, known as Holy Innocents. It was built in 1894 by James Mortan and painted by John Curtie. The church was licensed on 1 January 1895. Mortan built eight pews for the church as a gift; they remain in use. A small porch
153-507: A central causeway, were constructed over the flood plain in 1937–38. This structure was duplicated as part of the subsequent upgrade of the Princes Highway. The first school was opened in 1863 and became a Common School in 1865 (later State School Number 770). During the school centenary year, Dr H.C Disher, of 'Strathfieldsaye', who was born at Rosedale and attended the school from 1901 to 1904, established an annual secondary scholarship for
204-486: A deserving boy and girl. The school was moved to a new location on the western side of the town 1989. St Mark's Anglican Church was built in 1866, followed by St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in 1869. St Rose of Lima Catholic Church was constructed in 1875. In 1866, a site was selected for a Mechanic's Institute. The building was opened in 1875. Rosedale was proclaimed a Road District in February 1869. Two years later, it became
255-536: A hut on the Latrobe River and the first sale of 'town lots' in Rosedale, on 20 May 1855, took place there. The town is named after and built near the site of a station owned by David Parry-Okedon, who, in 1843, called his run Rosedale after his wife, Rosalie. The earliest known plan of the township is dated 27 March 1855. It comprised 14 blocks and remains the central layout of the township. The first brick construction
306-416: A station at Omeo in the early 1840s, used the run as a holding station for the livestock which he drove to Port Albert for shipment to Van Diemen's Land . He later leased the property and his son built an impressive homestead with a four-tiered tower on the site in 1889. Crooke's descendants still live in the district. Other notable homesteads are Snake's Ridge (now known as The Ridge) on the northern bank of
357-459: A substantial engineering sector supporting the power generation, pulp and paper production and food processing industries, etc. The tertiary education sector attracts local, interstate and international students. Despite its outside image as a regional economy dominated by mining and electricity, the region employs more hospital and aged care workers than power industry workers and has important service, health care and education sectors. Hospitals are
408-631: Is also home to The Gippslander Newspaper which covers the entire Gippsland region. The now defunct Latrobe Valley Voice was a new paper to the region, having been established in March 2011. The Latrobe Valley Voice was delivered free of charge to over 30,000 residences in the Latrobe Valley region on Wednesdays. The paper collapsed on 7 May 2011 after its financial backers withdrew their support. Warragul commercial radio stations Triple M Gippsland (94.3 and 97.9 MHz) and 3GG (531 kHz) service
459-736: Is an inland geographical district and urban area of the Gippsland region in the state of Victoria , Australia . The traditional owners are the Brayakaulung of the Gunai nation . The district lies east of Melbourne and nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Baw Baw Ranges , part of the Great Dividing Range , to the north. Mount St Phillack (1,567 m (5,141 ft))
510-521: Is approximately 800 millimetres (31 in). Temperatures on Mount Baw Baw , to the north of Moe, generally peak around 10 to 12 °C (18 to 22 °F) cooler than the major urban areas during the day. There are three major population centres in the Latrobe Valley, all located within the City of Latrobe local government area: The primary hospital is the Latrobe Regional Hospital located on
561-526: Is available on all three commercial networks: Nine previously produced a local news bulletin branded Nine News Gippsland and later Nine News Local for a brief period between 2017 and 2021 that aired on the Southern Cross Austereo primary channel when it was previously affiliated with Nine. Both national public broadcasters , ABC ( ABC TV ) and SBS ( SBS TV ) are broadcast into the Latrobe Valley as well, via Mount Tassie , as well as from
