Why Greater Geelong?
From the You Yangs to the Bellarine surf. Every fact sourced.
- Birthplace of refrigeration
James Harrison built the world's first ether vapour-compression ice-making and refrigeration machine in Geelong in 1844.Source: Wikipedia
- Victoria's second city
The City of Greater Geelong covers 1,248 square kilometres and had 271,057 people at the 2021 census.Source: Wikipedia
- A Wadawurrung name
Geelong comes from the Wadawurrung name Djilang, thought to mean land, cliffs or tongue of land, first recorded in 1827.Source: Wikipedia
- National Wool Museum
Opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 14 April 1988 in the former Dennys, Lascelles woolstore, as Australia's only comprehensive museum of the wool industry.Source: Wikipedia
- First long-distance call
Victoria's first long-distance telephone call was made from Geelong to Queenscliff on 8 January 1878.Source: Wikipedia
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