Logging into the website
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…)
Member Section Video Tour
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…)
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 1
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 1 The RS&S Mill, at the river end of Pakington Street, provides a classic example of the opportunities that the buildings left behind by industrial decline can provide communities, (more…)
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 2
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 2 Federal Woollen Mills Built in the early years of the twentieth century the Federal Woollen Mills in North Geelong were state of the art factories, all electric, well (more…)
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 3
Hubcaps to Creative Hubs – Part 3 Fyansford Paper Mill In the third part of Hubcaps to Creative Hubs Dr Cristina Garduño Freeman takes us back to the 1870s when she visited the Fyansford Paper (more…)
Investigator Vol 12 No 3 – Gold Rush Geelong
Gold Rush Geelong The following article is taken from the 1977 September issue of the Investigator magazine, which in turn draws upon an article published in The Geelong Advertiser on July 15, 1922. Unfortunately neither (more…)
The J.F. Costa Collection.
A stunning collection of 19th & early 20th century photographs of Geelong is now available on the members section of the Geelong Historical Society website. The collection was originally donated by Ms Barbara Walker in (more…)
From the President’s Pen August 2024
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 – Jan 1923
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…)
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Flinders and Port 16
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…)
Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Invite
THE ENIGMA OF FOSTER FYANS. Denise Feldman, the President of the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens has extended an invitation to an event she believes our members would be interested in. It takes place on (more…)
Meet Colac’s Dr Rae
The Colac & District Family History Group extends an invitation to our members to experience the innovative way that they have chosen to portray the history of an important early resident and include events in (more…)