find what you want here Archive Search Use the Archive Search below to find specific keywords, website docs, and direct links to open Investigator Magazine PDFs.Use the Investigator Assistant to ask complex questions, explore topics, (more…)
New Trial Feature: Search the Entire Investigator Archive Using Natural Language We’re delighted to share a major step forward in how members can explore our region’s history. The society has developed a new natural‑language search (more…)
Geelong’s industrial landscape has never been static. It has shifted, adapted and reinvented itself across generations, leaving behind a layered built environment that tells the story of a city shaped by enterprise, ingenuity and change. (more…)
Speaker Report — Jim Happ on Geelong’s Municipal Incinerator You can listen to a reading of this article by clicking the link below: At our 3 June meeting, Jim Happ delivered a rich and absorbing (more…)
Updated in July 2026 this post now contains a reading of the 1988 article by C.G.T. Weickhardt on the Geelong Engineering firm Humble & Sons. Our society appreciates the Royal Historical Society’s Publications Committee for (more…)
Shaping Memory: How Archives Reveal the Story of Change You can listen to a reading of this article Our guest speaker last night was Carolyn Stok, Archivist at The Geelong College, who also had worked (more…)
This is a review of a newly published article by Society members Bob Gartland OAM and Dr Tony Joel. It offers a fresh and deeply researched portrait of Charles Brownlow, not only as a football (more…)
The Geelong Historical Society Welcomes the 2026 Committee The Geelong Historical Society held its Annual General Meeting on 1 April 2026, with 30 members gathering at the Virginia Todd Community Hall for a positive and (more…)
The Fyansford Paper Mill: Industry, Ingenuity and Community Listen to a reading of this article by clicking the link below: The Society was delighted to welcome Rod Morrison to a well-attended meeting, with thirty members (more…)
Over recent weeks the Society has been fortunate to receive several intriguing photographic collections, each with its own mystery, each offering a fresh window into Geelong’s past. One arrived from Toowoomba via the Ballarat Historical (more…)
You can listen to a reading of this article by clicking the following link: Improving Fish Passage in the Barwon and Moorabool Rivers The Society President, Harry Roberts, opened the evening by reflecting on the (more…)
Art in the Park – A History of the Geelong Art Gallery By Dr David Rowe You can listen to a reading of this article by clicking the link below: This month’s lecture was delivered (more…)