Try recreating this Advertising Flyer from 1923. The striking image promoted an auction of a new building estate in East Geelong. 52 Blocks went under the hammer on that Saturday in March, with the vendors asking for a £1 deposit. However like today, interest rates where a relatively high 6%.
Geelong Industries 1891 Jigsaw Don Patterson has selected another iconic image for this month’s jigsaw puzzle. It has a Barwon River theme, taking you from upstream at the Barwon Paper Mills, down river via the Princess Bridge and the Barwon River bridge to the Tanneries and more untouched bends in its course.
The East Geelong Bus Jigsaw Don Patterson has found another great image from Geelong’s past to challenge your skills. This is the East Geelong bus, taken around 1905.
This article is a reprise of a story that the author, Harry Roberts, wrote and had published in 1976. It introduces the story of Mack Connor that unfolds in four short videos. Jaded and weary Geelong’s first marathon runner Adrian Ambrose Connor stood accepting the applause of the 1000 strong crowd. He just completed the…
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 Mill. The site is one of Geelong’s oldest industrial sites and during its 150 odd years of existence it has…
To start the new year Don Patterson has selected an iconic photograph from Geelong’s automotive and transport history – a bus made in 1905 by Humble & Sons, Geelong, using a 2 cylinder De Dion Bouton engine.
Over recent weeks the Society has been fortunate to receive several intriguing photographic collections, each with its own mystery, each offering a fresh window into Geelong’s past. One arrived from Toowoomba via the Ballarat Historical Association; another came from a member’s family archive; and the third emerged from a mis‑labelled image in the National Library…
