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 Geelong viewed across Corio Bay from The Esplanade Drumcondra in 2010. | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°09′0″S 144°21′0″E / 38.15000°S 144.35000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 192,393 (2016) (12th) | ||||||||
| • Density | 209.3982/km2 (542.339/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1838 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3220 | ||||||||
| Area | 918.79 km2 (354.7 sq mi)[1] (2011 urban) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||
| Location | 72 km (45 mi) SW of Melbourne | ||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||
| County | Grant | ||||||||
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Geelong is the second biggest city in the state of Victoria, Australia. It has a large port and 190,000 people living in its area. Geelong at Corio Bay, which is 75 kilometres south-west Melbourne.
The city is a near many famous tourist attractions, for example the Great Ocean Road, the Shipwreck Coast and the Bellarine Peninsula. Geelong also has the second oldest Australian rules football club in the world, the Geelong Football Club, also called The Cats.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Geelong". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official Geelong Government Site Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Local history of Geelong
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