Digitising Shire of Bellarine Rate Books
Well, this is definitely an experiment – my first POLL and I have no idea what it will look like or how it will work! So forgive me if I get it all wrong. More and more people are trying … Continued
Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum
Sometimes I get cross and sometimes I get over it and other times I just have to speak out. What makes me cross? When a group of volunteers work hard for their group and they just don’t get the support … Continued
Geelong Heritage Centre … moved
If you haven’t caught up with the news, the Geelong Heritage Centre has moved while the new Library and Heritage Centre is built on the site of the old premises. The Heritage Centre is currently closed during the move and … Continued
Who built the Great Ocean Road?
What an important project and one that YOU can get involved in! Iain Grant and the Portland Family History Group have been compiling a list of anyone who had a connection with building the Great Ocean Road between 1919 and … Continued
United Service Home
Major-General TULLOCH opened the United Service Home at Drysdale on Wednesday 2 July 1891. When he arrived in Victoria as commander of the Victorian military forces in 1890, he was appalled to discover that a number of old soldiers and … Continued
Winner of 2011 PMI Short History Prize
The winner of the 2011 Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Short History Prize was our very own Dr Peter Mansfield. Most locals involved in family or local history in Geelong & District will know Peter and his involvement with … Continued
Darwin – NOT in Geelong and District!
It might sound funny talking about Darwin on the Geelong & District blog site but there is definitely a connection! I try to get in a quick trip to Darwin once a year to visit family – preferably in June … Continued
Colac in North Carolina!
It was an exciting time for our region last Thursday [19th May] … Colac & District Historical Society were joint winners in their category in the Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards! Not only was it exciting for them to … Continued