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#1732876616528612-625: Is home to 2,000 on-campus students, 5,000 off-campus students and nearly 400 staff. The campus sits in the Latrobe Valley town of Churchill, 142 kilometres (88 mi) east of Melbourne on 63 hectares (160 acres) of landscaped grounds. The campus offers many undergraduate degrees, and attracts many students from the Latrobe Valley, East and West Gippsland. The Centre for Gippsland Studies is a research and community engagement facility which has conducted research and community outreach since 1985. The Gippsland Medical School, offering postgraduate entry Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) courses
663-499: Is home to four of the highest electricity producing thermal power stations in Australia. Power plants located in the Latrobe Valley include Loy Yang Power Stations A & B , Yallourn Power Station , Jeeralang Power Station (Gas) plus the former Hazelwood Power Station (closed 2017) and Energy Brix Power Station (closed August 2014). The Latrobe power stations emit more mercury than hard coal stations. Local government within
714-510: Is in the area of Gippsland explored separately by the Scotsman, Angus McMillan, and the Polish aristocrat, Count Paul von Strzelecki, in 1840. A memorial to McMillan is located in Rosedale, and one to Strzelecki near Traralgon to the west. Strzelecki named the region Gippsland after Governor Gipps. The earliest European inhabitant in the district is thought to have been a man named Blind Joe who lived in
765-873: Is one of the largest regional race meetings outside of Melbourne on the Victorian Racing calendar – and the Melbourne Cup Day meeting on the first Tuesday in November. The Moe Racing Club is the largest capacity racecourse in Gippsland. The club also offers members and guests other facilities, including Turfside Tabaret, the Turfside Bistro and the Turfside Function Centre. Glenview Park in Traralgon hosts both horse and greyhound racing. Traralgon greyhounds race at
816-680: Is serviced by the Latrobe Valley Express , which is delivered free of charge to residences in the Latrobe Valley region on a Wednesday and has a current circulation of approximately 34,128 (CAB). In the past there was also the Moe-Narracan News , the Morwell Advertiser and the Traralgon Journal , which were distributed free of charge once per week on Tuesday and has a circulation of approximately 11,034 (CAB). Latrobe Valley
867-431: Is the highest peak to the north of the Latrobe Valley, due north of Moe . The highest peak to the south is Mt Tassie (740 m (2,430 ft)), south of Traralgon. The area has three major centres, from west to east, Moe , Morwell and Traralgon , with minor centres including Churchill , Yinnar , Glengarry , and Tyers . The population of the Latrobe Valley is approximately 125,000. The valley draws its name from
918-479: The Latrobe River which flows eastward, through the valley. According to Les Blake, in 1841 William Adams Brodribb , an early European settler, named the river in honour of Charles La Trobe , Lieutenant Governor of the Port Phillip District . A. W. Reed also attributes Brodribb to naming the river in honour of La Trobe; yet Reed claims that the river was discovered by Angus McMillan in 1840 who named
969-481: The Princes Highway in Traralgon. Smaller towns are Tyers, Newborough , Yinnar , Yallourn North , Churchill (site of the local campus of Federation University ) and Boolarra . Key industry sectors include health care, power generation, retail, paper manufacture, timber mills, agriculture, dairy, timber, information technology, engineering and education. The valley provides 85% of Victoria's electricity and has
1020-740: The Princes Highway . It is situated on the southern side of the LaTrobe River. Once a staging post on the Port Albert to Sale and Port Albert to Walhalla coach runs, it was the administrative centre of the Shire of Rosedale which extended to the east and included the Ninety Mile Beach. It is now part of the Wellington Shire centred in Sale. At the 2006 census , Rosedale had a population of 1,077. The town
1071-541: The AM band and the FM band can be heard across the region, however DAB+ is not available without a vertically polarized roof-top antenna. Community radio stations Gippsland FM (104.7 MHz) and Life FM (103.9 MHz) are also broadcast into the Latrobe Valley. The area was the first in Australia to receive its own regional television station, GLV-10 Gippsland (now Southern Cross 10), when it launched on 9 December 1961. Programs from
