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1849 – The Geelong town council is incorporated. 1850 – Geelong is the fifth largest town in Victoria. 1851 – Gold is found in the Mount Bunninyong district; 1851 – Geelong population is 8,000; 1853 – Geelong population is 22,000; 1855 – Geelong Grammar School founded; 1855 – St Augustine's Boys Orphanage established
Dr. Alexander Thomson (1800 [1] – 1 January 1866) was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 to 1858. Thomson was the first settler in the area known as Belmont, a suburb of Geelong and called his homestead Kardinia, a property now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
To obtain the photos, Chuck photographed some of the surviving settlers, borrowed negatives of others and copied them and photographed portraits and paintings of the more famous. [2] The original framed photograph is 1.5 metres high and 1.2 metres wide. It was presented to the State Library of Victoria in 1872 is still held by them. Later Chuck ...
Geelong (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ / jih-LONG) [4] [5] (Wathawurrung: Djilang/Djalang) [6] is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne.
This category contains people from the 1872 photographic montage by T. F. Chuck entitled "Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria" held by the State Library of Victoria. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Geelong Library and Heritage Centre is a regional library, archive and resource facility in the city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [1] Geelong Free Library was begun in 1858. [2] The Geelong Historical Records Centre was established in 1979 as a depository for significant historical records and archives from the district. [3]
James Cowie (9 January 1809 – 14 November 1892) was an early 19th-century settler of Victoria, Australia, who became a member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Victorian Legislative Council and also served as Mayor of Geelong. [1]
Geelong City Hall Geelong Telegraph Station on Ryrie Street HM Prison Geelong Gordon Institute of TAFE, Fenwick Street The former George and Dragon hotel (now a Restaurant) St Johns Lutheran Church Eastern Beach boardwalk and swimming enclosure Geelong Customs House. This is a list of heritage-listed buildings in Geelong, Australia, which have ...
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