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Moe (pronounced ''MO-ee'', /'moui/) was originally known as ''The Mowie'', then ''Little Moi'', and later ''The Moe''. The town's name is believed to derive from an Aboriginal word relating to the marshy nature of the territory. The area was first settled in the 1840s and 1850s. While a small Gold Discovery was made in 1852, the town was en route to the Walhalla goldfields further north. The town was surveyed in 1879, following proclamation of the local Narracan shire the year before and the arrival of the railway from Morwell . Moe was declared a city in 1963. Local industry is based around the Brown Coal deposits in the Latrobe Valley and Electric Power generation. The area is also noted for its Dairy industry. Moe High School opened in 1953. The school was closed and merged into Lowanna College and the buildings subsequently demolished. [http://epanote2.epa.vic.gov.au/EPA/media.nsf/printView/057403382A1C217ECA256C3E00803777 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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