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  • Our April 1 Speaker: Rod Morrison

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    Rod Morrison will be speaking on the history of the old Fyansford Paper Mill.

  • Excursion to Moorabool Antiques

    Moorabool Antique Gallery 16/18 Ryrie Sreet, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Our April 11 Excursion to Moorabool Antiques in Ryrie Street has been well supported, with 30 members already signed up. Please note the new time of 10 am. We will be starting in the shop’s library and the excursion will conclude at 11 am. Paul Rosenberg will present an extensive selection of local antiques and...

  • Our May 6 Speaker: Carolyn Stok

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    Carolyn Stok, The Geelong College Archivist will speak on the impact of the 1975 decision by The Geelong College to introduce co-education.

  • Vice and Virtue: Temperance and the Rise and Fall of the Coffee Palace

    29 Bowen Street Point Lonsdale VIC 3225 29 Bowen Street, Point Lonsdale, VIC, Australia

    Vice and Virtue: Temperance and the Rise and Fall of the Coffee Palace Friday 22 May 2026 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEST 29 Bowen Street Point Lonsdale VIC 3225 by Dr Roderick White, Research Coordinator, QHM Roderick has lectured and worked in the fields of archaeology, computer science and engineering. His interests include...

  • Our June 3 Speaker: Jim Happ

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    Jim Happ will be giving a talk at our meeting on 3 June which explores a chapter in Geelong’s public health and engineering history, the development and operation of the city’s municipal garbage incinerator in the late 1920s. Designed by pioneering sanitation engineers John Boadle and Vasilie Trunoff, the incinerator offered a low-cost, hygienic alternative...

  • Our July 1 Speaker: Ben Petkov

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    Ben Petkov from the City of Greater Geelong will speak on “Beating the Bounds”. This old English custom, carried into Australia, involved walking the boundaries of a parish or municipality. It was one way to ensure new councillors knew their city — and to strengthen community memory of its limits.

  • Our August 5 Speaker: Viv Lewis on Geelong’s unique place in ambulance services

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    Geelong's unique place in ambulance services development Society member Viv Lewis will be speaking to the meeting about 20th Century developments in Geelong's ambulance service. Outside of Melbourne, Geelong was the first Victorian regional professional ambulance service formed following World War II. A leader in operational, technical, professional and educational developments, Geelong led the state...

  • Excursion to Noel Sharkey’s Horse Drawn and Heritage Vehicle Collection

    Jennifer Bantow is organising an excursion to Noel Sharkey's Horse Drawn and Heritage Vehicle Collection. Noel has three rules: No Facebook, No Charge and No Children. It will be a BYO lunch and drinks, though there are indoor tables and chairs provided. The address will be provided to members once they have registered.

  • Our September 2 Meeting: David Golightly

    The Virginia Todd Community Centre 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West, Victoria, Australia

    David Golightly will be speaking on Benito’s Treasure.

  • Launch of the Geelong Historical Society Glimpses of the Past Exhibition

    The Geelong Club 74 Brougham Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    The Geelong Historical Society's October Exhibition will be officially opened at the Geelong Club, one of Geelong's most significant heritage buildings. Members and guests are invited to attend the launch and enjoy guided tours of both the Exhibition and the historic Club. For this meeting, members and guests are advised that the Society will meet...

  • Geelong Historical Society Glimpses of the Past Exhibition

    The Geelong Club 74 Brougham Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    9-11 October Geelong Club, 74 Brougham Street, Geelong Presented in partnership with the Geelong Club, this major exhibition is the first mounted by the Geelong Historical Society since 1944. Discover the stories, artefacts, photographs and personalities that have shaped Geelong and the surrounding district, while also exploring one of the city's most important heritage buildings....

  • Friday Lecture: The History of the Geelong Club

    The Geelong Club 74 Brougham Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Geelong Club, 74 Brougham Street, Geelong As part of the Geelong Historical Society's October Exhibition program, Norman Houghton will present the first of two lectures: a talk on the history of the Geelong Club. Established in the nineteenth century and housed in one of Geelong's most distinguished heritage buildings, the Geelong Club has played an...