Timeline of Geelong history

This is a timeline of major events in the history of the city of Geelong, Australia.[1]

19th century

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Woodcut of the Lady Nelson
  • 1802 – Lady Nelson enters Corio Bay
  • 1803 – Escaped convict William Buckley living in area.
  • 1835 – John Batman establishes base camp at Indented Head
  • 1838 – Geelong township surveyed, Geelong population is 545.
  • 1839 – First sale of Geelong town allotments
  • 1839 – First postal mail between Geelong and Melbourne
  • 1840 – First issue of the Geelong Advertiser newspaper is published
  • 1842 – First St Mary's Catholic Church opens
  • 1845 – Geelong Keys discovered at Corio Bay
  • 1849 – The Geelong town council is incorporated.
  • 1850 – Geelong is the fifth largest town in Victoria.
  • 1851 – Gold is found in the Mount Bunninyong district
  • 1851 – Geelong population is 8,000
  • 1853 – Geelong population is 22,000
  • 1855 – Geelong Grammar School founded
  • 1855 – St Augustine's Boys Orphanage established
  • 1857 – Victoria's first country railway from Geelong to Melbourne is built
  • 1859 – Thomas Austin releases 24 rabbits into the wild on his property 'Barwon Park' at Winchelsea just outside Geelong on Christmas Day, introducing the rabbit to Australia.
  • 1862 – Geelong to Ballarat railway opens
  • 1888 – First telephone exchange in Geelong opens
  • 1890 – Geelong Cementworks Opens

20th century

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The former Geelong Law Courts, in Myers Street, Geelong.

21st century

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  • 2000 - Fully-restored Victorian era carousel opened in new pavilion on the waterfront[2]
  • 2001 – Geelong population is 184,332
  • 2002 – 23 May, Skilled Stadium hosts a visit from the Dalai Lama
  • 2003 – Former mayor Frank De Stefano is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on fraud charges involving A$8.3 million
  • 2006 – Geelong population is 210,000 becoming the 12th largest city in Australia
  • 2007 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership by record margin of 119 points
  • 2009 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  • 2010 – Geelong Ring Road construction Complete
  • 2011 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  • 2015 – Worksafe Victoria Headquarters Construction started
  • 2016 – Geelong population is 253,269
  • 2016- A giant cell storm comes through Geelong, flooding the Barwon and Moorabool rivers, along with Belmont, South Geelong, and Newtown.[3]
  • 2016 – End of Ford's car manufacturing
  • 2018 – Worksafe Victoria Headquarters Construction complete
  • 2019 – The Mercer and Miramar Geelong construction started
  • 2020 - COVID-19 reaches Geelong. Total of 2,370 cases confirmed since arrival date
  • 2020 - Devastating Storm hits Geelong causing Tornado in Suburb of Waurn Ponds

Timeline of tallest buildings in Geelong:

1. The Miramar – 71 m (2019)

2. The Mercer – 64 m (2019)

3. Worksafe Headquarters Geelong – 60 m (2018)

4. Mercure Hotel – 40 m (2008)

6. Shell Refinery – 40 m (1946)

7. Fyansford Cementworks – 30 m (1954)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Houghton, Norman. "The Story of Geelong" (PDF). geelongaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  2. ^ Adams, David (14 October 2000). "Geelong reveals its heart and soul". The Age. p. 17. ProQuest 2521674179.
  3. ^ "SES rescues 18 as Geelong suffers 'one-in-50-year' flooding". ABC News. 27 January 2016.