Morgan’s dance group, the Boorun Boys, performed at the MCG in May and were among the winners of the ABC’s Takeover Latrobe Valley program in September 2024.
Kaiden Morgan with his family’s dog.
The 18-year-old was found with serious injuries at about 10.30pm on Saturday, after he was attacked with a machete.
He died in hospital a short time later. Another 20-year-old man, from Warragul, was found injured on an adjacent street. He was also taken to hospital, but with non-life-threatening injuries.
Morgan’s family confirmed the 18-year-old’s death, and Victoria Police charged a 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy with his murder.
The 19-year-old, from Traralgon, was due to face Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, while the teenager was due to face a children’s court. The pair was also charged with intentionally causing serious injury.
“Police believe the parties are known to each other,” a police spokeswoman said.
Morgan’s loved ones remembered him as “a beautiful young boy with a big heart and a lot of respect”, and, as a man of many nicknames who was known for his passion for his culture and “doing great things in life”.
The Gudu Gunai Dancers were among those who paid tribute to Morgan on Monday, saying: “You were such a deadly young lad, was always good to yarn to and dance with.
“Rest in the [Dreamtime] bud, until we meet again. The times spent together dancing will be carried with us for eternity.”
Speaking in the ABC documentary, Morgan said dancing was his favourite thing to do. He didn’t want to see it die out in a decade’s time, he said.
“All the boys, a lot of the time, go to my dad’s house to practice dancing,” Morgan said. “I want that to be my house in 20 years.”
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