Morwell

Morwell, town, southeastern Victoria, Australia, situated in the Latrobe Valley of west Gippsland. It was founded in 1861, near the short Morwell River, and was gazetted a shire in 1892. After 1916, with the development of the valley’s vast open-cut brown coal deposits, Morwell was transformed from a small rural settlement into an industrial town (one of a series in the valley, including Moe, Yallourn, and Traralgon) producing electrical power and briquettes. Other manufactures include...