Since 1972 the Geelong and Region Branch has been the Trust’s long-standing voice in Geelong and surrounding areas.
The Branch represents National Trust members in the municipalities of the City of Greater Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe, and the Shires of Moorabool, Golden Plains, Surf Coast and Colac Otway. New members and friends are welcome at any of the Branch’s events and meetings. Meetings are held monthly at venues across the region.
The Branch’s work includes conservation advocacy and community liaison on local heritage issues.The Branch also assists at the four National Trust owned properties in the region, and conducts the Discovering Our Heritage school’s education program at Barwon Grange.
Please contact the Committee members below for enquiries about particular Branch activities.
JUNE 2022
When: Tuesday 28 June 2022 2.00-4.00pm
Where: Western Beach Boat Club, 79-90 Western Foreshore Road Geelong
With an illustrious history dating from 1869 as Corio Bay Rowing Club, the club has offered recreation opportunities to Geelong for over 150 years.
JULY 2022
GOLDEN FLEECE
When: Tuesday 26 July 2022 2.00-4.00pm
Where: Pegasus Antiques (former Albion Mill), 550 Latrobe Boulevard Newtown
The heritage features of the Albion Woollen Mill established in 1869, have been carefully conserved, and since 1982 the building has been a family owned and operated business with a large selection of antiques and restoration services.
SEPTEMBER 2022 Annual General Meeting
MEET ME AT THE CLUB
When: Thursday 8 September 2022 1.00-3.00pm
Where: The Geelong Club, 74 Brougham Street Geelong
The Geelong Club represents the way of life of wealthy pastoralists and prominent citizens of country Victoria in the nineteenth century, providing an exclusive place to meet with men of similar backgrounds, dine, read the latest newspapers and play billiards and cards in a relaxed atmosphere.
In 1888-1889 the Club erected its present building at 74 Brougham Street, to provide improved facilities including a foyer, reading, dining, billiard, smoking and sleeping rooms, committee room and steward’s bedroom.
Notable 20th Century Architecture: Geelong’s UNESCO Design Week, March 2022
Four tours attracted professionals and people from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as well as locals; all appreciated Geelong’s rich variety of 20th Century architecture in the CBD. Excellent publicity included a Facebook page and an article by Gail Thomas in Geelong and Surf Coast Living, click here to read.
Please note: the supporting Tour booklet is available on weekdays from the Court House Café on Gheringhap Street. It gives detailed information about some of the buildings and its map shows the route which starts in and returns to Johnstone Park.
Upcoming dates for further Notable 20th Century Architecture: Geelong CBD Guided Tours will be notified on this page.
The video and podcast of the live-streamed discussion about the career of James Harrison, the multi-faceted inventor of refrigeration, are on this page (below), with pictures from the Exhibition Models, Medals and Memorabilia which was held at Barwon Grange, near Rocky Point, where Harrison worked on his invention in a cave.
The ABC’s Landline Inventors series on 3 April 2022 gave Harrison national attention in the segment A Very Cool Idea.
To see it, enter the title in your search engine, check the Landline program on iView, or click here to watch.
The Branch coordinates the Discovering Our Heritage program at Barwon Grange. This Education Program covers various curriculum requirements for levels F-6.
SCHOOLS — For more information on our Then and Now program, select the link here.
SCHOOLS — For more information on our Time Travellers program, select the link here.
CONTACT DISCOVERING OUR HERITAGE
The photos below show stages from live-streaming the video, and the Exhibition. You can request a link to the full Photo Gallery of the events at nt.event@iinet.net.au