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#17328766165281122-683: The Dandenong Ranges transmitters located east of Melbourne. Additional digital multi-channels broadcast by all the networks in addition to the ones listed above are available on the digital service called Freeview to viewers in the Latrobe Valley region. These channels include HD simulcasts of the primary channel (available on channels 20, 30, 50, 60 and 80). As well as ABC TV Plus , ABC Me , ABC News , SBS Viceland , SBS World Movies , 10 Bold , 10 Peach , 10 Shake , 7two , 7mate , 7flix , 7Bravo , 9Gem , 9Go! , 9Life and Sky News Regional . Television transmissions from Mount Dandenong for
1173-625: The Gippsland League (or equivalent) by a team based in the Latrobe Valley was Traralgon Maroons in 2005. The Mid Gippsland Football League is the second largest football league in the area and comprises 10 teams – all of which are exclusively based in the Latrobe Valley. Nine of the ten teams in the Gippsland Soccer League are based in the Latrobe Valley (the other team is based in Sale). The Central & Southern Gippsland Competition league
1224-558: The Glenview Park Racing Complex which is owned by the Latrobe City Council. It was specifically designed for the racing of horses and greyhounds. The inaugural greyhound race was held in 1973. Typical greyhound races at Glenview are run over a distance of 298, 513, 658 and 730 metres. There are a large number of golf courses in the Latrobe Valley area within an approximate 35 km radius of Moe . They include
1275-462: The LaTrobe River, and Nambrok about eight kilometres to the east along the Princes Highway. A pyneboard factory was opened in 1964 by the Premier of Victoria, Mr Henry Bolte. It operated for some 15 years. The plant was used subsequently as a leather tanning works. The Rosedale Magistrates' Court closed on 1 July 1981, not having been visited by a Magistrate since 1972. The town has a football club in
1326-472: The Latrobe Valley area between Moe and Traralgon – consisting of inter-city services that run between Moe and Traralgon to nearby towns such as Morwell, Churchill and Yallourn North – and connecting town services that run in each major centre. Latrobe Valley Airport (IATA: LTB, ICAO: YLTV) is located in the Latrobe Valley approximately two hours east of Melbourne, off Princes Highway, on the west side of Traralgon. The Gippsland campus of Federation University
1377-684: The Latrobe Valley is administered by the Latrobe City Council and the Baw Baw Shire Council . Latrobe City LGA has a population of approximately 75,000 with four major population centres: Moe, Morwell, Churchill and Traralgon, with smaller townships including Boolarra, Glengarry, Toongabbie , Tyers, Traralgon South, Yallourn North, and Yinnar, with the administrative headquarters located in Morwell. The Princes Freeway runs through Latrobe Valley, bypassing most major rural cities and connecting
1428-511: The Melbourne market (Seven, Nine and Ten) can also be received in digital in the Latrobe Valley with a suitable roof-top antenna with. Reception in the west Latrobe Valley, namely Moe, can receive these Melbourne transmissions clearly. Subscription television service Foxtel (previously Austar until 2014) is available via satellite. Rosedale, Victoria Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town 184 kilometres east of Melbourne via
1479-537: The Moe Golf Club, nestled next to Lake Narracan , Churchill & Monash Golf Club, which is located near Federation University Campus in Churchill, and Yallourn Golf Club and Yallourn Bowling Club at Newborough. Within the Latrobe Valley there are also large communities within various other sports associations, including; soccer, basketball, netball, dancing, gymnastics, tennis, swimming, Baseball and cricket. The area
1530-606: The Monash graduate medical program when we had an existing pathway in Gippsland.' The area has a rich and intricate Australian Football history. There are currently approximately thirty players on Australian Football League team lists from the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland. The region is represented in the Victoria State TAC Cup Under 18's competition by the Gippsland Power . Gippsland Power played its first season in
1581-884: The North Gippsland Football Netball League, previously the North Gippsland Football League . The Club won the Firsts Premiership in 1965, 2001 and 2015. The club previously played the Sale Cowwarr Football League, where the Firsts were Premiers in 1958, 1961 and 1962. The Rosedale Recreation Reserve comprises two ovals and two netball courts. It is the home of the Rosedale Football Club, the Rosedale Netball Club,
