Moe, Victoria

Moe
Victoria
Streetscape in central Moe
Moe is located in City of Latrobe
Moe
Moe
Coordinates38°10′20″S 146°16′04″E / 38.17222°S 146.26778°E / -38.17222; 146.26778
Population9,375 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density89.03/km2 (230.59/sq mi)
Postcode(s)3825
Area105.3 km2 (40.7 sq mi)[2] (2011 urban)
Location
LGA(s)
CountyBuln Buln
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Monash

Moe (/ˈmi/ MOH-ee)[3] is a town in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 130 kilometres (80 miles) east of the central business district of Melbourne, 45 kilometres (30 miles) due south of the peak of Mount Baw Baw in the Great Dividing Range and features views of the Baw Baw Ranges to the north and Strzelecki Ranges to the south.

At June 2018, Moe had an estimated urban population of 16,812[4] (including Newborough). The population has been slowly shrinking with an average annual rate of -0.1% year-on-year for the five years to 2018. It is administered by the Latrobe City Council. Moe was originally known as The Mowie, then Little Moi.[citation needed] The town's name is believed to derive from a Kurnai (local Indigenous) word meaning "swamp land".[citation needed]

Moe is a navigation point and stopover for tourists en route to Erica, the historic goldfields township of Walhalla, the Walhalla Goldfields Railway and Mount Baw Baw. Lake Narracan is nearby, and Moe is home to the annual Moe Cup horse races, the Moe Jazz Festival and the recreated historic settlement Old Gippstown. The city has locally produced Aboriginal/Koori art and is regularly home to local Australian Football and Netball Finals in the Gippsland Football & Netball Leagues and the Mid Gippsland Football League. The region is represented by Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup competition.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moe (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Moe - Newborough". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
  4. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.