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…)
Can You Help Identify This Sea Baths Scene? Carollyn Williams, Society Member and also Secretary of the Torquay & District Historical Society, is seeking input on a photograph from the National Library of Australia labelled (more…)
Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 – 1929), Wednesday 28 December 1921, page 5 LATE MR J. F. MULDER.GEELONG CITIZEN WITH WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION.ORNITHOLOGIST AND GEOLOGIST By the death early yesterday morning, of Mr. John Frederick Mulder, (more…)
You can listen to a reading of this article by clicking the link below: Ambition and Inheritance: The Making of the Robertson Legacy In January 1836, William Robertson — a Hobart businessman and farmer — (more…)
For October’s online jigsaw puzzle our regular puzzle maker, Don Patterson, has selected an image of Geelong’s third Customs House, which was opened in 1880. Don is also speaker at our October 2 Meeting with (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…)