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1632-705: The Rosedale Kilmany Cricket Club, the Rosedale Junior Football Club and the Rosedale Badminton Club. The town also has a bowls club, a golf club, a tennis club and a rifle range. Thoroughbred horse racing was conducted at Rosedale for over a century, with the first-known event held on 13 April 1868. A Rosedale Turf Club was established in 1878. It became the Rosedale Racing Club, which conducted races until 1969. Patrobas,
1683-648: The Rosedale Shire Council. It had four areas – Rosedale, Toongabbie, Denison and Traralgon. In 1879, Traralgon became a separate shire. The Rosedale Railway Station was opened on 1 June 1877, as part of the Morwell to Sale line. It was not until 1879 that the remaining sections from Melbourne to Sale were all completed. The area was once part of the Holey Plain grazing run, owned by the Curlewis brothers. Edward Crooke, who emigrated to Australia in 1837 and purchased
1734-674: The Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the westernmost reaches of the Victorian Alps to the north. It has a temperate climate meaning mild temperatures with large amounts of rain, the occasional frost and snow on neighbouring hills. February is the warmest month in the Latrobe Valley with an average temperature range of 12.5 to 26.4 °C (54.5 to 79.5 °F) and the coldest month is July with an average temperature range of 3.6 to 13.5 °C (38.5 to 56.3 °F). The most rain occurs in late winter and spring, and average yearly rainfall
1785-508: The TAC Cup as voted by the umpires; Matthew Stolarczyk in 1999, Jarryd Blair in 2008 and Dyson Heppell in 2010. The Gippsland League Football competition is the largest league in the region and one of the largest and highest standard football leagues in Victoria outside of Melbourne. Five of the ten teams in the Gippsland League are based in the Latrobe Valley. The most recent premiership won in
1836-468: The TAC Cup competition in 1993. The Power have won one premiership to date in 2005 – and been runner-up on two occasions in 1999 and 2010. Over sixty players have been drafted from Gippsland Power onto Australian Football League club lists since the first player was drafted in 1993. Gippsland Power has had three players win the TAC Cup Under 18's Morrish Medal – the award for the best and fairest player in
1887-427: The closure of the Rosedale Racing Club, the racecourse was developed as a golf course and a speedway. The first speedway meeting was conducted in 1972. In February 1973, the speedway attracted some of the best drivers throughout Australia to the inaugural Coca-Cola Bottlers 2000 meeting. The race was won by the reigning Australian champion, David House, from Canberra, driving a Torana GTR XU1 . The course broadcaster for
1938-438: The largest employer in the regional economy at 5% of the workforce, followed by power industry workers at 4.2%, supermarket and grocery store workers at 3%, and aged care workers at 2.9%. Logging is also an important industry in the hills to the north and south, with a major paper mill located at Maryvale, near Morwell. In the rugged north of the region is located the historic gold-mining town of Walhalla , amid mountains forming
1989-543: The major population centres of Warragul, Moe, Morwell and Traralgon. Other services – including the Gippslander rail service – stop at all stations in the area. Services to the Latrobe Valley run between Melbourne and Traralgon, whilst Gippsland services run between Melbourne and Bairnsdale . The Latrobe Valley/Gippsland rail line is connected to the metropolitan Melbourne Pakenham line. Latrobe Valley Bus Lines are operated by Valley Transit, which runs connecting bus services in
2040-540: The region along with the Traralgon based commercial stations - TRFM (99.5 MHz) and Gold 1242 . Most ABC stations are rebroadcast locally and available in the Latrobe Valley, along with 774 ABC Melbourne which is able to be received directly from Melbourne and the local ABC Gippsland station (100.7 MHz). National ABC stations Triple J (96.7 MHz) and ABC Classic FM (101.5 MHz) are also broadcast from Mount Tassie. Some Melbourne stations both on
2091-418: The region to both Melbourne and East Gippsland . The centrally located centre of Moe is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from the central business district of Melbourne. V/Line runs a rail service from metropolitan Melbourne to the Latrobe Valley and also runs services that go through the Latrobe Valley to East Gippsland. Some rail services run limited express to the Latrobe Valley – stopping in
