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Hamlyn Heights
Hamlyn Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. It located to the west of the city on hills that overlook Corio Bay. It was named after Sidney Hamlyn, a local resident in the 1940s. At the , Hamlyn Heights had a population of 6,293. The suburb boundaries are Church St, Ballarat Rd, Moorabool River and two unmarked boundaries extending between Church St to Moorabool River and between Moorabool River and Ballarat Rd. Hamlyn Heights has two retail areas. A large shopping strip is located in Vines Rd. The Post Office opened here on 2 February 1959 it is known as Vines Road, Geelong. A small group of shops also exist in Fairlie St. Hamlyn Heights was the home to international actor Guy Pearce Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. List of awards and nominations received by Guy Pearce, His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Aw ... who lived in Hamlyn Heights during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victoria), Barwon River, about southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and running from the plains of Lara, Victoria, Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west. The traditional owners of the land on which Geelong sits are the Wadawurrung (also known as Wathaurong) Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people of the Kulin natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Geelong
The electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It centres on inner metropolitan Geelong and following the June 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries includes the suburbs of Belmont, Breakwater, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong, Herne Hill, Manifold Heights, Newcomb, Newtown, St Albans Park, Thomson, Whittington and part of Fyansford. The seat first existed from 1856 to 1859 as a four-member seat. It was split into Geelong East and Geelong West in 1859, but re-created in 1876 as a three-member seat. It was cut back to a two-member seat in 1889 and became a single-member seat in 1904. It was abolished in 1976 but re-created in 1985. In its current incarnation, it has historically been a marginal seat with demographics similar to the state at large. As such, it was held by the governing party of the day from 1985 to 2010. Incomes vary strongly across the seat. It was won in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Corio
The Division of Corio () is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the List of Australian electorates contested at every election, original 65 divisions to be contested at the 1901 Australian federal election, first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. The current Member for Corio, since the 2007 Australian federal election, 2007 federal election, is Richard Marles, the current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. History For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. However, Labor has held it without interruption since a 1967 Corio by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Post Hill, Victoria
Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Bell Post had a population of 4,919. The origin of the suburb's name is thought to be from a lookout or warning bell on a post or forked tree situated on the hill overlooking Corio Bay and the Moorabool River, Moorabool river known as Morongo estate. Schools in Bell Post Hill * Kardinia International College (previously Morongo College) * Covenant College (Geelong), Covenant College (previously Geelong Christian School) * Rollins Primary School Heritage listed sites Bell Post Hill contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: * 205 Ballarat Road and 5-61 Anakie Road, Morongo (house), Morongo * Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 1 Sport The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League. Geelong Rangers FC play association football, soccer at Myers Reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Park, Victoria
Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by Cowies Creek, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway and to the west by Anakie Road. At the 2016 Census, Bell Park had a population of 5,009. History Bell Park was named after the Bell Park homestead built by an early settler named John Bell. Part of Bell's homestead is preserved at the Grace McKellar Centre. In the early 1950s, residential development of the area increased with migrants and refugees arriving from Europe after World War II. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1953. There are two Ukrainian churches in Bell Park—one Orthodox and one Catholic. There is also one Russian Orthodox church. Facilities As of 2022, there are three shopping strips in Bell Park. The strip along Milton Street has a news agent, hairdresser, day spa, bottle shop, Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative, post of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Geelong, Victoria
