Morwell Victoria is located in the centre of the Latrobe Valley urban area, which has a population of 77,168 at the 2021 Census and is home to many of the greater urban area's civic institutions, administrative functions and infrastructure.
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Morwell Victoria's centenary rose garden located in the central business district, won an award in 2009 for being a 'garden of excellence'.
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Name of the town of Morwell Victoria is likely to be derived from a local Indigenous word from the Gunai language that means inhabitants of the swamp, referring to the Gunai clan that lived in the area.
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From 1914, various newspaper editorials had stated that the name of Morwell Victoria comes from the Aboriginal words more willie meaning woolly possum.
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Morwell Victoria River was the first place to be recorded with the name Morwell Victoria, using the inconsistent spelling of Morewill River in the 1847 diary of Charles Tyers, Morewell River on an 1847 survey mapand River Morewelle in an 1848 notice of pastoral leases.
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The name of Morwell Victoria was used for the new location of the town centre that surrounded the Morwell Victoria railway station after it opened in 1877.
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In 1838, Scottish pastoralist Angus McMillan rode horses up the Latrobe River near Sale, but not as far as Morwell Victoria, then made further journeys to Latrobe River after Strzelecki had visited the area.
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However, the approval by the City of Morwell Victoria to build the Mid Valley Shopping Centre complex away from the CBD led to the decline of the CBD, with many empty shopfronts the result.
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Amalgamation of the local councils following a Statewide review of local government boundaries in 1994 saw Morwell Victoria become part of the City of Latrobe and the civic centre established in Traralgon.
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Morwell Victoria is the headquarters of the Central Gippsland Institute of Technical and Further Education.
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Morwell Victoria is home to the Morwell Victoria Centenary Rose Garden, a parkland of over 2 hectares on a former railway reserve that showcases over 3500 roses.
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At local level, Morwell Victoria is governed by the City of Latrobe and is both the seat of local government and administrative centre.
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Morwell Victoria has education facilities from preschool education through to vocational education and training.
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TAFE study in Morwell Victoria is available via TAFE Gippsland, as well as apprenticeships and traineeships through Apprenticeships Group Australia.
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The Morwell Victoria Falcons were formed in 1961 and eventually reached the National Soccer League which was the top league in Australia.
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