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2142-476: The regional campus. The only direct pathway to the medical degree was through a course offered at Monash University's Melbourne-based Clayton campus, whilst graduates from Federation University in Gippsland were not offered a direct pathway to the degree. Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester , criticised Monash University arguing that: 'We should not be saying to our students who are completing year 12 this year that they have to move to Melbourne to access
2193-407: The three main commercial television networks ( Seven , Nine and Ten ) are all re-broadcast into Latrobe Valley by their regional affiliates - Prime7 ( AMV ), WIN ( VTV ) and Southern Cross Austereo ( GLV ). All broadcast from the Latrobe Valley transmitter at Mount Tassie . All the commercial stations are based in Traralgon and have local commercials placed on their broadcasts. Local news
2244-459: The three-year-old winner of the 1915 Caulfield Guineas , Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup finished second in his first race at Rosedale. Patrobus was raced by Miss Widdis, the owner of the nearby Nambrok station. She was the first woman to own a Melbourne Cup winner. Patrobus is the only Gippsland horse to win the Melbourne Cup. A statue of the horse is located in the main street. Following
2295-471: The watercourse as Glengarry River. While the Latrobe River flows into Lake Wellington to the east of Sale and includes in its drainage basin a significant part of central Gippsland, the region conventionally known as the Latrobe Valley occupies an inland area between the Strzelecki Ranges and Baw Baw Ranges between Drouin and Rosedale – with three major urban areas Moe, Morwell and Traralgon, between
2346-452: The west of Alpine National Park and nearby Baw Baw National Park , which includes a small winter ski resort . The Latrobe Valley is significant as the centre of Victoria's energy industry , specifically the mining and burning of brown coal to produce electricity. The area produces a total of approximately 85% of the electricity for the entire state of Victoria and supplies some electricity to New South Wales and Tasmania . The valley
2397-643: Was established in 1927. It makes use of the two Albert Deppeler Memorial Tennis Courts in Yinnar South. The Yinnar South Newsletter is a non-profit newsletter produced for the benefit of the residents of Yinnar South and district. It was first published in 1980 and is released monthly. Copies of the newsletter are distributed to local households while around fifty copies are available from the Yinnar General Store. 38°23′S 146°23′E / 38.383°S 146.383°E / -38.383; 146.383 Latrobe Valley The Latrobe Valley
2448-564: Was founded in 2019. The Moe Racing Club schedules around fourteen race meetings a year. The racecourse is in Waterloo Road within a very short walk of the Moe central business district and V/Line train station. Raceday race calling can be heard in the central business district of Moe during race meetings. The two largest race meeting in Moe are the GPG Mobil Moe Cup meeting in mid October – which
2499-422: Was later added to the building. The church is still in use today and is one of the smallest churches in Australia. Yinnar South is well known for its prominent Dicksonia antarctica foliage. The Yinnar South Community Hall is available for hire to members of the community. The area of Yinnar South has a variety of sporting and recreation groups including a tennis club and a pony club. Yinnar South Tennis Club
2550-466: Was officially opened by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing , Nicola Roxon on 5 June 2008, providing students with an opportunity to learn medicine in a rural setting working with rural practitioners. The Gippsland Medical School was subject to some local criticism in 2016 and 2017 when it was revealed that there were only 12 Gippsland-origin students among the cohort of 50 studying medicine at
2601-659: Was the Rosedale Hotel in 1858, built by William Allen, who emigrated from London in 1854. He was also responsible for the construction of the Mechanic's Institute, the original school house, the Exchange Hotel, the three churches and Nambrok Homestead. The Rosedale Post Office opened on 8 February 1859. A Police Station followed in 1862. The first bridge over the LaTrobe River was constructed in 1862. Following disastrous floods in 1934 and 1935, two raised concrete bridges, joined by
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