Hello Members, In 2025, under the leadership of our President Harry Roberts, the Society set a new direction captured by the phrase Looking Forward and Outward. This vision rests on three pillars: Communication, Community, and (more…)
Lara’s Story An original letter from a farm girl at Kirk’s Point in the late 1940s was a valuable personalaccount of Avalon Airport’s beginning. That’s one of the interesting stories that Jean Reesfrom the Lara (more…)
SOME WESTERN DISTRICT GENTLEMEN’S CLUBS In June 2022 the Investigator published this article by member, archivist and author, Norm Houghton. Norm had surveyed the history of a number of gentlemen’s clubs in his talk to (more…)
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…)
Sydney investor, briefly owner of Osborne House By Daryl Wight Andrew Sutherland Low (1831-94), was a Sydney factory owner, mining investor and real estate developer, who owned Osborne House, Geelong, for a brief period in (more…)