14 Facts About Morwell

Morwell has a rose garden in the business district, which won an award in 2009 for 'garden of excellence'.

Name of the town of Morwell 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.

From 1914, various newspaper editorials had stated that the name of Morwell comes from the Aboriginal words more willie meaning woolly possum.

Morwell River was the first place to be recorded with the name Morwell, 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.

The name of Morwell was used for the new location of the town centre that surrounded the Morwell 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, then made further journeys to Latrobe River after Strzelecki had visited the area.

However, the approval by the City of Morwell 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.

Amalgamation of the local councils following a Statewide review of local government boundaries in 1994 saw Morwell become part of the City of Latrobe and the civic centre established in Traralgon.

Morwell is the headquarters of the Central Gippsland Institute of Technical and Further Education.

Morwell is home to the Morwell Centenary Rose Garden, a parkland of over 2 hectares on a former railway reserve that showcases over 3500 roses.

At local level, Morwell is governed by the City of Latrobe and is both the seat of local government and administrative centre.

Morwell has education facilities from preschool education through to vocational education and training.

TAFE study in Morwell is available via TAFE Gippsland, as well as apprenticeships and traineeships through Apprenticeships Group Australia.

The Morwell Falcons were formed in 1961 and eventually reached the National Soccer League which was the top league in Australia.