Logging into the website
Video Instructions for First Time Users Here is a detailed video that takes you through the process of registering for access to the website. It takes a first time user through the process of registering, (more…)
Member Section Video Tour
Explore our new member only section Harry Roberts, our new Geelong Historical Society president, provides a short 4 minute overview to the society’s updated website and its Member Only section.As is explained in the video, (more…)
August 2024 Meeting Report
Geelong Heritage Centre. Our last meeting was more than just a visit, it was a homecoming. It took place at the Kim barne thaliyu / Geelong Heritage Centre on the third floor of the Geelong (more…)
From the President’s Pen August 2024
Welcome to my first President’s Newsletter. One of my favourite sayings is: change is the only constant. Life changes daily, but I am mindful that we make changes to our Society thoughtfully and for the (more…)
Bygone Days: Geelong – Jan 1923
Bygone Days: Geelong in January 1923 In this, the first of a series of articles on life in Geelong as it was experienced just over 100 years ago, Harry Roberts uses the pages of The (more…)
1800s | Indented Head | Latest News | Notable People | Port Phillip | Video | Wadawurrung | You Yangs
Flinders and Port 16
Port 16 … is this Matthew Flinder’s most important discovery? In 1802 when Matthew Flinders began his journey that resulted in the first circumnavigation of our continent he made one discovery that he prosaically labelled (more…)
Geelong’s “Official” Beginning
The name of Geelong was not the land we live on, but the inner bay. The land from the hills or downs to the water, we call Geelong, was called Iranmoo (also spelled Iramoo). ‘Geelong’ (more…)
1920s | Community Groups | Decades | Latest News | Sport
Max Kroger Geelong’s High Flying Athletic Champion
Max Kroger Geelong’s High Flying Athletic Champion Gliding with apparent ease over the high bar, Geelong Guild Harriers athlete, Max Kroger, annexed another Australian Record. In clearing 11 feet 7 1/2 inches he broke the (more…)
Geelong’s First Marathon Man
This article is a reprise of a story that the author, Harry Roberts, wrote and had published in 1976. It introduces the story of Mack Connor that unfolds in four short videos. Jaded and weary (more…)
June 2024 Lecture Report
June Meeting Our Future : Thriving by Looking Outward to the Future A Shared Vision for the Future A new era has begun in the Geelong Historical Society. After 17 years at the helm, David (more…)
The Regent Theatre Geelong
A ‘facelift’ for the 102 year old Regent The Regent was not King Charles’ representative, but one of Geelong’s oldest theatres. Do you remember when the Regent Theatre was showing movies? It was a prominent Geelong landmark (more…)
Vol 1 No 1 1965 Editorial
FROM THE ARCHIVES Our very first edition of the Investigator In September of 1965, after 21 years of existence, the first copy of the Investigator rolled off the press and was distributed to members. Now, (more…)