Tragowel, Victoria Tragowel, Victoria Tragowel is a small town in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia. The town is located north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. In the 2011 census, Tragowel was listed as a state suburb of Victoria. The area this state suburb encompassed also included parts of Appin, Dingwall, Kerang East, Lake Meran and Maroona. On census night, the population of Tragowel was 336, which included 178 males and 158 females, equating to a median age of 43. 262 (or 77.7%) residents of Tragowel were born in Australia. Other birthplaces include the Philippines (3.3%), England (1.5%) and Russia (0.9%).
South Australia–Victoria border dispute South Australia–Victoria border dispute The border between the Australian state of South Australia and what is today the State of Victoria was established in 1836 by imperial letters patent "as the 141st degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich". In 1836 the land in what is now called Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales, the original Victorian border was drawn between the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales. Due to human error by numerous explorers and surveyors, it took more than 75 years and a protracted legal dispute before the precise placement of the