September Meeting Report: A History of Cricket in Geelong. Geelong is a city known for its sporting achievements. We were fortunate to listen to Tony Joel and Mathew Turner speak about the history of Cricket (more…)
Geelong 1839-1841: its early development. In the first issue of 1968 the Ian Wynd, the editor of the Investigator magazine, continued his ‘Story of Geelong’. His focus in the February edition was the early development (more…)
Little Scotland: its borders, people and stories. On April 5 1967 LJ Keavy was the speaker at the Geelong Historical Society’s monthly meeting. He had been a resident of Little Scotland, a small pocket of (more…)
For October’s online jigsaw puzzle our regular puzzle maker, Don Patterson, has selected an image of Geelong’s third Customs House, which was opened in 1880. Don is also speaker at our October 2 Meeting with (more…)
On Wednesday, October 2 the Geelong Historical Society will be hosting a presentation about Customs in Geelong from former Customs Officer, Mr Andrew Caddy and Society member, Don Patterson. Both men worked in the Customs (more…)
Video Instructions for First Time Users Here is a detailed video that takes you through the process of registering for access to the website. It takes a first time user through the process of registering, (more…)
Explore our new member only section Harry Roberts, our new Geelong Historical Society president, provides a short 4 minute overview to the society’s updated website and its Member Only section.As is explained in the video, (more…)
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, (more…)
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 (more…)
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 (more…)
Geelong Heritage Centre. Our last meeting was more than just a visit, it was a homecoming. It took place at the Kim barne thaliyu / Geelong Heritage Centre on the third floor of the Geelong (more…)
The Teesdale Cricket Club. Don has selected an image for the September Jigsaw that is very appropriate considering our guest speakers at the September Meeting, whose topic centres on the contribution that cricket has made (more…)