1820s Geelong – Geelong Historical Society

Port Phillip Bay as depicted by Hume & Hovell

Hume and Hovell – Investigator Vol 1 No 5

ByThe Investigator 25 August 20244 October 2024

Hume and Hovell The fifth instalment of The Story of Geelong was published in the Investigator magazine during November 1966. It covers the overland exploration undertaken by Hume & Hovell during 1824 and it provides (more…)

Geelong’s “Official” Beginning

ByHarry Roberts 27 June 202429 June 2024

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…)