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City in Victoria, Australia
Geelong () is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the State of Victoria, Australia. Geelong is 75 kilometers (47 miles) southwest of the state capital, Melbourne. It is the second largest Victorian city, with an estimated metropolitan population of 268,277 in June 2018. It is also Australia's second fastest growing city. Geelong runs from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and Barrabool Hills in the west. Geelong is the administrative center of the city of Greater Geelong municipality, which includes urban, rural and coastal areas surrounding the city, including the Bellarine Peninsula.Geelong was appointed in 1827, with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region, Djillong thought to mean "country" or "rock" or "heavy soil or peninsula". Geelong city is also known as the 'Gateway City' because of its central location to the surrounding Victorian regional centers of Ballarat in the North West, Torquay, Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest, Hamilton, Colac and Winchelsea to the west, and the state capital of Melbourne in northeast . The area was first surveyed in 1838, three weeks after Melbourne. The post office was open from June 1840 (the second to open in the Port Phillip District). The first Woolstore built during this period and it was the port for the wool industry in the Western District. During the Gold Rush, Geelong experienced a short boom as the main port for the rich goldfields of Ballarat district. The city diversified ago to manufacture, and during the 1860s, it became one of the largest manufacturing centers in Australia with its wool mills, rope works and paper mills.It proclaimed a city in 1910, with industrial growth from this time until 1960 establishing the city as a manufacturing center for the state and the population grew to over 100,000 in the mid-1960s. During the city's early years, was a resident in Geelong often called Geelongite or Pivotonian, derived from the nickname "The Pivot", referring to the city's role as a shipping and railroad hub for the area. The population increase in the last decade due to growth in service industries, as manufacturing has declined. Redevelopment of the inner city have occurred since the 1990s, as well as the gentrification of the inner suburbs, and currently has a population growth higher than the national average.Today stands Geelong as an emerging health, education and advanced manufacturing hub. The city's economy shifted rapidly and despite experiencing the disadvantages of losing much of its heavy manufacturing, it looks much growth in other sectors, to position itself as one of the leading non-equity Australian cities. It is home to the Geelong Football Club, the second oldest club in the Australian Football League. .... Learn more at Wikipedia
The main form of transport in Geelong's car. Geelong is well connected by paths to all southwest Victoria, Melbourne of a larger-arterial Princes Freeway (M1) with three or four lanes in each direction, to Warrnambool Princes Highway (A1) Bellarine Peninsula through Bellarine Highway (B110), Ballarat Midland Highway (A300), to Hamilton and Hamilton highway (B140). The $ 380 million Geelong Ring Road (an extension of the Princes Freeway) bypasses the greater Geelong urban leave the Princes Highway near Corio to rejoin the motorway at Waurn Ponds. The "Lewis Bandt Bridge", named after Ford Australia engineer who is credited as the inventor of the outside (1934), in Geelong is a function of the new road.
| Name | Geelong |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Geelong, VIC, Australia |
| Region | Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Map | Open Map |
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