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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.
Geelong's History is preserved through both the Geelong Historical Society, and the associated Geelong Heritage Centre currently housed in the new regional library [134] building opened in 2015. [135] Now defunct, Geelong hosted a digital conference Pivot Summit which was headlined by Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak in 2017. [136]
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 ...
1925 – Retail chain Target opens first store in Geelong; 1926 – Geelong suburb Highton gets struck by tornado; 1930 – 3GL radio station opens; 1931 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership; 1937 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership; 1940 – Manning Clark begins teaching at Geelong Grammar School; 1951 – Geelong Football Club ...
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.
The Geelong Club: 74 Brougham Street 1888–89 [22] Geelong Customs House: 57 Brougham Street 1855–56 [23] Geelong railway station: 1 Railway Terrace 1877 [24] Geelong Synagogue: 74–78 McKillop Street 1861 [25] Geelong Telegraph Station: 83A Ryrie Street 1857–58 [26] Geelong City Hall: 30 Gheringhap Street 1855 [27] Geelong Wool Exchange ...
By 1854, after Geelong settlers had purchased lands in the area, the Rippleside Hotel and local general store were opened. The Melbourne-Geelong railway, opened in 1857, also runs on the western boundary of the suburb, and the nearby North Geelong railway station, called West Geelong in its first couple of years, was opened in 1883.