North Geelong is a suburb of Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. The suburb was bypassed by traffic from Melbourne coming from the Princes Freeway by the creation of the Geelong Ring Road, which was complete in 2009. At the , North Geelong had a population of 2,966. The Australian department store, Target (not affiliated with the American Target Corporatio was founded in Geelong in 1925 and was called Lindsay's at the time. Its head office was located on Thompson Road but is no longer there. The suburb has an Australian rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League and a Croatian association football team North Geelong Warriors FC that are currently competing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. History From 1858 to 1971 a gasworks was operated by the Geelong Gas Company on a site on Victoria and Douro Streets with a connecting rail to the Geelong Ports. The current Post Office opened in 1987. An earlier office dating from 1886 was repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyansford, Victoria
Fyansford is a township on the western edge of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, named after Captain Foster Fyans who came to Geelong as a Police magistrate in October, 1837. It is located at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers. At the 2016 census, Fyansford had a population of 196. Fyansford is one of the earliest places of settlement in the Geelong region. Fyans established his police camp nearby where the Moorabool could be forded—giving the name ''Fyan's Ford''.City of Greater Geelong: Fyansford Industry The area was once a centre for Geelong industry. In 1845 the first was erected by William Henry Collins on the banks of the B ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong West, Victoria
Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street. At the 2016 census, Geelong West had a population of 6,966. History Ashby was once a suburb of Geelong located in the area of Geelong West, west of Latrobe Terrace, between Aberdeen Street and Church Street. By 1850, that area had become known as Little Scotland, and Kildare. At that time, Ashby referred to the area between Autumn Street and Waratah Street. In 1875, the entire Ashby area was renamed Geelong West. The Ashby state school, which had only opened that year, had its name changed to Geelong West. In 1988, as part of Australia's bicentennial celebrations, the school changed its name back to Ashby. A Post Office named Geelong West opened on 1 July 1865, but was replaced and renamed Geelong North Railway Station in 1886. On 1 April 1887, the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herne Hill, Victoria
Herne Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Herne Hill had a population of 3,413. It is in the federal Division of Corio, and its postcode is 3218. The former Geelong Protestant and Orphan Asylum and common school was built in 1855 - one of the first four orphanages set up in Victoria during the 1850s. The orphan asylum site was acquired by Portland Cement in 1933. Herne Hill's suburban growth came after World War II. The State primary and Catholic primary schools opened in 1954 and 1955, and a State technical school opened in 1954. The Catholic Brigidine Sisters opened a convent and Clonard College in 1956. Heritage listed sites * "Karoomba" - 48 Heytesbury Street References Suburbs of Geelong {{BarwonSouthWest-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manifold Heights, Victoria
Manifold Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. At the , Manifold Heights had a population of 2,649. It was named after Manifolds’ vineyards, that existed between Minerva Road and Shannon Avenue, immediately east of the Geelong Western Cemetery in Herne Hill. The vineyards were owned by the prominent Western District pastoralists, John and Peter Manifold. The Post Office opened on 25 March 1929, but has always been known as Manifold. Holy Spirit Church, located in Bostock Avenue, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. ''.'' |
Corio Bay
Corio Bay is one of numerous internal bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. The nearby suburb of Corio takes its name from Corio Bay. Etymology When Hamilton Hume and William Hovell arrived at the bay in 1824 they met with the local Wautharong people who referred to the bay as "Jillong" and the surround land "Corayo", but by the time the area was surveyed in the late 1830s the Aboriginal names had been swapped. The names "Corayo" and "Jillong" had since been Anglicised to "Corio" and "Geelong". Shipping The Port of Geelong is located on the shores of Corio Bay, and is the sixth largest port in Australia by tonnage. Before the initial settlement of Geelong, a sandbar across the bay from Point Lillias to Point Henry prevented ships from entering the inner harbour. Ships were required to drop anchor in the bay, and cargo was brought into Geelong on small barges. At times it was possible to walk across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Pearce
Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. List of awards and nominations received by Guy Pearce, His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Cambridgeshire and raised in Geelong, Pearce started his career portraying Mike Young (Neighbours), Mike Young in the Australian television series ''Neighbours'' (1986–1989). Pearce received international attention for his break-out roles in ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' (1994), ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'' (1997), ''Ravenous (1999 film), Ravenous'' (1999), and ''Memento (film), Memento'' (2000). His subsequent roles were in ''The Time Machine (2002 film), The Time Machine'' (2002), ''The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film), The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002), ''Bedtime Stories (film), Bedtime Stories'' (2008), ''The Road (2009 film), The Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
