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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.
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 ...
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.
The former Geelong Law Courts, in Myers Street, Geelong. 1910 – Geelong officially becomes a city; 1912 – Electric trams begin operation in Geelong; 1912 – First automatic telephone exchange in the Southern Hemisphere opens in Geelong; 1920 – Royal Australian Navy's submarine fleet based at Osborne House; 1925 – Geelong Football Club ...
Formerly known as the Geelong Historical Records Section, its name was changed in 2003 to the Geelong Heritage Centre. The Geelong Heritage Centre also holds archival and historical records gathered by the Geelong Historical Society, [8] which has also been involved in numerous commemorative events and dedicating monuments [9] and is often cited as the authoritative source on early Geelong ...
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 ...
[8] [9] The modern name of Geelong, first recorded in 1827, was derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region, Djilang, thought to mean "land", "cliffs" or "tongue of land or peninsula". [10] [11] The area was first surveyed by the European settlers in 1838, three weeks after Melbourne. [12]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2016) Old Government House, Parramatta, circa 1799 Old Military Barracks, now Legislative Assembly Chambers, Kingston, Norfolk Island Historic Ross Bridge with the Uniting Church in the background This is primarily a list of towns and cities in Australia by year of settlement. The article also contains information on ...