Geelong
Jillong
The Aboriginal name for the area now known as Geelong. It is said to mean
a white seabird.
Aplin, Graeme, Foster, S.G., Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.422.
Pivot City
An unofficial and ambitious name for Geelong in its early days when it
rivalled Melbourne; it was to symbolise it as the point on which the fortunes
of the colony would culminate and revolve.
Kelly, William, Life in Victoria or Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858, 2 vols, London, 1859, vol.1, p.150.
Anikai Yowwham
J. H. Wedge's name for the You Yangs near Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geeong, 1981, p. 13.
Anderson's Creek
James Anderson established a run
here in 1839. When the town was surveyed in 1856 it was called Warrandyte, an
outer Melbourne suburb.
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, p. 405.
Anderson's Plains
So named after a stockman, now
called Galah, about 100 km south of Mildura.
Martin, A. E., Place
names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p. 38
Austin's Ford
Later known as Barwon and still later as Winchelsea, about 35 km south
west of Geelong.
Aplin, Graeme, Foster, S.G., Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.425.
Barwon
Renamed Winchelsea in 1851 by Governor La
Trobe, it is about 30km south west of Geelong.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney,
1993, p.294
Byron River
John Helder Wedge's name for the Barwon River near Geelong.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p. 61.
Byron River
So named after a ship; it was remaned Point Nepean after Sir Evan Nepean,
Secretary to the Admirally. At the entrance to Port Phillip Bay.
Brown, Philip
Lawrence(ed.,), The narrative of George Russell of Golf Hill, With
Russellania and selected papers, London, 1935, p.86.
Caragio
A variation of Corio near Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country : a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.12.
Carayo
An alternative spelling of Corio, near Geelong.
Bonwick, James, Discovery and settlement of Port Phillip c, Melbourne, 1856, p.119.
Cocoroc Rivulet
W. Darke's name for the Little River which runs between Geelong and Werribee.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.122.
Cowies Creek
Now called Corio, just north of Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geeong, 1981, pp.180-1.
Crayoh
Now called Corio, near Geelong.
Kiddle, Margaret, Men of Yesterday a Social History of the Western District of Victoria 1834-1890, Melbourne, 1962, p.73.
Curlewis
A forgotten railway station between Leopold and Drysdale about 15 km south east of Geelong.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together
with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney,
Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South
Australia / compiled forth, Melbourne, 1918, p.39
Dollys Creek
A forgotten gold mining town near 374514405 about 45 km north west of Geelong.
Lawrence, Susan, Dolly's Creek, Melbourne, 2000, p.8.
Dorog
A forgotten railway station between Wingeel and Inverleigh about 35 km
west of Geelong; said to mean a swamp.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings,c, Melbourne, 1918, p.42.
Duck Ponds
Now called the township of Lara, about 15 km north of Geelong. Earlier
Hume and Hovell had called it Kennedy's Creek after a member of their party;
it has also been called Hovell's Creek.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, pp.111, 146.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.51.
Frankfort on the Sea
Now called Point Lonsdale. In 1870 both names were used, Frankfort being
described as a "hamlet". The German name was extinguished during
the first world war.
Whitworth, Robt. P., Baillier's Victorian gazetteer and road guide: containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the Colony, Melbourne, 1870, p.145 and local knowledge.
Frenchman's Inn
Now called Cressy, about 65 km west of Geelong.
Billis, R.V., and Kenyon, A.S., Pastures new : an account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip, Melbourne, 1930, p.108.
Germantown
Renamed Grovedale during World WarT. About 10 km south of Geelong.
Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229.
Hovell's Creek
Earlier called Duck Ponds, now known as Lara said to mean a hut on stony
ground, near Corio.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.51.
Kensington
Renamed Leopold in 1892 after Queen Victoria's son, the Duke of Albany. It is about 12 km south east of Geelong.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Place, Sydney, 1993, p.289.
Koraio
Now spelled Corio, near Geelong.
Arden, George, Latest information with regard to Australia Felix, the finest province
of the great territory of New South Wales; including the history, geography,
natural resources, government, commerce and finances of Port Phillip; sketches
of the Aboriginal population, Melbourne, 1840, p.38.
Layard
A forgotten village about 30 km south-west of Geelong at 382114401.
Kelly, William, Life in Victoria or Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858, 2 vols, London, 1859, map.
Leigh Road
Now called Wingeel about 40 km west of Geelong.
Levey, George Collins, Hutchinson's Australasion Encyclopaedia, London, 1892, pp.186-7.
Manifold's Ford
Now known as the township of Batesford on the Moorabool River just west
of Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country : a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.130.
Mount Collicott
Batman's name for Flinders Peak, the tallest of the You Yangs near Geelong.
