Skip to content Skip to navigation. Home About. We will: Support workers and businesses affected by the closure of the Hazelwood Power Plant and Mine. Work to get business conditions right to bring more jobs to the Latrobe Valley. Build infrastructure that meets community needs and creates jobs. During the s smaller holdings were selected and land was cleared for dairying and grazing.
The coach road and the railway line from Melbourne passed through the valley into Gippsland. Disruptions to black coal supplies for Melbourne in the s prompted the first mining of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley. Several companies were formed, the most prominent being the Great Morwell Coal Mining Company, at present Yallourn North, which mined lignite from an open cut and manufactured briquettes for a while.
In the new century, increasing demand for electricity prompted investigations into the feasibility of utilising brown coal for power generation. The State Electricity Commission was formed in The existing open cut mine was worked and by work began on the first power station on a new open cut. Electricity was generated in and a briquette plant commenced production in A modern planned town, Yallourn, was built to house the workers on this massive enterprise.
The growth of coal-fired electricity generation in the Latrobe Valley has been:. The Post Office opened Surrounded by undulating hill, the town offers a rural setting Soon after farmers took up selections in the area a school was opened in a private farm house in There have since been at least three replacement Learn More Toongabbie The small historic country town came into existence in as an important supply depot en route to the Walhalla goldfields.
Goods were transported from Port Albert to Toongabbie by bullock wagon and then transferred to packhorses and mules fo Learn More Tyers Tyers is a small town 10 kilometres north-west of Traralgon with new subdivisions opening up offering a rural setting for new residents. Other studios and galleries located across Latrobe City cater to a range of interests and artistic tastes.
The Latrobe Performing Arts Centre is located in Traralgon and presents local, national and international productions, concerts and performances. Latrobe City has about 4, businesses in the city and a workforce of approximately 34, people. In the five-year period , there was strong employment growth in Manufacturing, Mining, Construction and Health Care and Social Assistance.
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