The Latrobe Valley has a lot of brown coal which is burned to make electricity in power stations.

Energy production has aided industrial growth in the Latrobe Valley.

Victoria's major utilities include a collection of brown-coal-fired power stations, particularly in the Latrobe Valley.

Famous for its potatoes, it is located amongst the rich farmland of the Latrobe Valley.

Local industry is based around the brown coal deposits in the Latrobe Valley and electricity generation.

On its new boundaries, however, it takes in most of the industrial Latrobe Valley.

The population of the Latrobe Valley is approximately 125,000.

There are three major population centres in the Latrobe Valley:

Due to the Latrobe Valley having relatively high rainfall, the land is very fertile, and farming was quickly established.

It was also the largest power station in Victoria outside the Latrobe Valley.