Moe, Victoria
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Moe, Victoria

Streetscape in central Moe
Australian Place
NameMoe
Typetown
StateVictoria
Population15582
Postcode3825
CountyBuln Buln
State DistrictNarracan
Federal DivisionMcMillan

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Moe ( ) is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is about 135 km (83.9 mi) east of Melbourne and at the 2006 census had a population of 15,582 (includes Newborough and Yallourn North). It is administered by the City of Latrobe council.

Moe was originally known as The Mowie, then Little Moi. The town's name is believed to derive from a Kurnai (local Indigenous) word meaning 'swamp land'.

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. Moe is also home to the annual Moe Cup horse races, the Moe Jazz Festival in March, a recreated historic settlement Old Gippstown nearby Lake Narracan, locally produced indigenous Aboriginal/Koorie art and is regularly home to local Australian Football finals in the Gippsland League and the Mid Gippsland Football League. The region is represented by Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup competition.

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Moe Sihota and the unions: He who pays the piper - The Province (blog) Tweet this news
The Province (blog)---...- -Victoria's- Secrets I can't believe there's not a single NDP leadership candidate out there with enough jam to say to the party and its big boss -Moe- ... - Date : Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:06:12 GMT+00:00
Ararat paramedic to help with Queensland floods - Ararat Advertiser Tweet this news
Ararat Advertiser---...- Brunswick, Chelsea Heights, Frankston, -Moe-, Oakleigh South, St Kilda, Torquay and Wangaratta. Mr Sassella said that paramedics within -Victoria- continued ... - Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:02:35 GMT+00:00
Water crunch has locals reeling - Latrobe Valley Express Tweet this news
Latrobe Valley Express--``The total number of Utility Relief Grants has risen dramatically since water prices started increasing in the 2007-08 period,'' -Moe- and District Residents ... - Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:17:15 GMT+00:00
Math teachers get low grades at some Jamaican Schools - Anguilla LNT Tweet this news
Anguilla LNT--A team of experts, led by Tamika Benjamin, former National Mathematics Coordinator of the Ministry of Education's (-MOE-) Education Transformation Programme, ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:04:42 GMT+00:00
Gender causes constitution quandry - Williams Lake Tribune Tweet this news
Williams Lake Tribune--BC NDP provincial secretary Jan O'Brien and president -Moe- Sihota listen as leader Carole James speaks to a provincial council meeting in -Victoria- Nov. 20. ... - Date : Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:14:52 GMT+00:00
Rural voters key to BC Liberals' grip on power - Globe and Mail Tweet this news
Globe and Mail--Party president -Moe- Sihota believes rural BC has bred more rebellious MLAs because those politicians are under more pressure from their constituents. ... - Date : Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:47:41 GMT+00:00
NDP leadership race off to rough start - Burnaby Newsleader Tweet this news
Burnaby Newsleader--BC NDP provincial secretary Jan O'Brien and president -Moe- Sihota listen as leader Carole James speaks to a provincial council meeting in -Victoria- Nov. 20. ... - Date : Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:24:33 GMT+00:00
NDP's Larsen flashback continues - Aldergrove Star (blog) Tweet this news
Aldergrove Star (blog)--Larsen issued a statement this morning saying he has received an apology by phone from BC NDP president -Moe- Sihota, who had earlier questioned his ... - Date : Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:39:50 GMT+00:00
Car rally in the Valley - Latrobe Valley Express Tweet this news
Latrobe Valley Express--The six-day rally will be based at the Churchill Campus of Monash University and the show will visit Walhalla, Maffra, Old Gippstown, -Moe- and Morwell's Mid ... - Date : Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:19:52 GMT+00:00
Pro-pot icon Chong encourages BC NDP membership drive - TheTyee.ca (blog) Tweet this news
TheTyee.ca (blog)--BC party president -Moe- Sihota has suggested Larsen may not be eligible to run for the provincial leadership. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's Legislative Bureau ... - Date : Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:53:54 GMT+00:00

Towns in the City of Latrobe|Southeastern Victoria

Boolarra * Callignee * Churchill * Glengarry * Hazelwood * Hazelwood North * Jeeralang * Loy Yang * Moe * Morwell * Newborough * Toongabbie * Traralgon * Tyers * Yallourn * Yallourn North * Yinnar * Yinnar South *

Towns in the Latrobe Valley

Boolarra * Churchill * Darnum * Drouin * Erica * Glengarry * Hazelwood North * Moe * Morwell * Newborough * Nilma * Thorpdale * Trafalgar * Traralgon * Tyers * Walhalla * Warragul * Yallourn North * Yarragon * Yinnar * Yinnar South

Cities of Victoria, Australia

Greater Melbourne
|Melbourne * Dandenong * Frankston * Melton * Sunbury * Werribee
Melbourne * Dandenong * Frankston * Melton * Sunbury * Werribee
Regional Victoria
|Bairnsdale * Ballarat * Bendigo * Geelong * Hamilton * Horsham * Mildura * Moe * Morwell * Portland * Sale * Shepparton * Traralgon * Wangaratta * Warrnambool * Wodonga
Bairnsdale * Ballarat * Bendigo * Geelong * Hamilton * Horsham * Mildura * Moe * Morwell * Portland * Sale * Shepparton * Traralgon * Wangaratta * Warrnambool * Wodonga



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