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		<description>Stories of Geelong brings the region’s history to life through narrated articles from the Geelong Historical Society’s archives. Each episode features a reading of a published piece—illuminating the people, places, and events that shaped our community. Whether you’re a local, a researcher, or simply curious, these stories offer a window into Geelong’s past, told in the voices of today.</description>
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	<title>The Early Field Naturalists of Geelong</title>
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	<title>Little Scotland: a story of a vanished neighbourhood</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/little-scotland-a-story-of-a-vanished-neighbourhood/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we follow the memories of L. J. Keavy, who spoke to the Geelong Historical Society in 1967 about the small but spirited neighbourhood once known as Little Scotland. His recollections span more than forty years of life and trade in Spring Street — from its gold‑rush origins and...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we follow the memories of L. J. Keavy, who spoke to the Geelong Historical Society in 1967 about the small but spirited neighbourhood once known as Little Scotland. His recollections span more than forty years of li]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Little Scotland: L. J. Keavy’s Story of a Vanished Neighbourhood]]></itunes:title>
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	<title>The Cusp of Change</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/the-cusp-of-change/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we travel back 190 years to read one of the earliest descriptions of the Geelong area. This topic chose itself. This podcast began its life as a talk to the Ocean Grove &#38; Barwon Heads Rotary Club in February 2026. The events it describes took place exactly one...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we travel back 190 years to read one of the earliest descriptions of the Geelong area. This topic chose itself. This podcast began its life as a talk to the Ocean Grove &#38; Barwon Heads Rotary Club in February 202]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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	<title>Ink, Ambition, and Insolvency: The Chronicle’s Tale</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/ink-ambition-and-insolvency-the-chronicles-tale/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we explore the rise and fall of a bold publishing venture that once gave its voice to the city whose name it bore: The Geelong Chronicle. Launched in March 1861 by Thomas Allen Sidders, The Chronicle was more than a newspaper. Its editorial stance was fearless, its motto...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode of Stories of Geelong, we explore the rise and fall of a bold publishing venture that once gave its voice to the city whose name it bore: The Geelong Chronicle. Launched in March 1861 by Thomas Allen Sidders, The Chronicle was more than a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Ink, Ambition, and Insolvency: The Chronicle’s Tale]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
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	<title>Miles from Anywhere: Mary Jane Muirhead&#8217;s 1847 Voice from Port Phillip</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/miles-from-anywhere-mary-jane-muirheads-1847-voice-from-port-phillip/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we journey back to the frontier days of early Victoria through the voice of Mary Jane Muirhead. In December 1847, Mary Jane, the Irish‑born wife of squatter Robert Muirhead, wrote a remarkable letter from the Grampians to her...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we journey back to the frontier days of early Victoria through the voice of Mary Jane Muirhead. In December 1847, Mary Jane, the Irish‑born wife of ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Miles from Anywhere: Mary Jane Muirhead’s 1847 Voice from Port Phillip]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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	<title>The Call to Arms: Enlisting or Resisting</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/the-call-to-arms-enlisting-or-resisting/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Stories of Geelong: Enlisting and Resisting Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we revisit our November 2025 Society meeting, where Dr Bart Ziino of Deakin University explored a rarely told side of the Great War. His talk, Enlisting and Resisting: Why Did Australian Men...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Stories of Geelong: Enlisting and Resisting Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we revisit our November 2025 Society meeting, where Dr Bart Ziino of Deakin University explored a rarely]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[The Call to Arms: Enlisting or Resisting]]></itunes:title>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stories of Geelong: Enlisting and Resisting Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we revisit our November 2025 Society meeting, where Dr Bart Ziino of Deakin University explored a rarely told side of the Great War. His talk, Enlisting and Resisting: Why Did Australian Men...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stories of Geelong: Enlisting and Resisting Welcome to Stories of Geelong, where we uncover the histories that shaped our community. In this episode, we revisit our November 2025 Society meeting, where Dr Bart Ziino of Deakin University explored a rarely told side of the Great War. His talk, Enlisting and Resisting: Why Did Australian Men...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>From Farriers to Surgeons: Geelong’s Veterinary Story</title>
	<link>https://www.geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au/podcast/from-farriers-to-surgeons-geelongs-veterinary-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This episode revisits Bryan Wardle’s detailed account of veterinary practice in Geelong — from its earliest days to the modern profession. At a time when horses powered transport, commerce, and daily life, veterinary surgeons were vital figures. Working alongside farriers and livery-stable keepers, they kept animals healthy and serviceable. Drawing on early directories, advertisements, and...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This episode revisits Bryan Wardle’s detailed account of veterinary practice in Geelong — from its earliest days to the modern profession. At a time when horses powered transport, commerce, and daily life, veterinary surgeons were vital figures. Working ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[From Farriers to Surgeons: Geelong’s Veterinary Story]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This episode revisits Bryan Wardle’s detailed account of veterinary practice in Geelong — from its earliest days to the modern profession. At a time when horses powered transport, commerce, and daily life, veterinary surgeons were vital figures. Working alongside farriers and livery-stable keepers, they kept animals healthy and serviceable. Drawing on early directories, advertisements, and...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Those Foreigners</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this richly textured memoir, Lou Lane departs from her usual focus on Aboriginal history to offer a vivid, affectionate portrait of early 20th-century life in East Geelong. “Those Foreigners” is both a personal recollection and a social snapshot; told]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Geelong Athletics – A False Start</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In the early 1890s, amid the rise of amateur sport across colonial Victoria, Geelong made a spirited, if short-lived, attempt to establish itself as a centre for organised athletics. Harry Roberts’ meticulously researched article, Geelong Athletics – A False Start, traces the brief but ambitious life of the Geelong Harriers Club, founded in 1892 under...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the early 1890s, amid the rise of amateur sport across colonial Victoria, Geelong made a spirited, if short-lived, attempt to establish itself as a centre for organised athletics. Harry Roberts’ meticulously researched article, Geelong Athletics – A F]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>The Robertsons of Colac</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Ambition and Inheritance: The Making of the Robertson Legacy In January 1836, William Robertson — a Hobart businessman and farmer — crossed Bass Strait to inspect the land provisionally allocated to him as an investor in the newly formed Port Phillip Association. Having arrived in Van Diemen’s Land in 1822, Robertson had already found success...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ambition and Inheritance: The Making of the Robertson Legacy In January 1836, William Robertson — a Hobart businessman and farmer — crossed Bass Strait to inspect the land provisionally allocated to him as an investor in the newly formed Port Phillip Ass]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Ambition and Inheritance: The Making of the Robertson Legacy]]></itunes:title>
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