Labilliere, Francis Peter, Early History of the Colony of Victoria, 2vols, London, 1878, vol.2, p.94.
Mount Wollstonecraft
Hume and Hovell's name for the You Yangs near Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country : a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.10.
Mount Youang
Now called the You Yangs, a little north of Geelong.
Stokes, J. Lort, Discoveries in Australia, 2vols, London, 1846, Chart of Bass Strait.
Mount Youang
Now called the You Yangs, a little north of Geelong.
Stokes, J. Lort, Discoveries in Australia, 2vols, London, 1846, Chart of Bass Strait.
Muddy Waterholes
Now called Lethbridge, about 25km north west of Geelong.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p. 51.
North West Harbour
Now called Corio Bay near Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.5.
Pettavel
A forgotten railway station between Moriac and Grovedale about 15 km south
west of Geelong. Named after a Swiss vigneron whose property was nearby.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings,c, Melbourne, 1918, p.78.
Poorneet
A forgotten railway station between Cressy and Wingeel about 50 km west of Geelong. Said to mean a tadpole.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings,c,
Melbourne, 1918, p.78.
Puebla
Now known as Torquay about 20 km south of Geelong.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis: past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Shortland's Bluff
Earlier known as Whale Head, it was named Queenscliff after Queen Victoria by Governor La Trobe about 30 km south east of Geelong.
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and
Places, Sydney, 1987, p.425.
Spring Creek
Renamed Torquay after the English town in 1892, it is on Victoria's Great
Ocean Road.
Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Book of the Road, Sydney, 1999, p.189.
Station Peak
Flinders's name for the You Yangs near Geelong. The highest of these hills
is now called Flinders Peak.
Alec H. Chisholm, The Australian Encyclopaedia: in ten volumes, Sydney, 1963, vol.9, p.528.
Flinders, Matthew, A Voyage to Terra Australis: undertaken for the purpose of completing the
discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted inc, vol.1, p.216 and chart.
St. Helen's
Now the suburb of North Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country : a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.175.
Styx River
Now called the Ovens
River in central Victoria.
Billis, R.V, and Kenyon, A.S, Pastures new : an account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip, Melbourne, 1930, p.60.
Sugarloaf
Reservoir
Built between 1915 and 1927 it was
submerged by Lake Eildon when a new embankment was built in the
1950s.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian
Places, Sydney, 1993, p.311.
Summer
Hill
A forgotten village in Gippslamd, about 70km north west of
Bairnsdale at 3720' 14708'.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its
metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2,
map.
Talleyrand Bay
Freycinet's name for the water between Anglesea and Cape Schanck.
Scott, Ernest, Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia, London, 1910, chart op. p.61.
Tambo River
Named by McMillan it is said to mean High Cliffs; now called the Thomson
after Edward Deas Thomson, N. S. W. Colonial Secretary; in Gippsland. There
is another Tambo river further east.
Bride, Thomas Francis (ed.,), Letters from Victorian pioneers:c, Melbourne, 1983, p.238.
Tea Tree
A forgotten gold mining town near 3746' 14406' about 40km north west
of Geelong.
Lawrence, Susan, Dolly's Creek, Melbourne, 2000, p.8.
The Barwon
Now called Winchelsea after George William Finch-Hatton, Earl of Winchelsea,
about 35 km west of Geelong.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.87.
The Leigh
Now called Shelford, about 35 km north west of Geelong.
Shaw, Mary Turner, On Mount Emu Creekc, Melbourne, 1970, pp.64-7.
Viaduct
Now called Moorabool, just north of Geelong.
Whitworth, Robt. P., Baillier's Victorian gazetteer and road guide: containing the most recent
and accurate information as to every place in the Colony, Melbourne, 1870, p.261.
Villemanata Range
An alternative name for the You Yangs north of Geelong.
Arden, George, Latest information with regard to Australia Felix, the finest province
of the great territory of New South Wales; including the history, geography,
natural resources, government, commerce and finances of Port Phillip; sketches
of the Aboriginal population, Melbourne, 1840, p.47.
Whale Head
A fishing village known as Shortland Bluff from 1840 to 1852, when it was
renamed Queenscliffe by Governor La Trobe, in honour of Queen Victoria.
It is about 28 km south east of Geelong.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.290.
Wedge's Range
Batman's name for the You Yangs, near Geelong.
Labilliere, Francis Peter, Early History of the Colony of Victoria, 2vols, London, 1878,vol,2, p.94
White Point
Now called Aireys Inlet, about 40 km south west of Geelong.
Stokes, J. Lort, Discoveries in Australia, 2vols, London, 1846, chart of Bass Strait.
Yawang Hills
An early name for the You Yangs near Geelong.
Wynd, lan, So Fine a Country: a history fo the Shire of Corio, Geelong, 1981, p.8.
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