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See Market Square, Geelong for the history of the site before the centre.. The 1980s saw the first of many urban renewal proposals floated for the central Geelong area. The Geelong Regional Commission on 6 November 1981 released a plan that would see a massive shopping centre extend from Little Malop Street through to the waterfront. [1]
Market Square was a town square located in the centre of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Consisting of eight acres (2.9 hectares) of land, the area was reserved by Governor Sir George Gipps as a town square during the initial surveying of Geelong. The area later became a produce market, before being progressively built upon.
The Geelong Flyer operated by Port Phillip Ferries has daily public ferry departures from Geelong (Steampacket Pier) to Docklands in Melbourne. Cunningham Pier offers 'The Pier' a social venue. Steampacket Quay is located at the end of Moorabool Street and provided as sheltered location for ferries , seaplanes and other watercraft.
The Geelong and Western District Agricultural and Horticultural Society was formed in February 1855. [1] The first showgrounds site was in East Geelong, south of Eastern Park. It was bounded by Ryrie, Garden, Myers and Normanby Streets. The second showgrounds opened in October 1891, on a new site that ran south from Ormond Road to St Albans ...
The name of the area is officially gazetted as Geelong. [4] The Geelong city centre is the oldest part of Geelong and includes many of the city's historic landmarks such as the Geelong City Hall, St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, the T & G Building, Johnstone Park, Geelong railway station, and the old Geelong Post Office.
Drumcondra (/ d r ʌ m k ɒ n d r ə /) is a wealthy residential bayside suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay. It is the smallest suburb in Geelong and one of the smallest in Victoria. It was named after Drumcondra, which is an inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
The Suquamish Tribe's Clearwater Market is the first of several planned for sites around Kitsap County. Suquamish Tribe plans first off-reservation venture, with gas station, market in Poulsbo ...
The opening of a railway line to Geelong in 1879 [7] brought more tourists to the area, and numerous luxury hotels (or coffee palaces) were built to accommodate them. The Palace Hotel (later renamed Esplanade Hotel, now known as the Queenscliff Brewhouse) was built in 1879, the Baillieu Hotel was built in 1881 (and later renamed Ozone Hotel ...