local and family history
Records of the Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum were a crucial source used for the Who Do You Think You Are episode featuring Grant Denyer on 13 July 2021. But, if you watched that episode you won’t have heard any … Continued
It is only a week away but a local group is organising a 50 year reunion for nurses from Geelong Hospital. The group has managed to track down all the past nurses except one – Jo or Josephine CLEARY. She … Continued
The school register for Shelford State School No. 379 features in the latest group of updates to the Geelong & District database. From Vision and Realisation, published by the Education Department of Victoria in 1973: Probably a Presbyterian School operated … Continued
Geelong Hospital again features in the latest additions to the Geelong and District database with another index of an Annual Report – this time for 1910. I’d forgotten how much useful information was printed in these Annual Reports. They don’t include name … Continued
Geelong Hospital features in the latest additions to the Geelong and District database with the index of the book Visions & Realities: a history of the Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum by Dr W R (Roy) Lang. It also includes … Continued
The Annual Reports of the Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum are being indexed by volunteers for the Geelong region. The report for 1877 has just been added to the Geelong & District Database. This makes a total of 28 Annual Reports indexed … Continued