Truganina is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melton and Wyndham local government areas. Truganina recorded a population of 36,305 at the 2021 census. The suburb is believed to be named after Truganini, who is generally accepted as the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian woman, as she had visited the area for a short time. Truganina is a rapidly growing suburban area, with Truganina recording a population of 20,687 at the . It is bordered roughly by the Skeleton-Waterholes Creek to the west; Boundary Road to the north; Foundation to the east and the Federation Trail to the south. It is home to the football club of Western United. Truganina is one of the key industrial precincts of the City of Wyndham and the key industries are manufacturing and logistics. History Truganina Post Office opened on 12 June 1878, closed in 1895, reopened in 1902 and closed again in 1942. The nearby Tarneit Post Office opened in 2008 to serve the area. In 1969 bushfires claimed about 60 houses in the area. Name pronunciation The pronunciation of Truganina has two common points of dispute. The first is the vowel used in the initial syllable "Trug", and the second is the vowel used in the third syllable "ni". Because the suburb is believed to be named after the indigenous Tasmanian woman, Truganini, the pronunciation of Truganina can be elucidated by the phonology of her name in her native tongue. In the Bruny Island Tasmanian language (Nuennonne), Truganina was the name of the grey saltbush, Atriplex cinerea. According to the pronunciation of the language around Oyster Bay, the region where Truganini was born, her name would have been pronounced as "Troo-ga-ni-ni" [ˈtrugaˌnini] with short vowels, rather than with an initial unrounded open-mid vowel in the initial position [trʌ]; or with the diphthong of "nai-nai" [nɑɪnɑɪ] in the third syllable. That would make the approximated Palawa pronunciation of "Truganina" as [ˈtrugaˌninə]. Taking that into account, "Troo-ga-nee-na" [ˈtrugəˌni:nə] is most likely the closest correct Anglicised pronunciation. Population growth Truganina is expected to have a population of 39,951 by 2031, which would be an increase of 1,350.6%, or 28,633 persons from 2006. 2,958 (2006) 8,353 (2011 estimated) 17,469 (2014 abs) 20,687 (2016 census) 39,951 (2031 projected) Urban sprawl Truganina (and neighbouring Tarneit) is largely characterised by low density development and is growing rapidly in advance