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%).
Victoria (Australia) by international investment; attracted to the state by the availability of cheap land close to the city and inexpensive energy from the Latrobe Valley. Victoria produced 26.4% of total manufacturing output in Australia in 2015–16, behind New South Wales at 32.4%. Machinery and equipment manufacturing is the state's most valuable manufacturing activity, followed by food and beverage products, petrochemicals and chemicals. Prominent manufacturing plants in the state include the Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters, owned by Alcoa; oil refineries at Geelong and Altona; a major petrochemical facility at Laverton; and Victorian-based CSL, a global biotechnology company that produces vaccines