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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.
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]
An early settler of Geelong, Alexander Thomson, ... VIGEX is an acronym for "VIctoria Geelong EXhibition" and the inaugural event was held in 1980.
1839 – First postal mail between Geelong and Melbourne; 1840 – First issue of the Geelong Advertiser newspaper is published; 1842 – First St Mary's Catholic Church opens; 1845 – Geelong Keys discovered at Corio Bay; 1849 – The Geelong town council is incorporated. 1850 – Geelong is the fifth largest town in Victoria.
He was an early settler in Port Phillip District (which later became Victoria), and a leading merchant in Melbourne, in which city he built the first brick store. [1] Mausoleum of James Strachan at Geelong's Western Cemetery
Victoria 1836 Wauchope: New South Wales 1837 Bungendore: New South Wales 1837 Colo Vale: New South Wales 1837 Dandenong: Victoria Now part of the greater Melbourne metro area. 1837 Southport: Tasmania Most southern township in Australia. 1837 Yass: New South Wales 1838 Buninyong: Victoria 1838 Geelong: Victoria 1838 Gundagai: New South Wales ...
The Port Phillip Association (originally the Geelong and Dutigalla Association) [1] was formally formed in June 1835 to settle land in what would become Melbourne, which the association believed had been acquired by John Batman for the association from Wurundjeri elders after he had obtained their marks to a document, which came to be known as Batman's Treaty.
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.