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September 2025 Speaker Report
Charles Brownlow: the man, the legacy All members in attendance enjoyed the conversational style of presentation Tony and Bob used to illuminate different aspects of Charles Brownlow’s life and character. We read about and view the presentation of the prestigious Charles Browlow’s medal as the AFL’s recognition of the season’s Best and Fairest player. Seldom…
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 honour of Joseph Francis Costa. Joseph was an Industrial Chemist with the SEC, an amateur radio enthusiast, a pioneer in…
February 5 2025 Lecture Report
“Don’t focus on the obstacles rather look for the opportunities around them“. Andrew Caddy and Graham Harrison gave a most engaging talk on the history of the Western District Car Club. Both men are long-time members of their club that, like ours, was created in the 1940s and continues strongly today. Quite a few of…
From the President’s Pen May 2025
Hello, fellow Geelong Historical Society members. I hope you are well. Welcome to another edition of the President’s Pen. I am pleased to report that I was installed as President for another 12 months and have the opportunity to continue our Vision of: “Looking Forward and Outward”. The next twelve months will be exciting and…
Oscar Hughan
Seeking Insights into Oscar Hughan’s Time in Geelong The Society has received a fascinating research inquiry from filmmaker Robyn Hughan and her partner, Steve, who are developing a documentary on Oscar Hughan (1826–1915) — a poet, journalist, and adventurer with ties to Geelong in the early 1850s and again in the early 1860s. They are…
ANOTHER LOCAL HERO: ALBERT ‘POMPEY’ AUSTIN, A MAN OF MANY TALENTS
First published in Investigator Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, June 2018 A couple of years ago our editor, Lana Capon, wrote an article for The Investigator on Tom Wills, the charismatic and wayward cricketer who was one of the pioneers of the Australia’s domestic code of football in the mid-nineteenth century. In recent times books,…
