From the President’s Pen Feb 2025
Hello everyone. Happy New Year! I hope you are well and looking forward to many exciting and interesting events in 2025. I am pleased to inform you that Michael O’Donnell has been appointed to fill (more…)
Hello everyone. Happy New Year! I hope you are well and looking forward to many exciting and interesting events in 2025. I am pleased to inform you that Michael O’Donnell has been appointed to fill (more…)
Hume & Hovell 1824: Who fired the cannon? On December 16, 1824 the Hume and Hovell finally reached Corio Bay, close to Point Lillias and ‘Bird Rock’. The next day the party camped adjacent to (more…)
Hello, Geelong Historical Society members. I hope you are well. Welcome to my second President’s Pen. In this edition I want to share with you the events in which our Society has been engaged since (more…)
September Meeting Report: A History of Cricket in Geelong. Geelong is a city known for its sporting achievements. We were fortunate to listen to Tony Joel and Mathew Turner speak about the history of Cricket (more…)
On Wednesday, October 2 the Geelong Historical Society will be hosting a presentation about Customs in Geelong from former Customs Officer, Mr Andrew Caddy and Society member, Don Patterson. Both men worked in the Customs (more…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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 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…)
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…)
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…)