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Location:
Oceania,
Australia, Geelong
Category:
Coastal view
Description:
View of the
marina
and harbour at Geelong, Victoria
Location Information:
Geelong is the second largest city
in the state of Victoria, Australia
and is the largest regional centre
in the state. Geelong is a port city
located on Corio Bay and the Barwon
River, 75 kilometres (47 mi)
south-west of the state's capital,
Melbourne. With an urban population
of 160,991 people, Geelong is the
fifth largest non-capital city in
Australia. It is covered by the City
of Greater Geelong municipality.
The urban area runs from the plains
of Lara in the north to the rolling
hills of Waurn Ponds to the south,
with the bay to the east and hills
to the west. The climate is
temperate, with four distinct
seasons. The city is the home to car
manufacturer Ford Australia and the
Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The
Cats.
Geelong was named in 1837 by
Governor Richard Burke, with the
name derived from the local
Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the
region, Jillong, thought to mean
'land' or 'cliffs'] The area was
first surveyed in 1838, three weeks
after Melbourne, and the Post Office
was open by June 1840 (the second to
open in the Port Phillip District).
The first woolstore was erected in
this period and Geelong became the
port for the wool industry of the
Western District. The gold rush in
Ballarat saw the population of
Geelong increase to 22,000 by the
mid 1850s. The city then diversified
into manufacturing, rivalling
Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne as wool
mills, ropeworks, and paper mills
were established, but the next few
decades saw the population stay
relatively constant until the 20th
century.
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