North Geelong, Victoria
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North Geelong is a suburb of Geelong in the Australia
n state of Victoria. The suburb will be bypassed by traffic from Melbourne coming from the Princes Freeway
by the creation of the Geelong Ring Road, due for completion in 2009.
From 1860 to 1970 a gasworks
was operated by the Geelong Gas Company
on a site between Victoria Street and the Geelong railway line. The current Post Office opened in 1987. An earlier office dating from 1886 was replaced by Rippleside
in 1986.
Osborne House
was built on the shores of Corio Bay
in 1858 as a private residence, later being used by the Royal Australian Navy
, local council officers, and is currently the home of the Geelong Maritime Museum.
The head office of Australian department store, Target
, founded in Geelong in 1925 is located in Thompson Road, next door to the former Geelong Golf Club
.
In 1998 hotel owner George Ramia erected a 15m-high polystyrene replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza
atop his hotel.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League
and an association football (soccer) named North Geelong Warriors FC that are competing in the Victorian State League Division 1
Golfers play at the course of the Geelong Golf Club on Ballarat Road North.
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Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Victoria. The suburb will be bypassed by traffic from Melbourne coming from the Princes Freeway
Princes Freeway
The Princes Freeway is a , 2 section freeway, which links Melbourne to Geelong on the west and Morwell on the east . It continues beyond these extremities as the Princes Highway towards Adelaide to the west and Sydney to the east...
by the creation of the Geelong Ring Road, due for completion in 2009.
From 1860 to 1970 a gasworks
Gasworks
A gasworks or gas house is a factory for the manufacture of gas. The use of natural gas has made many redundant in the developed world, however they are often still used for storage.- Early gasworks :...
was operated by the Geelong Gas Company
Geelong Gas Company
The Geelong Gas Company was a private company set up to produce and distribute town gas in the city of Geelong. From a gasworks in North Geelong it converted coal into town gas for use in homes and industry...
on a site between Victoria Street and the Geelong railway line. The current Post Office opened in 1987. An earlier office dating from 1886 was replaced by Rippleside
Rippleside, Victoria
Rippleside is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb overlooks Corio Bay.- History :Geelong's early settlers targeted the area which is now Rippleside because of its convenience close to the Melbourne-Geelong Road which runs vertically to Rippleside Park. By 1854 after Geelong...
in 1986.
Osborne House
Osborne House (Geelong)
Osborne House is a historic building built in 1858, located in North Geelong, Victoria, Australia.-History:Osborne House was built in 1858 for local squatter, Robert Muirhead, who named the mansion after Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, England...
was built on the shores of Corio Bay
Corio Bay
Corio Bay is one of numerous 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.-Name:...
in 1858 as a private residence, later being used by the Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
, local council officers, and is currently the home of the Geelong Maritime Museum.
The head office of Australian department store, Target
Target (Australia)
Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 172 Target stores and 119 Target Country stores making 291 combined stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria. It sells clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical and...
, founded in Geelong in 1925 is located in Thompson Road, next door to the former Geelong Golf Club
Geelong Golf Club
The Geelong Golf Club is a defunct golf club founded in 1892 and was the oldest in the state of Victoria, Australia. It was located in the northern Geelong suburb of North Geelong and maintained a 18 hole course bounded by Ballarat Road and bisected by Thompson Road.The club ran into financial...
.
In 1998 hotel owner George Ramia erected a 15m-high polystyrene replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza
Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza , commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt....
atop his hotel.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League
Geelong & District Football League
The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria . It is one of three Australian rules football leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League and the Bellarine Football League....
and an association football (soccer) named North Geelong Warriors FC that are competing in the Victorian State League Division 1
Golfers play at the course of the Geelong Golf Club on Ballarat Road North.
See also
- North Geelong railway stationNorth Geelong railway station, VictoriaNorth Geelong is a railway station on the Geelong railway line in North Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is 71 km from Southern Cross station...
- North Geelong WarriorsNorth Geelong WarriorsThe North Geelong Warriors Football Club, , is a Croatian backed football club from the regional Victorian city of Geelong. The club continues to have strong links to and support from the city’s large Croatian community. The club is a regular participant in the Australian-Croatian Soccer...