Harry Roberts is the 2024 President of the Geelong Historical Society. He has worked in the education sector and has an abiding interest in Australian history.
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How Geelong had fun in 1923
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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, that are creative enough to invest in them, with dynamic and vital spaces. The Mills were opened in 1921 to…
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 ventilated and light filled; they were thoroughly modern. Yet by the close of that century they were abandoned, derelict and…
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