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.
You can listen to a reading of this article by clicking the following link: Enlisting and Resisting At our November Society meeting, we were privileged to hear from Dr Bart Ziino of Deakin University, whose talk, Enlisting and Resisting: Why Did Australian Men Decline to Enlist in the Great War?, offered a compelling exploration of…
Port 16 … is this Matthew Flinder’s most important discovery? In 1802 when Matthew Flinders began his journey that resulted in the first circumnavigation of our continent he made one discovery that he prosaically labelled as Port 16. We know it better as Port Phillip. Following maps and guides provided by George Bass, Flinders at…
A review of Hamilton Hume Sketch Maps: Origins and Modern Treatment by Martin Williams Following Hamilton Hume and William Hovell’s first overland journey of exploration from southern New South Wales into Victoria in 1824 a number of important primary and secondary source documents were produced. These accounts included original journals and writings by Hume and…
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…
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For the last Jigsaw Puzzle of the year, Don has selected an early photograph from the corner of Fitzroy and Corio Streets in about 1862. It captures the reality of the post-gold rush Geelong, with the Gaol rising formidably over the streetscape.
